OJAI, Calif. – No. 6 seed USC, No. 7 seed OREGON and No. 8 seed WASHINGTON all posted convincing opening-round victories on the first day of the 2018 Pac-12 Women’s Tennis Championship held at the Ojai Valley Athletic Club and Weil Tennis Academy on Wednesday.

The seventh-seeded Ducks swept No. 10 seed UTAH (10-14), while the Trojans and Huskies defeated No. 11 seed ARIZONA (9-16) and No. 9 seed COLORADO (9-12), respectively, by identical 4-1 finals.

Alexis Prokopuik secured the deciding point for Washington (16-10) with a straight-sets victory on No. 4 court singles.

Angela Kulikov proved critical in USC (13-9) advancing past Arizona as she teamed with Rianna Valdes to help clinch the double point, then fought off a first-set loss for a 2-1 victory at No. 3 singles to send the Trojans into the quarterfinals.

Oregon (15-8) recorded three wins in quick succession on Nos. 4, 5 and 6 court singles – Daniela Nasser, Julia Eshet and Paiton Wagner – to complete its shut out of Utah.

USC will open Thursday’s quarterfinal action against No. 3 seed ARIZONA STATE on the OVAC courts at 10:30 a.m. PT, while CALIFORNIA and WASHINGTON STATE will meet in the No. 4-5 matchup at Weil Academy at the same time. Then at 2:00 p.m. PT, Washington will take on top seeded STANFORD at Weil, and Oregon will face No. 2 seed UCLA at OVAC.

Thursday’s winners advance to the semifinals to be played simultaneously at 1:00 p.m. PT on Friday on the OVAC and Weil courts.  On Saturday, the women’s final will be played at Libbey Park and will be broadcast live starting at 12:00 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Los Angeles.

2018 PAC-12 WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25:

No. 8 Washington 4, No. 9 Colorado 1

DOUBLES:
1. Miki Kobayashi/Vanessa Wong, WASH def. Brigitte Beck/Chloe Hule, COLO – 6-2
2. Stacey Fung/Katarina Kopcalic, WASH def. Louise Ronaldson/Kyra Wojcik, COLO – 6-2
3. Ilana Oleynik/Linda Huang, COLO def. Angela Li/Alexis Prokopuik, WASH – 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

SINGLES:
1. Stacey Fung, WASH vs. Linda Huang, COLO – 6-3, 5-2 Abandoned
2. Chloe Hule, COLO vs. Vanessa Wong, WASH – 6-4, 4-2 Abandoned
3. Miki Kobayashi, WASH def. Louise Ronaldson, COLO – 2-0 (6-0, 6-1)
4. Alexis Prokopuik, WASH def. Kyra Wojcik, COLO – 2-0 (6-0, 7-5)
5. Katarina Kopcalic, WASH def. Brigitte Beck, COLO – 2-0 (6-1, 6-2)
6. Ilana Oleynik, COLO 2-0 def. Angela Li, WASH – 2-0 (6-2, 6-2)
Order of finish: 3, 5, 6, 4

No. 6 USC 4, No. 11 Arizona 1

DOUBLES:
1. Angela Kulikov/Rianna Valdes, USC def. Mary Lewis/Marie Van Aelst, ARIZ – 7-5
2. Devin Chypyha/Camila Wesbrooks, ARIZ def. Gabby Smith/Becca Weissmann, USC – 6-4
3. Constance Branstine/Madison Westby, USC def. Paris Corley/Sophia Thomas, ARIZ – 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

SINGLES:
1. Gabby Smith, USC vs. Devin Chypyha, ARIZ – 6-7 (6), 6-3, 4-1 Abandoned
2. Paris Corley, ARIZ def. Becca Weissmann, USC – 2-1 (4-6, 6-0, 6-4)
3. Angela Kulikov, USC def. Mary Lewis, ARIZ – 2-1 (5-7, 6-4, 6-4)
4. Madison Wesby, USC def. Camila Wesbrooks, ARIZ – 2-1 (3-6, 6-2, 6-3)
5. Constance Branstine, USC def. Marie Van Aelst, ARIZ – 2-0 (6-2, 6-3)
6. Sophia Thomas, ARIZ vs. Sydney Van Alphen, USC – 7-5, 3-6, 2-1 Abandoned
Order of finish: 5, 4, 2, 3

No. 7 Oregon 4, No. 10 Utah 0

DOUBLES:
1. Jena Cheng/Alexia Petrovic, UTAH vs. Julia Eshet/Shweta Sangwan, ORE – 6-6 (5-3) Abandoned
2. Rifanty Kahfiani/Alyssa Tobita, ORE def. Taylor Calton/Whitney Turley, UTAH – 6-3
3. Julia Lilien/Paiton Wagner, ORE def. Brianna Chisholm/Victoria Robertson, UTAH – 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 1

SINGLES:
1. Alyssa Tobita, ORE vs. Alexia Petrovic, UTAH – 7-6 (4), 1-1 Abandoned
2. Shweta Sangwan, ORE vs. Brianna Chisholm, UTAH – 6-2, 4-4 Abandoned
3. Julia Lilien, ORE vs. Jena Cheng, UTAH – 6-4, 5-5 Abandoned
4. Daniela Nasser, ORE def. Taylor Calton, UTAH – 2-0 (6-1, 6-2)
5. Julia Eshet, ORE def. Whitney Turley, UTAH – 2-0 (6-2, 6-4)
6. Paiton Wagner, ORE def. Victoria Robertson, UTAH – 2-0 (6-4, 6-2)
Order of finish: 4, 6, 5