ORLANDO, Fla. — Representing Pepperdine in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournament, Savannah Broadus, Janice Tjen and Lisa Zaar will begin postseason play at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. from May 22-27.

All three Waves made it into the field of 64 for singles play, plus Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) are the top-seeded team in doubles. Singles action will begin on Monday, while doubles play starts on Tuesday.

A live stream of all NCAA matches will be available for free via PlaySight, with additional commentary and coverage provided by Cracked Racquets via YouTube. Live stream and live stat links for the match can be found on the women's tennis team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com.

FIRST ROUND DRAWS

#34 Lisa Zaar vs. #5 Alexa Noel (Miami (FL)), Monday, 11:30 a.m. PT

#19 Savannah Broadus vs. #40 Florencia Urrutia (Kentucky), Monday, 1 p.m. PT

#16 Janice Tjen vs. #24 Celia Belle-Mohr (Vanderbilt), 2:30 p.m.  PT

#1 Broadus/Tjen vs. #28 Noel/Pfenning (Miami, (FL)), Tuesday, time TBD

SCOUTING THE WAVES

With three singles players making the cut, Pepperdine is the lone non-Power 5 team to send multiple singles players to the NCAA Tournament. In fact, the three Waves nearly outnumber the rest of the mid-major field, as only five other schools (Denver, North Florida, Old Dominion, Princeton and UCSB) are holding it down for the non-Power 5 institutions. Additionally, the Waves have multiple All-Americans with Broadus and Tjen serving as the top-overall seed, plus Tjen earning a top-16 bid in singles.

Tjen is the 23rd All-American in program history and gives the Waves an All-American singles player for the fourth consecutive year. While playing at Oregon during as a freshman in 2021, Tjen reached the semifinals and earned All-American honors for her run. This year, Tjen was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, amassed a 26-8 record and carries a five-match win streak heading into NCAAs. 

Her doubles partner, Broadus, is no stranger to NCAA Tournament action. As a true freshman last year, she and Tjen made a semifinal run in doubles, where they became All-American status for their efforts. This season, Broadus and Tjen have been consistently ranked amongst the top-ranked doubles teams in the nation; they have won four-straight matches heading into this week.

In singles play, Broadus has a 22-0 record in dual singles play and 35 wins overall. With another win, she will move into a four-way tie with 36 single-season wins — a feat she accomplished last year too.

Rounding out the Waves is the senior Zaar: the fifth player to make multiple NCAA Singles Tournament appearances under current head coach Per Nilsson. Zaar made a run to the semifinals in singles last year that included an upset win over the 6-seed Sarah Hamner of South Carolina. Zaar was a first-team All-WCC selection in singles and doubles this year; she won 10 of her last 11 matches prior to this week's tournament.

THE LAST TIME…

• Three or more Waves qualified for the NCAA Singles Tournament: Ashley Lahey, Mayar Sherif, Luisa Stefani, Evgeniya Levashova, 2018

• A Wave made the singles quarterfinal: Lisa Zaar, 2022 (quarterfinals)

• A Pepperdine team made the doubles quarterfinal: Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen, 2022 (semifinals)

• A Wave made the singles semifinals: Ashley Lahey and Mayar Sherif (finals, semifinals)

• A Pepperdine team made the doubles semifinals: Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen, 2022 (semifinals)

• A Wave made the singles final: Ashley Lahey, 2018 (national runner-up)

• A Pepperdine team made the doubles final: Never

NEXT UP: Should any of the Waves advance, the round of 32 will take place on Tuesday, May 23. Start times for the following round's action will be determined on Monday evening.

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