Women's Tennis: Westminster finishes fifth at SLIAC tourney

ELSAH, Ill. - The fourth-seeded Westminster Lady Blue Jays took fifth place in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament by shutting out No. 6 Blackburn (Illinois) College 5-0 on Friday.

Westminster College bounced back after being edged by No. 5 seed Greenville (Illinois) College 5-4 in first-round play earlier Friday.

Here are doubles and singles results from the Lady Blue Jays' victory over Blackburn:

No. 1 doubles: sophomore Sydney Attebery/junior Payton Beeler (WC) defeated Karlee Brimberry/Gariel Pierce (BC), 8-6; No. 2: freshman Clara Baldwin/freshman Alexa McPherson (WC) def. Sam Brown/Liz Orr (BC), 8-0; No. 3: sophomore Laural Royer/sophomore Kelsey Gerlach (WC) def. Cierra Gibson/Fatima Noor (BC), 8-0.

No. 3 singles: Royer (WC) def. Brown (BC), 6-1, 6-0; No. 6: senior Laura Kelly (WC) def. Asia Coleman (BC), 6-0, 6-0.