Mobile, AL – No. 2 seed Fresno Pacific advanced to their fourth straight NAIA national semifinal with a dominating 5-0 win over Brenau University (GA).
The Sunbirds (23-1) will face unseeded Lindsay Wilson College (KY) at 11:00am PT Friday for a shot at Saturday’s championship match. Lindsay Wilson reached the semifinal round with back-to-back upsets. In the round of 16 they upset 6th-seeded Cal Baptist 5-4, and then followed up with a 5-2 win over No. 3 Berry College (GA) in the quarterfinals.
Top seed Auburn University-Montgomery will play No. 4 Concordia in the other semifinal.
The No. 3 tandem of Elizabeth McFeeters (Bullard) and Brittany Salley (Buchanan) got things rolling for the Sunbirds when they defeated Natalia Aranguren/Liubov Orlova 8-5.
Except for a close 9-8 (4) doubles win by Yulia Blinovskaya and Maria Klokotzky at No. 2, the Golden Eagles were no match the Sunbirds. Leading 3-0 after doubles play, Sunbird junior Katia Sabate blitzed Paula Ghilardotti 6-0,6-0 at No. 1 singles.
Senior Yulia Blinovskaya clinched her team’s berth into the Final Four with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Hannah Thompson at No. 4 singles.
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