CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's tennis team defeated No. 8 Carnegie Mellon 4-1 on Monday afternoon in the national quarterfinal. The Bears advance to play No. 5 Babson tomorrow afternoon at 5 p.m. ET in their second-straight national semifinal and the second in program history.
Babson advanced to the semifinal with a 4-0 win over Chicago.
Doubles
The Bears swept all three matches at doubles to earn the doubles point for an early 1-0 lead.
No. 10 senior
Eliana Hanna and sophomore
Ally Lin won their match first, defeating No. 7 Kotisha Modak and Jane Wong 6-0 and No. 2 doubles.
No. 1 junior
Eleanor Archer and sophomore
Caitlin Bui beat Divya Venkatarama and Ancele Dolesek 6-2 at No. 1 doubles to clinch the doubles point.
Sophomore
Sam Slowik and first-year
Lily Brecknock defeated Rachel Li and Shelly Zinchenko 6-2 at No. 3 doubles.
Singles
Senior
Amber Edmonds won the first singles point for the Bears, defeating Victoria Gazda 6-1, 6-2 to give the Bears a 2-0 edge.
No. 5 Hanna fell to No. 17 Wong at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-2 to make it a 2-1 match.
Lin won the next point for the Bears, beating Venkatarama 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.
Senior
Nina Moravek clinched the match for WashU, defeating Dolensek 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.
The win marks the Bears' 20
th of the year as they sit at 20-3.
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