SAN DIEGO - No. 1 seed Pepperdine completed another perfect WCC season, topping No. 2 seed San Diego, 4-0, to win the 2024 West Coast Conference Women's Tennis Tournament Championship from the Aztec Tennis Center on the campus of San Diego State.
Pepperdine has now won every WCC Tournament since 2013.
The Waves earned the doubles point with wins on No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Nikki Redelijk and Vivian Yang won, 6-4, in No. 2 doubles to clinch the doubles point. Prior to that, Lisa Zaar and Anna Campana won on the third court, 6-3. USD's biggest win of the day came in No. 1 doubles. The Torero tandem of Elizabeth Goldsmith and Abigail Desiatnikov upset the nation's second-ranked doubles team of Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen, 6-4.
USD put up a fight in singles, despite the 4-0 final score. Campana earned the first win on court 5, 6-0, 6-1. The remaining five matches were tough battles. Broadus emerged victorious next on No. 3 singles, 6-4, 6-3. Then Tjen clinched the title with her comeback win on court one, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
With the win, the Waves have earned the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifer. The NCAA selection show is set for Monday at 3:30 p.m.
WCC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship
Doubles
1. Goldsmith/Desiatnikov (USD) def. Broadus/Tjen (PEP), 6-4
2. Redelijk/Yang (PEP) def. Mack/Nordikyan (USD), 6-4
3. Zaar/Campana (PEP) def. McBride/Bruu-Syverson (USD), 6-3
Singles
1. Tjen (PEP) def. Goldsmith (USD), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
2. Zaar (PEP) vs. Mack (USD)
3. Broadus (PEP) vs. McBride (USD), 6-4, 6-3
4. Redelijk (PEP) vs. Desiatnikov (USD)
5. Campana (PEP) def. Bruu-Syverson (USD), 6-0, 6-1
6. Conway (PEP) vs. Nordikyan (USD)
WCC Women's Tennis All-Tournament Team
Doubles
1. Elizabeth Goldsmith and Abigail Desiatnikov (San Diego)
2. Nikki Redelijk and Vivian Yang (Pepperdine)
3. Lisa Zaar and Anna Campana (Pepperdine)
Singles
1. Janice Tjen (Pepperdine)
2. Mia Mack (San Diego)
3. Savannah Broadus (Pepperdine)
4. Indiya McLeod (Pacific)
5. Anna Campana (Pepperdine)
6. Zoe Clydesdale-Eberle (Pacific)