Box Score SAN DIEGO – The No. 23 San Diego women's tennis program (16-6, 5-1 WCC) held off a late rally by Pacific (14-7, 4-2 WCC), but earned a 4-2 victory to advance to the WCC Tournament final on Friday afternoon at the Aztec Tennis Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Toreros opened the day with a hot start in doubles, as Abigail Desiatnikov and Elizabeth Goldsmith roared to a 6-0 victory at No. 1 doubles.
- The remaining doubles matches would be tighter, but Filippa Bruu-Syversen and Jordyn McBride delivered the clinch with a 6-4 win.
- The tide appeared to be entirely in the Toreros favor for much of the first half of singles, as San Diego took four first sets early on.
- However, Pacific began to chip away at the Toreros lead and built momentum at the bottom half of the lineup.
- Goldsmith and Mia Mack delivered composed, straight set victories to give San Diego a 3-0 advantage, but the Tigers would not go away.
- The No. 3 seed rapidly secured matches at No. 4 and No. 6 singles to cut the lead to 3-2.
- McBride and Bruu-Syversen found themselves in tense and nervy matches to close out the day.
- Both appeared poised to close out their matches early, with opening set wins and the former up a break in the second set, but the Tigers pushed back to take the second set in Bruu-Syversen's match and rally to break back against McBride.
- However, the senior McBride remained calm, taking the second set to a tiebreaker.
- After starting at 3-3 in the tiebreaker, McBride took three consecutive points and would close out the match on her serve to seal the win.
NEXT UP
- The Toreros will compete for the WCC Tournament title on Saturday, as they face off against No. 1 seeded and No. 6 ranked Pepperdine at 2 p.m., at the Aztec Tennis Center.
RESULTS
#23 San Diego 4, Pacific 2
Doubles
No. 1 –
Abigail Desiatnikov/
Elizabeth Goldsmith (San Diego) def. Klara Kosan/Tomi Main (Pacific) – 6-0
No. 2 –
Mia Mack/
Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) vs. Milana Maiorova/Alexis Sam (Pacific) – 5-3 (UF)
No. 3 –
Filippa Bruu-Syversen/
Jordyn McBride (San Diego) def. Megan Carmichael/Indiya McLeod (Pacific) – 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles
No. 1 –
Elizabeth Goldsmith (San Diego) def. Klara Kosan (Pacific) – 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 68
Mia Mack (San Diego) def. Tomi Main (Pacific) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 –
Jordyn McBride (San Diego) def. Megan Carmichael (Pacific) – 6-4, 7-6 (4)
No. 4 – Indiya McLeod (Pacific) def.
Abigail Desiatnikov (San Diego) – 7-6 (1), 6-3
No. 5 –
Filippa Bruu-Syversen (San Diego) vs. Milena Maiorova (Pacific) – 6-0, 3-6, 4-5 (UF)
No. 6 – Zoe Eberle-Clydesdale (Pacific) def.
Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) – 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 6, 4, 3
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