MALIBU, California – Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen of the #25 Pepperdine women's tennis program have earned status as the top doubles team in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in the latest individual rankings.
 
This is the third #1 ITA doubles ranking in Pepperdine program history. Christine Maddox and Mayar Sherif were previously the top-ranked doubles duo in 2017, while Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova were also ranked #1 in the spring of 2019.
 
Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) are 19-2 as a pair throughout the 2022-23 season, winning the ITA National Fall Championships en route to a 5-1 start in the dual season. The duo advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships last May, earning ITA All-American status in doubles in the process.
 
The All-West Coast Conference first team performers collected 24 doubles wins in the 2021-22 season, good for sixth in the Pepperdine women's tennis record books for single season wins. The 17 dual season wins earned them third place on the single-season wins list at the second spot in the lineup. Four times in their careers have they been named the WCC doubles team of the week.
 
The Waves will be back in action on Friday, February 24 at #15 Florida. First serve is at 2 p.m. PT.