FAIRFIELD, Calif. - No. 2 San Diego beat No. 3 seed Washington State, 4-2, in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Women's Tennis Tournament at the Green Valley Country Club in Fairfield, Calif.

USD won the doubles point despite the Cougars putting up a strong fight. The Toreros won the first match on the second court, 6-3, while the first and third matches were tough back-and-forth battles. The Toreros won the doubles point on court three, 7-5. 

USD jumped out to a 3-0 led after Anni Moll won on court six, 6-1, 6-4, followed by Hannah Read on court three, 7-6, 6-4. 

The Cougars got back into the mix when Maxine Murphy picked up her second win of the tournament on court two, 7-6, 6-4. Shortly after, Eva Alvarez Sande won a second set tiebreaker to extend the match to the final three matches. 

After dropped her first set, Yura Nakagawa came storming back to win on court four, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, cutting the Cougar deficit down to one. 

While Alvarez Sande battled on court one, Maria Shmakova clinched the match for the Toreros on court five, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. 

With the win, the Toreros will advance to Saturday's championship match at 2 p.m. against No. 1 Pepperdine. 

2026 West Coast Conference Women's Tennis Tournament Semifinals
Doubles
1. Moll/Read (USD) vs. Murphy/Kanemaki (WSU) unfinished
2. Shmakova/Krebs Hyllested (USD) def. Alvarez Sande/Sycamore (WSU) 6-3
3. Nordikyan/Keitel (USD) def. Morris/Nakagawa (WSU) 7-5.

Singles
1. Keitel (USD vs. Alvarez Sande (WSU) unfinished
2. Murphy (WSU) def. Krebs Hyllested (USD) 7-6, 6-4
3. Read (USD) def. Puvill (WSU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Nakagawa (WSU) def. Ines (USD)  3-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Shmakova (USD) def. Kanemaki (WSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
6. Moll (USD) def. Sycamore (WSU) 6-1, 6-4