MOBILE, Ala. - The seventh-ranked Lady Owls advanced to the quarterfinals of the 38th-annual NAIA women's national championship by edging No. 7 seed University of Northwestern Ohio 5-3 in second-round play Wednesday at the Mobile Tennis Center.
No. 10 seed William Woods University squares off against No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett in the quarterfinals at 9 this morning. Georgia Gwinnett moved on with a 5-0 win over No. 14 seed SCAD Atlanta (Georgia) in Wednesday's second round.
Here are singles and doubles results from the Lady Owls' second-round victory Wednesday:
No. 1 singles: Alisa Reshetnikova (UNOH) defeated junior Karyna Sagalai (WWU), 6-3, 6-3; No. 2: sophomore Zlata Shuraeva (WWU) def. Camila Puente (UNOH), 6-0, 6-3; No. 3: Valeriya Kolegova (UNOH) def. freshman Julia Perez Wienese (WWU), 6-0, 6-3; No. 4: freshman Ana Zavala (WWU) def. Melena Lopez (UNOH), 6-2, 6-3; No. 5: junior Felicia Cesar (WWU) vs. Naa Ankrah (UNOH), 6-4, 5-2, unfinished; No. 6: junior Chelsea Steward (WWU) def. Frederique Span (UNOH), 6-2, 6-2.
No. 1 doubles: Reshetnikova/Kolegova (UNOH) def. Shuraeva/Zavala (WWU), 9-7; No. 2: junior Julia Mulder/junior Abigail Lemberger (WWU) def. Puente/Lopez (UNOH), 8-4; No. 3: Cesar/Steward (WWU) def. Ankrah/Span (UNOH), 8-3.