Box Score WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. -- Fourth-ranked Lindsey Wilson women's tennis beat No. 17-ranked Cumberlands (Ky.) today in both team's Mid-South Conference opener at the UC Tennis Courts.
The victory is the 75th consecutive win for the Blue Raiders against an MSC opponent dating back to the 2011 season.
Steffi McDonald and Lucia Mora secured the first point of the day, beating Tessa Gray and Grace Steely 8-3 in the second-seeded doubles match.
Cumberlands tied the team match at 1-1 as Mikaela Fros and Sydney White knocked off Carla Alibert and Gabriella Pedroza 9-7 in the No. 3 match.
Lindsey Wilson grabbed a 2-1 lead following doubles play as 17th-ranked Alexandra Parra and Lina Sachica upset 13th-ranked Jaclyn Jewell and Tomomi Nagao 9-7 in the top-seeded match.
The Blue Raiders carried the momentum into the singles matches, winning the first four matches and taking the team match.
McDonald won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, over Jewell at the third-seeded singles match to take the 3-1 lead. Sachica -- ranked No. 29 in the NAIA in singles -- quickly followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Fros in the second-seeded match.
Mora continued the streak in the fourth-seeded match. She beat Steely 6-2, 6-3 to give Lindsey Wilson the 5-1 lead and the team win.
Just like in doubles, Parra -- ranked No. 25 in singles -- upset No. 18 Nagao. Parra won the match 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to push Lindsey Wilson to a 6-1 lead.
Cumberlands won the final two matches in straight sets to close the match.
Lindsey Wilson returns to action at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 23, as the Blue Raiders travel to Martin Methodist (Tenn.) in Pulaski, Tennessee.