GEORGETOWN, Texas -- The second-seeded and 20th-ranked Southwestern University women advanced to their seventh straight title match with a 5-1 victory over Colorado College in the semifinal round of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship Saturday afternoon on the Pirates' home courts. Official Website | Postmatch Interview | Photo Album
Southwestern improved its record to 18-4 and advances to take on the winner of top-seeded Trinity University and fourth-seeded University of St. Thomas in tomorrow's championship match. First serve for Sunday's championship match is scheduled for 2 pm CT.
The Colorado College women fall to 6-13 and await the loser of Trinity/St. Thomas in tomorrow's third-place match. That contest will take place at Noon tomorrow at Round Rock High School.
Southwestern took the first two doubles points before Colorado College's top line duo of Maddy Meister and Gigi Jensen salvaged a point for the Tigers, taking a hard-fought 8-7 decision over SU's Nina Mitrofanova and Alli Ziehm.
The Pirates poured it on in singles play, with Sydney Wahl picking up the first point with a 6-1, 6-2 win at the third line, followed by a 6-1, 6-2 win by Lydia Lee at No. 4 to give SU the 4-1 advantage and needing just one more win to advance. Southwestern's Alli Ziehm exacted some revenge from her earlier doubles setback, earning the clinching point with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over CC's Maddy Meister.
#20 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 5, COLORADO COLLEGE 1
April 29, 2023 at Georgetown, Texas (Marvin D. Henderson Sr. Tennis Courts)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Nina Mitrofanova (SU) vs. Christina Heffron (COLO) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished |
| 2. Emma Kesterson (SU) vs. Lindsay Popeo (COLO) 3-6, 2-3, unfinished |
| 3. Sydney Wahl (SU) def. Magdalene Gonzales (COLO) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 4. Lydia Lee (SU) def. Elizabeth Girian (COLO) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 5. Alli Ziehm (SU) def. Maddy Meister (COLO) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 6. Lauren Chisholm (SU) vs. Abby Wilson (COLO) 6-3, 4-1, unfinished |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Maddy Meister/Gigi Jensen (COLO) def. Nina Mitrofanova/Alli Ziehm (SU) 8-7 |
| 2. Taylor Despriet/Daryl Locke (SU) def. Olivia Dicks/Magdalene Gonzales (COLO) 8-4 |
| 3. Erika Synoski/Emma Kesterson (SU) def. Lindsay Popeo/Christina Heffron (COLO) 8-1 |
| Match Notes |
| Colorado College 6-13; Regional ranking #17 |
| Southwestern (Tex.) 18-4; National ranking #20; Regional ranking #4 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,4,5) |
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Southwestern is making its seventh straight trip to the conference finals (the 2020 championships were canceled due to COVID), which includes the 2021 tournament when the Pirates won their first and only SCAC women's tennis title with a 5-4 victory over Trinity.
