SAN DIEGO, Calif. – No. 1 Pepperdine swept No. 3 LMU, 4-0, to claim its ninth straight WCC Women's Tournament Championship Saturday morning at the 2023 West Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament at Aztec Tennis Center on the campus of San Diego State.
The Waves, who have now won every WCC Women's Tennis Tournament since 2013, excluding 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, earned the automatic qualifier into the NCAA Tournament.
LMU reached the championship match for the first time since 2018 after defeating No. 2 seed San Diego in Friday's semifinals.
The Waves moved swiftly on the courts Saturday morning, taking the doubles point with a 6-2 win on court two and clinching the point on the No. 3 court, 6-1.
In singles, all three Pepperdine wins were in straight sets. Savannah Broadus clinched the title on No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-2. Nikki Redelijk garnered the first singles win on court 5, 6-0, 6-1. Janice Tjen also won in No. 3 singles, 6-4, 6-1.
The 2023 NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament Selection Show is set for Monday, May 1, at 3:00 p.m. PT.
2023 WCC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship Match
Pepperdine 4, LMU 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Janice Tjen and Savannah Broadus (PEP) vs. Veronika Miroshnichenko/Eva Marie Voracek (LMU)
No. 2 – Lisa Zaar and Bunyawi Thamchaiwat and (PEP) def Isabella Tcherkes-Zade/Wiktoria Rutkowska (LMU), 6-2
No. 3 – Nikki Redelijk and Anna Campana (PEP) def Anna Paradisi/Sofia Munera (LMU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 3
Singles
No. 1 – Lisa Zaar (PEP) vs. Veronika Miroshnichenko (LMU)
No. 2 – Savannah Broadus (PEP) def. Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik (LMU), 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 – Janice Tjen (PEP) def. Eva Marie Voracek (LMU), 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 – Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (PEP) vs. Anna Paradisi (LMU)
No. 5 – Nikki Redelijk (PEP) def. Isabella Tcherkes-Zade (LMU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Anna Campana (PEP) vs. Sofia Munera (LMU)
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 2
2023 WCC Women's Tennis All-Tournament Team
Doubles
Janice Tjen and Savannah Broadus - Pepperdine
Lisa Zaar and Bunyawi Thamchaiwat - Pepperdine
Nikki Redelijk and Anna Campana - Pepperdine
Singles
Solymar Colling, San Diego
Savannah Broadus, Pepperdine
Janice Tjen, Pepperdine
Abigail Desiatnikov, San Diego
Nikki Redelijk, Pepperdine
Sofia Munera, LMU