SAN DIEGO - No. 1 seed Pepperdine swept No. 4 seed LMU in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Women's Tennis Tournament at the Aztec Tennis Complex on the San Diego State campus.
With the win, the Waves are headed to the championship match on Saturday at 10 a.m. against either San Diego or Washington State.
Pepperdine took care of things on the doubles courts with the No. 1 tandem of Anastasiia Grechkina and Alexia Harmon garnering the first victory, 6-1. The doubles point was decided on the third court with Duru Soke and Vivian Yang boasting a 6-4 victory.
In singles, the Waves continued their domination with three straight set victories. The wins came on courts two, three and four. On court two, Grechkina picked up a 6-1, 6-4 win. On the third court, Harmon garnered her second win of the day with a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Finally on court four, Sebastianna Scilipoti was victorious 6-4, 6-0.
WCC Women's Tennis Tournament Semifinals
Doubles
1. Grechkina/Harmon (PEPP) def. Bozova/Rogozinska/Dzik (LMU) 6-1
2. Scilipoti/Oved (PEPP) vs. Tcherkes-Zade/Zahraj (LMU) unfinished
3. Soke/Yang (PEPP) def. Bovio/Arrese (LMU) 6-4
Singles
1. Rogozinska (LMU) vs. Yang (PEPP) unfinished
2. Grechkina (PEPP) def. Bozova (LMU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Harmon (PEPP) def. Samel Druz (LMU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Scilipoti (PEPP) def. Arrese (LMU) 6-4, 6-0
5. Zahraj (LMU) vs. Soke (PEPP) unfinished
6. Tcherkes-Zade (LMU) vs. Oved (PEPP) unfinished