By: Mitch Morelli
Franciscan 7, Westminster 0
Steubenville, Ohio -Â Franciscan Women's Tennis clinched a berth in the PAC Championship Tournament on Tuesday with their win over Westminster For the 15th consecutive season, the Barons will compete in conference postseason play. Their seeding is still not locked in with two conference matches left to play, but the Barons are striving for their eight conference Championship over 16 NCAA Division III seasons.
Box Score
Doubles
  The Titans had just four players available today, so #3 doubles was a walkover win for the Barons.
Claire Cardie and
Kina Ehlers blanked the Ttians at #1 in quick work to earn the doubles' point.
Jordan Beltavski and
Colette Park paired up for the first time this season, and they rallied back to win 7-6 at #2. Park is now 2-0 in collegiate doubles matches.
Singles
  #5 and #6 went down as walkover wins, so the Barons were in need of one singles win to win the match. They were not complacent, as they won all four to secure the sweep.
Claire Cardie,
Kina Ehlers, and
Jordan Beltavski won in straight sets. Laure Schoenberger lost the first set, but rallied all the way back to win in a tiebreaker.Â
Next Up
  Franciscan remains at home to take on Thiel on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The Barons are 5-0 all-time against the Tomcats, including sweeps in each of the last three seasons.Â
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