Gig Jensen and Maddy Meister won the No. 1 doubles match against 20^th-ranked Southwestern University, but the Colorado College women's tennis team dropped a 5-1 decision to the Pirates on Saturday in an SCAC semifinal match in Georgetown, Texas.
 
Jensen and Meister posted the first point for CC against Southwestern since 2016 as they defeated the West Region's 10^th-ranked team of Nina Mitrofanova and Alli Ziehm, 8-7, at the top spot. The Pirates won the other two doubles matches, including an 8-4 victory by Daryl Locke and Taylor Despriet over Magdalene Gonzales and Olivia Dicks at No. 2. Erika Synoski and Emma Kesterson downed Lindsay Popeo and Christina Heffron, 8-1, at the No. 3 position.
             
Southwestern, seeded No. 2 at the tournament, won three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the team match. Sydney Wahl beat Gonzales beat Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 3, Lydia Lee downed Elizabeth Girian, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 4 and Zeihm defeated Meister, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 5. The other three matches were pulled off the court at that time, including the No. 2 match, where Popeo was leading Kesterson, 6-3, 3-2.
 
The Tigers, the No. 3 seed, will play the University of St. Thomas in the third-place match on Sunday, April 30, beginning at 11 a.m. (MT).
 
No. 20 Southwestern University 5, Colorado College 1
SCAC Semifinal
April 29, 2023
Georgetown, Texas
 
Doubles
1. Maddy Meister / Gigi Jensen (CC) def. Nina Mitrofanova / Alli Ziehm, 8-7
2. Daryl Locke / Taylor Despriet (SU) def. Magdalene Gonzales / Olivia Dicks, 8-4
3. Erika Synoski / Emma Kesterson (SU) def. Lindsay Popeo / Christina Heffron, 8-1                      
 
Singles
1. Nina Mitrofanova (SU) vs. Christina Heffron, 6-3, 3-2, dnf                   
2. Lindsay Popeo (CC) vs. Emma Kesterson, 6-3, 3-2, dnf
3. Sydney Wahl (SU) def. Magdalene Gonzales, 6-0, 6-2
4. Lydia Lee (SU) def. Elizabeth Girian, 6-1, 6-2
5. Alli Ziehm (SU) def. Maddy Meister, 6-2, 6-0
6. Lauren Chisholm (SU) def. Abby Wilson, 6-3, 4-1, dnf