SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- USF's women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision at Santa Clara this afternoon, setting up a crucial final weekend for the Dons who still are in the chase to qualify for the WCC Championships in a few weeks.

The Broncos earned the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 2 positions, and then posted victories on courts 4, 5, 3 to complete the shutout. USF drops to 5-11 overall and 3-4 in the West Coast Conference while Santa Clara improves to 11-7 and 4-3 in the WCC.

After the Broncos tandem of Chelby Cooke and Madison Clarke downed Shanna Dos Santos and Hanna Borjeson, 6-1 on court 2, Santa Clara claimed the doubles point when Nabila Farah and Daniella Silva turned back the Dons No. 1 team of Andrea Ka and Thyra Taune, 6-3.

The match betwee to Holmberg-Gen McCloskey and Zeina El Tawill-Delphine Rouvillois was suspended tied at 4-4.

Santa Clara proved to be strong at the bottom of the singles' lineup, notching straight set wins on courts 4, 5 3 to close the match.

Chelby Cooke gave Santa Clara a 2-0 lead with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Shanna Dos Santos, 6-4, 6-3. Nabila Farah followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Sofia Holmberg on court 5 and then Madison Clark closed out the match with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Gen McCloskey on court 3.

USF was leading in matches on courts 1 and 2 when play was suspended.

The Dons will close out the regular season next weekend when they play host to Loyola Marymount at the Olympic Club on Friday before moving over to the Cal Club to face first place Pepperdine on Saturday. Both matches start at 12 noon. LMU brought a 3-3 conference record into its home match with BYU this afternoon while the Waves sit on top of the conference standings with a 6-0 mark.

Santa Clara 4, USF 0
Doubles
1. Farah-Silva (SCU) d. Ka-Taune, 6-3
2. Cooke-Clarke (SCU) d. Dos Santos-Borjeson, 6-1
3. Holmberg-McCloskey (USF) vs. El Tawill-Rouvillos, 4-4, suspended

Order of finish: 2, 1

Singles
1. Ka (USF) vs. Silva, 6-4, 5-2, suspended
2. Taune (USF) vs. Rouvillois, 6-2, 3-2 suspended
3. Clarke (SCU) d. McCloskey, 6-4, 6-2
4. Cooke (SCU) d. Dos Santos, 6-4, 6-3
5. Farah (SCU) d. Holmberg, 6-2, 6-4
6. Borjeson (USF) vs. El Tawill, 6-7, 2-1, suspended

Order of finish: 4, 5, 3