MALIBU, Calif. — No. 10 Pepperdine women's tennis (4-3) will kickoff a stretch of five road matches in six days this week across the west coast, playing its first three West Coast Conference (WCC) matches while visiting a pair of national powerhouses.
The Waves begin the conference slate tomorrow at Washington State (7-4), before playing at Gonzaga (5-5) Wednesday. The weekend sees the Waves back in California, traveling to No. 21 Stanford (6-5) Friday before a WCC matchup at Santa Clara (3-7) Saturday. The spring break trip concludes Sunday at No. 7 Cal (5-1) in Berkeley.
Tuesday, March 3 (Pullman, Wash.)
Pepperdine at Washington State - 1 p.m.
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Wednesday, March 4 (Spokane, Wash.)
Pepperdine at Gonzaga - 2 p.m.
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Friday, March 6 (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Pepperdine at Stanford - 2 p.m.
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Saturday, March 7 (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Pepperdine at Santa Clara - 11 a.m.
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Sunday, March 8 (Berkeley, Calif.)
Pepperdine at Cal - 3 p.m.
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The Waves are coming off a 4-0 victory over No. 6 USC eight days ago (Feb. 22), the team's third victory of the season over a team ranked within the top-12 in the ITA team rankings.
Pepperdine moved into the top-ten in the rankings for the first time this season following the victory over the Trojans, coming in at No. 10.
The Waves swept the WCC weekly awards cycle the following Tuesday, marking the third time this season that the Waves have won all three awards.
Alexia Harmon earned her first WCC Singles Player of the Week recognition, after going 2-0 against UCLA and USC. Harmon is now 4-2 during the dual match season splitting time between the fourth and fifth position for the Waves.
Duru Söke and
Shihomi Leong earned WCC Doubles Team of the Week after a 2-0 mark as well, marking the first award win for the duo. Söke and Leong are now 3-1 in doubles this season. Söke has come on strong for the Waves in singles as well, tabbing a 3-0 record this season.
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva earned her fourth WCC Freshman of the Week honor, after she improved to 6-1 on the season. Zhiyenbayeva has led the Waves in singles wins this season while also winning three doubles matches to this point alongside Harmon and
Živa Falkner. Zhiyenbayeva and Falkner are currently ranked No. 48 in the ITA doubles rankings.
Falkner has contested the No. 1 position for the Waves throughout the season and holds a 3-3 record with a 2-1 mark against nationally ranked opponents. Falkner came in at No. 57 in the most recent ITA singles rankings while
Anastasiia Grechkina is currently ranked No. 8 for the Waves.
Grechkina and
Chantal Sauvant have posted a 4-0 record as a pair in doubles this season, with Sauvant also boasting a pair of singles wins at the No. 4 position for Pepperdine.
The Waves enter conference play looking to win their 12th consecutive WCC title and 13th-straight regular season crown in the conference.
Pepperdine boasts perfect records all-time against the three conference foes on the docket this weekend with records of 3-0 against Washington State, 24-0 versus Gonzaga and 21-0 against Santa Clara.
The Waves have had a 15-38 all-time record against Cal, most recently splitting a home-and-home series in 2025 with both squads defending their home courts. Pepperdine is 5-34 all-time against the Cardinal, but have won five of the past seven matchups dating back to 2016.
The Waves will return home to Malibu March 11th to host No. 2 Ohio State next week, with match time set for 2 p.m. from Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Pepperdine women's tennis has been a consistent powerhouse in the collegiate scene, reaching 40 NCAA Tournaments since 1982 including 28 straight appearances. Since 2018, the program has seen three national runner-ups between both singles and doubles while reaching an NCAA Regional as a team eight times in the past nine tournaments. The success at the conference level has been paramount with 33 WCC Championships including an active streak of 11 consecutive conference titles. With its 24 total All-Americans, the program has also consistently sent players to the pro circuit following their time in Malibu.
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