SUMTER, S.C.-No. 3 seed Mount Olive College knocked No. 6 Barton College out of the 2011 Conference Carolinas Women's Tennis Tournament hosted by Erskine College with a 5-0 win Friday afternoon at the Palmetto Tennis Center.
A sweep in doubles play and victories in the third and fifth singles flights improved the Trojans overall record to 15-6. Mount Olive will next play second seeded Queens University of Charlotte in the semifinals on Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs end 2011 with an 8-11 overall record, one more than the year before.
The other singles matches were stopped after MOC reached its fifth team point to advance.
Mount Olive 5, Barton 0
Singles Competition
Mika Deane (BC) vs. Marine Becker (MOC) no result
Lindsey Frederick (BC) vs. Pietra Viana (MOC) no result
Sofia Medeiros (MOC) def. Lindsay Toth (BC) 6-1, 6-1
Jamie Galasso (BC) vs. Camila Kurebayashi (MOC) no result
Noelia Mora (MOC) def. Carol Fischer (BC) 6-2, 6-4
Francesca Del Pozo (BC) vs. Patricia Guedes (MOC) no result
Doubles Competition
Pietra Viana/Sofia Medeiros (MOC) def. Mika Deane/Lindsey Frederick (BC) 8-2
Marine Becker/Patricia Guedes (MOC) def. Lindsay Toth/Francesca Del Pozo (BC) 8-2
Camila Kurebayashi/Noelia Mora (MOC) def. Carol Fischer/Jamie Galasso (BC) 8-1
