Caption: WSL Title contender Courtney Conlogue (USA) will battle Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) in Round 4 Heat 3 for her place in the Quarterfinals.
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HONOLUA BAY, Maui/Hawaii (Thursday, November 30, 2017) - The Maui Women's Pro, the final event of the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), resumes today after a thrilling day of competition yesterday. The event has been called ON at Honolua Bay in building four-to-six foot (1.2 - 1.8 metre) surf with Round 4 starting at 12 p.m. local time.

"We are on today starting with Round 4 at 12 p.m. followed by the Quarterfinals," said WSL Deputy Commissioner, Jessi Miley-Dyer. "The swell is here and we're expecting things to build throughout the day. We can't finish the event today so we're looking at tomorrow to possibly wrap things up."

The 2017 WSL Women’s Title, which represents the culmination of a year-long battle amongst the world’s best surfers to claim sport’s highest honor, will be decided at Honolua Bay and four surfers remain in contention: Tyler Wright (AUS), Courtney Conlogue (USA), Carissa Moore (HAW) and Stephanie Gilmore (AUS).

The World Title scenarios heading are as follows:

- Wright and Conlogue can each clinch the Title by winning the event;
- With Fitzgibbons out of the race Wright needs at 5th, Conlogue needs a 3rd, and Moore and Gilmore need to win the event to claim Title.

Defending WSL Champion and event winner Wright and six-time WSL Champion Gilmore are both through to the Quarterfinals while world No. 3 Conlogue and three-time world champion and two-time event winner Moore will both have to battle through Round 4 for their chance to stay in the race.
 
Surfline, official forecaster for the Maui Women’s Pro, are calling for:

The current NNW swell trends down into Thursday morning, while a new NW swell will build Thursday afternoon and continue through the first half of Friday. Fading surf is expected over the weekend, with just small surf early next week.
 
The event will be broadcast LIVE via WorldSurfLeague.com, the WSL app and on Facebook LIVE via the WSL’s Facebook page. Also check local listings for coverage on CBS Sports Network in the U.S., Fox Sports in Australia, ESPN in Brazil, Sky NZ in New Zealand, SFR Sports in France and Portugal, Sport TV in Portugal and the EDGEsport Network.
 
For more information, check out WorldSurfLeague.com 
 
Maui Women’s Pro Round 4 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Lakey Peterson (USA) vs. Silvana Lima (BRA)
Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Brisa Hennessy (HAW)
Heat 3: Courtney Conlogue (USA) vs. Nikki Van Dijk (AUS)
Heat 4: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW)