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Mobile Men & Women Advance To Finals
The Lady Rams toppled the Lady Badgers 5-1 to clinch the host bid for the NAIA National Tournament that will take place at the Mobile Tennis Center beginning March 12th. The UM men cruised against Spring Hill by a 5-0 score to advance to the GCAC Finals versus Xavier later tonight. The Lady Rams took the #1 and #2 doubles to take a 2-1 lead heading into singles play and then the the Lady Rams finished things off from there. Josy Soares/Claudia Borges teamed up for an 8-0 victory and Mayra Leal/Pam Boykin fought for an 8-5 victory. Machen/Hovden fell 5-8 for Mobile. Singles action saw Soares win 6-1, 6-0; Borges win 6-1, 6-0 and Leal walk away victorious 6-1, 6-0. The Lady Rams move to 11-4 on the season and will face Xavier Friday night. On the men's side, the Rams set the tone by taking all three doubles matches and then cruised in singles. Alejandro Vial/ Guilherme Lorencon won 8-4, Shaun Wintzell/Ricky Weghorst won 8-1, and Gustavo Godoi/ Sam Perlmutter rounded out the doubles action with an 8-1 win. In singles, Weghorst cruised 6-0, 6-0 and Godoi finished off the match 6-0, 6-1 for the 5-0 victory. The Rams move to 9-4 on the season. Visit the TOURNAMENT WEB SITE for updated information and check back here at the end of the day.
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JACKSON, Miss-- The University of Mobile men's and women's tennis teams each defeated Spring Hill College in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Friday evening.