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FAIRFIELD, Calif.\u00a0– No. 1 seed Pepperdine defeated No. 2 San Diego, 4-1, in the championship match of the West Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament at the Green Valley Country Club in Fairfield, Calif.<\/p>\n
Pepperdine has won every West Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament since 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pepperdine picked up two tough wins in doubles with 6-4 wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 courts to take the 1-0 advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ziva Falkner took care of business quickly on the No. 1 court in singles with a straight-set win to increase the Waves’ lead to 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chantal Sauvant increased the Pepperdine lead to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win on court four.\u00a0<\/p>\n
San Diego picked up a win on court two with Vilma Krebs Hyllested winning 7-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The Waves clinched the conference championship on court No. 3 with the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year Sonja Zhiyenbayeva recovering from a first-set loss to win, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pepperdine has earned the conference automatic qualification into the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Selection Show will take place on Monday at 1:30 p.m. PT.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2026 West Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament Championship
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\n1. Falkner\/Zhiyenbayeva (PEP) def. Read\/Moll (USD) 6-4
\n2. Sauvant\/Grechkina (PEP) def. Shmakova\/Krebs Hyllested (USD) 6-4
\n3. Soke\/Leong (PEP) vs. Nordikyan\/Keitel (USD) unfinished<\/p>\n
Singles
\n1. Falkner (PEP) def. Keitel (USD) 6-1, 6-0
\n2. Krebs Hyllested (USD) def. Grechkina (PEP) 7-6, 6-3
\n3. Zhiyenbayeva (PEP) def. Read (USD) 2-6, 6-0, 7-6
\n4. Sauvant (PEP) vs. Leon (USD) 6-2, 6-2
\n5. Soke (PEP) vs. Shmakova (USD) unfinished
\n6. Harmon (PEP) vs. Moll (USD) unfinished
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