LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Saint Mary's Women's Tennis will continue on with WCC competitions and travel down to Southern California to compete against LMU on Friday and Pepperdine on Saturday.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (7-6) at Loyola Marymount University (10-2)
Friday, April 1 at 2:00 p.m.
LMU Tennis Center - Los Angeles, Calif.
 
Saint Mary's at Pepperdine University (13-3)
Saturday, April 2 at 12:00 p.m.
Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center - Malibu, Calif.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Saint Mary's Women's Tennis has now won four-straight matches and five of their last six after a strong 6-1 win over Santa Clara University on Sunday. The Gaels are now 7-6 overall in dual match play and 2-1 in WCC competition after the home win over the Broncos.
 
The Gaels took the doubles point to get off to a 1-0 start with a pair of 6-4 wins. The No. 36 combo in the country of Jordan Harris and Mariia Kozyreva defeated Katherine Petty and Giulia Hayer, and Lene Mari Hovda and Oliva Rook beat Jamie Schroer and Varya Zlotnik.
 
SMC was up 2-0 after No. 49 Kozyreva beat Finley Kalinic 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(3) before the Broncos got on the board to make it 2-1. But the Gaels would win the remaining four matches as Hovda topped Velizara Fileva 6-2, 6-4, Gabriela Tevez beat Hayer 6-2, 7-5, Jocelyn Masseytook down Katherine Petty 7-5, 6-0, and Julia Ronney defeated JennaMarie Gordon 6-2, 6-0.
 
 
ABOUT LMU
Loyola Marymount has competed against some tough competitors so far this season, including a 4-3 winning matchup against #5 UCLA. The Lions graduate student Veronika Miroshnichenko is currently 7-1 in singles, where her only loss was against a UCLA opponent. Thanks to Miroshnichenko and her fellow teammates, the Lions have earned a 31-15 overall record for singles.
 
ABOUT PEPPERDINE
The Waves are strongly representing the WCC with a 3-0 conference record so far this season. To add onto the overall wins, Pepperdine also remains undefeated individually within WCC competition, holding a 13-0 singles record and a 4-0 doubles record. More recently, the highly ranked Waves suffered a 3-4 loss against Cal, therefore looking to redeem themselves against the Gaels.