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IRVINE, Calif. -- The seedings are now set for the 2023 Big West Women’s Tennis Championship, held April 26-29 at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.
The championship is a nine-team tournament with a play-in for the eighth and ninth seeds. The winner will earn The Big West's automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship.
Regular season champion Hawai’i is the No. 1 seed. The Rainbow Wahine (11-7) are ranked No. 67 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings and went 8-1 in conference play.
Cal Poly (12-8), Cal State Fullerton (14-7), CSUN (16-5), Long Beach State (10-9) and UC Santa Barbara (6-14) finished in a five-way tie for second place in the league standings with a 6-3 league record. The Mustangs separated themselves out of the group in a tiebreaker that came down to match points scored versus the four teams to earn the No. 2 seed. Based on head-to-head records between the remaining teams, the Gauchos and Beach separated themselves. With a 4-3 win in the regular season matchup, UC Santa Barbara earns the No. 3 seed and Long Beach State is the No. 4 seed. The Titans will be slotted as the No. 5 seed and the Matadors will be the No. 6 seed after a 4-3 regular season result favoring Cal State Fullerton.
UC Davis (8-13, 3-6 Big West) will be the No. 7 seed.
The championship will open with a play-in matchup between No. 8 seed UC Irvine (10-8, 2-7 Big West) and No. 9 seed UC Riverside (2-14, 0-9 Big West) Wednesday, April 26 at noon PT.
No. 2 seed Cal Poly versus No. 7 seed UC Davis and No. 3 seed Long Beach State against No. 6 seed CSUN are the two quarterfinal matches slated to go off at 9 a.m. PT on Thursday April 27. At noon, the winner of the play-in match will face No. 1 seed Hawai’i and No. 4 seed UC Santa Barbara meets No. 5 seed Cal State Fullerton. The Gauchos feature 60th-ranked singles player Amelia Honer and 12th-ranked doubles pair of Honer and Kira Reuter. The Titans have the 73rd-ranked doubles combo of Natalie Duffy and Camila Garcia.
Both matches of the semifinal round are set for a noon start on Friday, April 28 and the championship match is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, also at noon.
In 2022, top-seeded UC Santa Barbara defeated the No. 2 seeded Cal Poly Mustags as the Gauchos claimed back-to-back Big West titles. The win was their 10th overall and fourth in the last six seasons.
THE BIG WEST WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Barnes Tennis Center
Championship Central
Wednesday, April 27
Noon | Match 1: No. 8 seed UC Irvine vs. No. 9 seed UC Riverside
Thursday, April 28
9 a.m. | Match 2: No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 6 seed CSUN
9 a.m. | Match 3: No. 2 seed Cal Poly vs. No. 7 seed UC Davis
Noon | Match 4: No. 1 seed Hawai’i vs. winner of Match 1
Noon | Match 5: No. 4 seed Long Beach State vs. No. 5 seed Cal State Fullerton
Friday, April 29
Noon | Match 6: winner of Match 2 vs. winner of Match 3
Noon | Match 7: winner of Match 4 vs. winner of Match 5
Saturday, April 30
Noon | Match 8: Final