Apr 7- West Coast Conference men’s and women’s tennis teams head into the last week and a half before the WCC Championship. This year, the men’s championship will be held on the Santa Clara University campus, while the women’s championship will take place in Moraga, CA at Saint Mary’s College on April 23-25.

The men’s team title has belonged to Pepperdine as the Waves have captured the championship 34 times, including the last 13. Among the current WCC schools, San Diego is the only other school to win the Championship, taking home the title in 1988 and 1989.

In the 18 years since the WCC began sponsoring women’s tennis, Pepperdine again has dominated the field, winning 15 of the 18 team titles. In 2002, Loyola Marymount captured their first-ever women’s tennis crown, joining Pepperdine as the only schools currently in the WCC to have won the title.

WCC News and Notes:

* Pepperdine’s men’s and women’s teams have surged to the top of the ITA rankings. The men are currently ranked No. 20, while the women check in at No. 30 in the women’s poll. Both teams claimed their respective WCC championships last season.

* San Diego’s men’s tennis team moved up to No. 30 in the ITA rankings, while the USD women’s squad achieved a No. 45 national ranking. The doubles tandem of Jason Pongsrikul and Nic Beuque entered the rankings for the first time this season at No. 47. San Diego is the only program besides Pepperdine to have ever take home the WCC men’s Championship (1988 and 1989).

* Loyola Marymount’s men’s team earned the first national ranking in program history, checking in at No. 75 in the ITA rankings on March 16.

* Santa Clara senior Gernot Fischer earned a No. 54 ranking on March 23, the highest ranking ever acheived by a Bronco.

* Pepperdine’s women’s roster features eight players from six different countries.

* Santa Clara’s women’s team will square off against San Francisco and Saint Mary’s the weekend prior to the WCC Championships.

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