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Women's Tennis Advances to National Semifinals, Faces Top-Seed Auburn-Montgomery

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.
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Players Mentioned

Candela Castanon

Candela Castanon

Freshman
Florencia Bertoletti

Florencia Bertoletti

Junior
Marla Rogers

Marla Rogers

Junior

Players Mentioned

Candela Castanon

Candela Castanon

Freshman
Florencia Bertoletti

Florencia Bertoletti

Junior
Marla Rogers

Marla Rogers

Junior
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