SALISBURY, NC -- Catawba, seeded third in the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament, defeated visiting Newberry 5-0 on Tuesday afternoon at the Johnson Tennis Center. With the win, Catawba advances to a Saturday morning semifinal against second-seeded Tusculum at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC. Catawba improves to 18-5 overall, setting a new school record for wins in a season. Newberry ends its season at 2-10.

Catawba claimed all three doubles matches and earned picked up singles wins from #4 Lauren Fluegge (Avondale, AZ) and #5 Meri Cartmill (West Barnstable, MA) to close out the match. Catawba won both #1 and #2 doubles by the score of 8-6 with the #3 squad earning an 8-0 win.

WOMEN’S MATCH RESULTS

CATAWBA 5, NEWBERRY 0

Singles
#1 KT Rebadow (C) vs. Lauren Hartley (N) DNF
#2 Julie McKinzie (C) vs. Isabel Kreider (N) DNF
#3 Andi Binney (C) vs. Chanelle Clare (N) DNF
#4 Lauren Fluegge (C) d. Bethany Poppe 6-3, 6-1
#5 Meri Cartmill (C) d. Kim Dreiling 6-0, 6-0
#6 Ashley Wells (C) vs. Jessica Lipsi (N) DNF

Doubles
#1 Rebadow/Fluegge (C) d. Hartley/Kreider 8-6
#2 McKinzie/Binney (C) d. Clare/Poppe 8-6
#3 Cartmill/Wells (C) d. Dreiling/Lipsi 8-0
RECORDS: Catawba 18-5; Newberry 2-10.