The Colorado College women's tennis team dropped a 5-3 decision to Southwestern University Saturday in the semifinals of the 2016 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.   
 
The second-seeded Pirates (21-4) won two of the three doubles matchups to take an early 2-1 advantage. Maranda Kahl and Nicole Wilson defeated junior Maddie Cahill-Sanidas and sophomore Natalia Dellavalle, 8-4, at No. 3 to open the match. After sophomore Fiona Cerf and freshman Kendal McGinnis won the No. 1 match, 8-2, SU's No. 2 team of Taite Drews-Jones and Jessey Martinez edged freshmen Annie Zlevor and Simone Hall, 8-6.

CC (12-9) evened things at 2-2 when Drews-Jones retired at the No. 1 match against Cerf. The Pirates took a 3-2 lead when Martinez posted a 6-0, 6-4 victory over freshman Madison Doerre.

Once again, the Tigers squared the match as Dellavalle defeated Swets, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 3, but Southwestern received a three-set victory by Anna Schneemann over McGinnis, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot and Wilson clinched it for Southwestern as she rallied for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 triumph over Zlevor at No. 5.
 
The Tigers will take on Schreiner University on Sunday in the third-place match. The match is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (CT).
 
 
(2) Southwestern 5, (3) Colorado College 3
April 23, 2016
Kerrville, Texas
Semifinal – 2016 SCAC Championships

Doubles
1. Fiona Cerf / Kendal McGinnis (CC) def. Anna Schneemann / Emilie Moeller, 8-2
2. Taite Drews-Jones / Jessey Martinez (SU) def. Simone Hall / Annie Zlevor, 8-6
3. Nicole Wilson / Maranda Kahl (SU) def. Maddie Cahill-Sanidas / Natalia Dellavalle, 8-4
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles
1. Fiona Cerf (CC) def. Taite Drews-Jones, ret.
2. Anna Schneemann (SU) def. Kendal McGinnis, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
3. Natalia Dellavalle (CC) def. Julie Swets, 7-5, 6-3
4. Jessey Martinez (SU) def. Madison Doerre, 6-0, 6-4
5. Nicole Wilson (SU) def. Annie Zlevor, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
6. Emilie Moeller (SU) vs. Maddie Cahill-Sanidas, DNF
Order of finish: 1, 4, 3, 2, 5