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THE RUNDOWN
ARLINGTON, Texas –The 20^th-ranked St. Edward's women's team (22-4) will make its 15^th appearance to the Heartland Conference Tournament championship match after defeating UAFS (9-8), 5-1 Friday at the Arlington Tennis Center. The Hilltoppers are now 9-1 all-time vs. the Lions and have the last four matches head-to-head.
 
After a bit of a slow start, The Hilltoppers pulled things together in doubles to jump out to a 3-0 match lead. LAURA GALVAN/ELISA GUILLEN topped Lea Cizeron/Shaun Williams in the second flight, and No. 15 BETH HAYWARD/VALENTINA MARTINEZ and MARISSA WILLIAMS/PAOLA CARPIO both defeated their opponents 8-5. Elissa Guillen tallied her 23^rd consecutive win to kickoff singles (6-1, 6-3) but the Lions got on the scoreboard with a 6-3,6-2 win on court No. 6. Fortunately, that win proved to be frivolous as senior MARISSA WILLIAMS clinched the match with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Samantha Wong in the fourth flight.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
• St. Edward's is 2-0 vs. UAFS in the Heartland Conference Tournament.
• BETH HAYWARD and PAOLA CARPIO have reached 27 doubles wins this season which is tied for the most in the school's record book.
• Carpio recorded her 40^th career doubles win.
• MARISSA WILLIAMS picked up her 54^th career singles win.
• ELISA GUILLEN is 20-0 in singles this spring.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Kendall Brooks' initial thoughts on today's match…
"I'm really pleased with how we performed today. It was our goal to get a 3-0 start after doubles so that we could be efficient and we were able to do that. Things were going well on all courts but Marissa and Elisa were able to close it out for us. We are looking forward to the finals vs. St. Mary's tomorrow, which is going to be a battle again after playing them a week ago. But we are up for the challenge."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers and No. 1 seed St. Mary's Rattlers will meet in the tournament championship for the fourth consecutive year. Action begins at noon with live stats available at GoHilltoppers.com.

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