Box Score MOBILE, Ala. -- The Lindsey Wilson College women's tennis team cruised to the NAIA semifinals with a convincing 5-0 win over previously unbeaten Southern Nazarene (Okla.) University at the NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship in Mobile, Alabama.
The fifth-seeded Blue Raiders swept the doubles competition to gain an early 3-0 advantage over fourth-seed Southern Nazarene.
Freshman Natalia Yakimovich and freshman Fadzai Mawisire won 8-1 in No. 1 doubles competition. Sophomore
Candela Castanon paired with senior
Florencia Bertoletti to score an 8-1 victory for Lindsey Wilson in No. 2 doubles. In No. 3 doubles, junior Zuzana Rakyta-Komendatova and senior
Marla Rogers won 8-2 to complete the doubles sweep.
Mawisire defeated Dasha Ivanova 6-4, 6-4 in No. 4 singles and Bertoletti won over Heather Parnell 6-1, 6-1 in No. 5 singles to clinch the semifinal berth for Lindsey Wilson with a 5-0 win.
The Blue Raiders improve to 23-2 this season while Southern Nazarene finishes their season at 20-1.
Lindsey Wilson will face top-seeded Auburn University-Montgomery (Ala.) in the semifinals at 9 a.m. CT on Thursday. Auburn-Montgomery defeated Lindsey Wilson on April 2 in Mobile, Alabama in the championship match of the Blue and Gray Tennis Championships.