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#1 Southeast Missouri 4, #5 Tennessee State 0
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#2 SIUE 4, #3 Southern Indiana 0
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#1 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 4, #5 TENNESSEE STATE 0
ST. LOUIS - Southeast Missouri (12-6) cruised to a 4-0 victory over Tennessee State (5-20) Saturday morning in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals.
With the win, SEMO advances to face the winner of #2 SIU Edwardsville and #3 Southern Indiana in Sunday's championship. The Redhawks make their fourth-straight appearance in the OVC Tournament final.
The Redhawks extended their winning streak to nine matches and improved to 6-1 at the OVC Tournament since 2021.
In doubles play SEMO's No. 2 pair of Trinity Calinescu and Vivian Lai defeated Franka Sindicic and Louise Ratiu 6-1. Maja Bajorek and Lera Valeeva clinched the doubles point with a win over Perri Howard and Arrieta Castillo, 6-3, at No. 3.
In singles action, OVC Player of the Year Daniela Hlacikova and First-Team All-OVC selection Calinescu rolled through their matches with straight-set wins over Warona Mdlulwa (6-2, 6-2, No. 1) and Sindicic (6-3, 6-1, No. 2).
Valeeva beat Jovana Nikolic 6-0, 6-,3 to secure the match point.
#2 SIUE 4, #3 SOUTHERN INDIANA 0
ST. LOUIS - SIUE women's tennis advanced to the Ohio Valley Conference championship match for the second straight season after defeating Southern Indiana 4-0 Saturday at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center.
The second-seeded Cougars, 17-3, will face top-seeded Southeast Missouri in a noon match Sunday. SEMO defeated Tennessee State 4-0 to move into the title match.
Cydney Rogers and Fabiola Perez clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win at No. 3 against USI's Anais Negrail and Rachel McCorkle.
The Cougars took that momentum and powered past the Screaming Eagles in singles.
Paula Guillen Cerver led the Cougars from the No. 6 single slot with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Madison Windham. Margaux Guibal Britt made it 3-0 with a No. 2 single victory over McCorkle 6-0, 6-3. Amelia Gorman collected her team-leading 27th triumph with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Negrail.
USI concluded its season with an 11-11 record.