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Women's Tennis wins top-10 battle over Indiana Wesleyan

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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- No. 3-ranked Lindsey Wilson women's tennis remained perfect against NAIA competition this season with a 5-2 win over No. 9-ranked Indiana Wesleyan today at the Kelly Hall Tennis Complex on the Campbellsville (Ky.) campus.

The Blue Raiders (10-4) captured two of the three doubles points and claimed three of the four singles matches that concluded to win the top-10 battle. The rest of the matches were halted after the Blue Raiders reached the necessary five points to claim the win.

Lindsey Wilson jumped out to a 1-0 lead over the Wildcats thanks to Alex Shchipakina and Maria Prados Cid's 8-3 win over Kelsey Vessels and Ellen Hornett in the third-seeded match. The tandem remained perfect on the season, improving to 6-0 with the win.

Indiana Wesleyan (23-5) evened the match with a win at the top-seeded doubles match. Katie Wilson and Lucia Solis -- the NAIA's top-ranked doubles team -- upended Natalia Kattah and Henar Munoz 8-5 for the win.

Jessica King and Fiona Curty put the Blue Raiders back in front with an 8-6 win over Rachel Bottorff and Alex Mella in the second-seeded match. The win helped Lindsey Wilson take a 2-1 lead into singles play.

Shchipakina extended the Lindsey Wilson lead to 3-1 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Solis in the second-seeded singles match. Shchipakina improves to 6-1 on the season with win.

The Wildcats bounced back with a win at the third-seeded match. Bottorff (IWU) defeated Kattah 6-1, 6-3 to trim the team deficit to 3-2.

Lindsey Wilson won the next two matches to take the team win.

Munoz blanked Wilson -- ranked 35th in the NAIA in singles -- in the third set to take a 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 win in the top-seeded singles match. The win moved the Blue Raiders within a point of the team win.

Prados Cid provided that win with a decisive 6-0, 6-3 over Marissa Klein in the sixth-seeded match. The win is Prados Cid's team-leading seventh straight victory in singles play.

King and Curty each owned a one-set lead when the matches were stopped.

Lindsey Wilson returns to play at 1 p.m. CT on Monday, April 4 as the Blue Raiders travel to Mid-South Conference foe Shawnee State (Ohio) in Portsmouth, Ohio.

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