#3 Women's Tennis Advances to Semis, Sweeps #6 Mt. Ida

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The five-days between meetings of the Rams and Mustangs did not change the results as the third-seeded Suffolk women's tennis team swept six seed Mount Ida, 5-0, in the quarterfinals of the GNAC tournament, Buckingham, Browne & Nichols to advance to the semifinals. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5, Mount Ida 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-8) | Mount Ida (1-11)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk swept the doubles courts using two golden matches and posted back-to-back golden matches on courts three and four in singles play to lock up the 5-0 quarterfinals decision. 

SUFFOLK STANDOUTS

• Aidiana Sagyndykova and Elena Cisernos Garcia got the day going with an 8-0 decision over Katlyn Jess and Yuliana Chairez in the second spot. 
• Christina Texidor and Eugenia Skorobogatov locked up a 2-0 Suffolk lead thanks to a golden match on cour thtree against Amanda Garner and Hannah Bassett. 
• Valentina Medina and Isabel Rathlev's 8-6 win on court one over Jenna Jarman and Rebecca Levy sent the Rams into singles action with a 3-0 advantage. 
• Skorobogatov put Suffolk ahead 4-0 with a golden victory on court three against Jesse.
• Cisneros Garcia clinched the victory with a  golden match, defeating Chariez in the fourth position. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk will make its eighth GNAC semifinals appearance and fourth thanks to a quarterfinals win. 
• The Rams meet and swept Mount Ida in the conference quarterfinals for the third time. 
• The quarterfinals cleansheet is the fourth in Suffolk's post-season appearance history, with all four of the Rams' advancing wins coming in sweeping fashion. 
• Suffolk remains unbeaten in the quarterfinals as the three seed, moving to 4-0. 

UP NEXT
Suffolk advances to the semifinals where it will meet second-seeded Simmons Saturday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. at the Winchester Tennis Center.