MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The University of West Alabama women's tennis team defeated Alabama-Huntsville, 5-0, in the quarterfinal round of the Gulf South Conference Tennis Championships Saturday morning at Lagoon Park.
 
The victory gives West Alabama a 19-9 record going into the semi-final match against top-seeded and ninth-ranked West Florida at 2:30 p.m.
 
The Tigers swept doubles play before Helga Jeske and Shannon McEvoy won No. 2 and 6 singles, respectively, to put the match away against the Lady Chargers.
 
Following are results of the GSC women's quarterfinal tennis match between UWA and UAH:
 
#4 West Alabama 5, #5 Alabama Huntsville 0 (Lagoon Park)
No. 1 Doubles—Helga Jeske/Shannon McEvoy, UWA def. Una Carvajal/Alejandra Pacheco, UAH, 8-1
No. 2 Doubles—Jill Furlong/Natalia Cardenas, UWA def. Jessica Groupierre/Katie Bryant, UAH, 8-5
No. 3 Doubles—Emily Gerding/Dasha Popova, UWA def. Maria Lawton/Kasi McDonald, UAH, 8-4
No. 2 Singles—Helga Jeske, UWA def. Lina Carvajal, UAH, 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Singles—Shannon McEvoy, UWA def. Kasi McDonald, UAH, 6-1, 6-0