Huskies Beat Bruins Again, Into Pac-12 Semifinals

THIS WEEK IN HUSKY WOMEN’S TENNIS

 

PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ojai, Calif. | Weil Tennis Academy & Libbey Park

(4) Washington def. (5) UCLA, 4-0

Semifinals, Friday, Apr. 28

(4) Washington vs. (1) Stanford or (9) Arizona, 12 p.m., Weil

 

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OJAI, Calif. – Washington women’s tennis played one of its best matches of the season in its postseason opener today, taking down 20th-ranked UCLA by a 4-0 score in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Championships. The 23rd-ranked Huskies (17-7) took down the Bruins, 4-3, in the regular season, and backed it up today with the tourney win at the Weil Tennis Academy.

 

The Dawgs now move into the Pac-12 semifinals for just the second time since the tournament switched to the team format in 2017. The last time the Huskies made the semis was 2019, which was also the last time the Huskies were a top-four seed.

DAWGS ADVANCE??@UW_WTennis is moving on to the #Pac12Tennis Semifinals!#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/vPj5GGcjVe

— Washington Athletics (@UWAthletics) April 27, 2023

 
This is just the fifth win for Washington over UCLA all-time, but three of those five wins have come in the past two seasons, one at home, one at UCLA, and now one on a neutral court.
 
Washington will face No. 1-seeded Stanford or No. 9 -seeded Arizona in the semifinal tomorrow at 12 noon. The winner will reach Saturday’s championship match.
 
The Huskies played a stellar doubles point to take the 1-0 lead, then got three straight dominant singles victories from Astrid Olsen, Melissa Sakar, and Jennifer Kerr to clinch. UCLA was leading on two remaining courts and the Huskies were leading on the other.

???????? ????!! Jennifer Kerr CLINCHES!!

The Huskies take out 20th-ranked UCLA and move into the Pac-12 Semifinals for the second time ever.

2?-0? against the Bruins this year ??#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/FnxuacgsBa

— Washington Women’s Tennis (@UW_WTennis) April 27, 2023

 
In doubles, Kerr and Olsen first completed a 6-3 victory at the No. 2 spot over Catanzarite/Vagramov. The matches on No. 1 and No. 3 were both tied at 5-5, then the Huskies took 6-5 leads on both. The clincher came…