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ROCK HILL, SC—#1 seed Winthrop takes down #9 seed Longwood 4-0 in Game 3 of the Big South Women's Tennis Tournament presented by Musco Lighting. Winthrop improves their overall record to 16-9 and advance to play in the semifinals tomorrow at 10:00 am.

The Lady Eagles rolled through the doubles round with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Senior Yasmine Alkema (Algiers, Algeria) and junior Andressa Garcia (Sao Paulo, Brazil) defeated Marta Pinyol and Allison Shulman of Longwood 8-0 at No. 1 doubles. In the No. 2 position, freshman Alice Garcia (Brasilia, Brazil) and senior Giovanna Portiolli (Curitiba, Brazil) defeated Longwood's Sarah Moomau and Malin Allgurin 8-1. No. 3 doubles was unfinished with Winthrop's freshmen Caitlin Cridland (Perth, Australia) and Tijana Uzelac (Belgrade, Serbia) leading Longwood's Nicole Parker and Hannah Hill, 6-2.

The Lady Eagles took a quick 2-0 lead when Longwood's Allison Shulman retired from the No. 3 singles match vs. Alice Garcia. Giovanna Portiolli took care of Sarah Moomau at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-0. Andressa Garcia clinched the match for the Lady Eagles by defeating Malin Allgurin 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 2 position.

Yasmine Alkema dropped the first set at No. 1 singles to Marta Pinyol, 4-6 and was leading 2-1 in the second set when the match ended. No. 5 singles finshed with Caitlin Cridland winning set one 6-4 and trailing set two 1-2 to Longwood's Hannah Hill. Tijana Uzelac was leading Nicole Parker 6-4, 4-2, at No. 6 singles.

The Lady Eagles will play the winner of #4 seed Liberty vs #5 seed Coastal Carolina. That match will begin at 10:00 am on Friday, April 19.