Owensboro, Ky. - The No. 1-seeded Lindsey Wilson men's tennis team started postseason play with a 5-0 win against No. 9-seed Bethel (Tenn.) in the Mid-South Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. The 11th-ranked Blue Raiders have not allowed the opposition to score a point in each of the last six matches.

Lindsey Wilson (14-1, 10-0 MSC) was in command from the start, as the team of Camilo Erazo and Nicolas Torrealba secured the first doubles victory of the day for the Blue Raiders by beating Marcos Neves and Jeffrey Lee 6-0 in the second-seeded match. Aleksa Ciric and Jan Silhavy grabbed the doubles point in their first-seeded match for Lindsey Wilson with a 6-3 victory over Joao Okano and Renato Gravina.

Tiago Almeida and Steven Espinoza were on the edge of winning their third-seeded match at 5-1 against Juan David Hernandez and Joao Andre when play was halted due to the Blue Raiders having already earned the point for doubles.

Torrealba got things going in singles play by taking the first point after an overwhelming 6-0, 6-0 win against Lee in the sixth-seeded match. Espinoza followed with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of his own in his fourth-seeded match versus Andre.

Lindsey Wilson's lead was bumped up to 4-0 after No. 38-ranked Ciric claimed the third-seeded match over Neves with a score of 6-2, 6-0. Almeida, the 46th-ranked player in the NAIA in singles, capped off the contest by taking down Gravina 6-2, 6-1 in the fifth-seeded match.

At the stoppage of play, Silhavy was ahead of Okano 6-4, 2-2 in the first-seeded match and No. 27 Erazo was leading Hernandez 6-3, 2-1 in the second-seeded match.

Lindsey Wilson advances to the MSC Tournament semifinals and will face No. 5-seed Campbellsville (Ky.) at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday at Centre Court in Owensboro, Ky. The Tigers downed No. 4-seed Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 4-2 in their quarterfinals match.

The Blue Raiders lead the all-time series 31-1, including a 7-1 advantage in the postseason, and defeated Campbellsville (12-7, 6-4 MSC) 7-0 earlier this year on April 3. Additionally, Lindsey Wilson claimed victory in each of the previous five meetings.