ST. LOUIS, MO. – The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team punched their ticket to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament with their 5-0 sweep over WASHU on Monday afternoon at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center.
 
Season Impact: With the win, the Sagehens improved to 20-5 overall and advanced to their deepest run in the NCAA Tournament under the Mike Morgan era.
 
The Sagehens started the day sweeping doubles competition to take a quick 3-0 lead over the Bears. Angie Zhou and Marissa Markey got the first win of the day with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles while Lauren Rha and Nina Ye followed shortly after at No. 1 doubles with an 8-2 win as well.  Pomona-Pitzer took all three points with Alex Coleman and Amelia Poor finishing off doubles play with an 8-3 win at the No. 3 spot heading into singles.
 
With the Sagehens needing just two wins during singles play to advance, Pomona-Pitzer got the job done quickly as Markey pulled the Sagehens to within one point of a clinch with a 6-3, 6-2 win and then Rha completed the sweep at the No. 1 singles spot with a 6-2, 6-1 victory as the Sagehens moved on to the Semifinals.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will next face Chicago for a trip to the NCAA Division III National Championship on Tuesday, May 21^st at 4:00 p.m. CST.
 
UNFINISHED MATCHES:
#2 Singles
Eleanor Archer                    4               2
Nyakiriri Kanefu                  6               3
 
#4 Singles
Karen Gao                          6               3
Leticia Bazua Vazquez     3               4
 
# 5 Singles
Amber Edmonds               4               2
Nina Ye                               6               3
 
#6 Singles
Emily Chiasson                  4               4
Amelia Poor                       6               2