#5 Women's Tennis | 4/21/2017 1:36:41 PM

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Tenth-ranked Valdosta State punched its ticket to the GSC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship with a 5-1 win over No. 22 West Alabama on Friday.

Valdosta State improved to 16-5 and West Alabama dropped to 16-7. Valdosta State advances to its 14^th all-time GSC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship Final. The Lady Blazers currently have four GSC Championship Trophies on their shelf.

"We had several strong performances winning at No. 1 against a nationally-ranked doubles team," UWA coach Jeff Beaman said. "Amina (Mukhametshina) won her first set at No. 1 singles against ranked opponent and was up at the start of 2nd. Georgina (Morral) was in their third set set and there were several close other matches."

Mukhametshina and Morral defeated Bea Morales Hernandez and Anke Poncelet, 8-6, in No. 1 doubles.

Singles competition
1. #13 B. Morales Hernandez (VSU) vs. #26 Amina Mukhametshina (UWA) 5-7, 3-2, unfinished
2. Anja Coksa (VSU) def. Teona Tatishvili (UWA) 6-3, 6-3
3. Laura Ubeda (VSU) def. Evelyn Moreno (UWA) 6-2, 6-1
4. Sabrina Schmidt (VSU) vs. Georgina Morral (UWA) 5-7, 6-1, 2-0, unfinished
5. Anke Poncelet (VSU) def. Liliana Araucz (UWA) 6-2, 6-1
6. Daniela Barta (VSU) def. Andrea Tomassone (UWA) 6-2, 5-4

Doubles competition
1. #15 Amina Mukhametshina/Georgina Morral (UWA) def. B. Morales Hernandez/Anke Poncelet (VSU) 8-6
2. Anja Coksa/Daniela Barta (VSU) def. Evelyn Moreno/Liliana Araucz (UWA) 8-3
3. Laura Ubeda/Estes Widdershoven (VSU) def. Teona Tatishvili/Andrea Tomassone (UWA) 8-2

Match Notes:
West Alabama 16-7; National ranking #22; Regional ranking #6
Valdosta State 16-5; National ranking #10; Regional ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,3,5)