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Mary Washington And Salisbury Women's Tennis Win Semifinal Shutouts, Headed Toward Friday's Showdown For CAC Title

Mary Washington And Salisbury Women's Tennis Win Semifinal Shutouts, Headed Toward Friday's Showdown For CAC Title

Top-seeded Mary Washington and second-seeded Salisbury are headed to another CAC Women's Tennis Tournament championship showdown Friday in Fredericksburg, Va., after each posted a shutout victory in Tuesday's semifinal round.

UMW downed fourth-seeded St. Mary's for the second time in a week by a 9-0 margin while the Sea Gulls topped York, also by a 9-0 count.

The Eagles and Gulls will meet for the title for the sixth-straight year since the round-robin regular-season schedule and six-team, single-elimination post-season tournament were added in 1006.  UMW has won all five previous championship meetings, including three by 9-0 scores.  Last year, Salisbury fell by a 7-2 count.

At UMW, the Eagles won the doubles matches by a combined score of 16-1 and added a forfeit at No. 3 doubles.  The Eagles then won the top five singles matches in straight sets, including four by shutout, and added another forfeit at No. 6 singles.

At Salisbury, the match was the final home contest for seniors Angela Tenaglia and Amy Matonak; Tenaglia teamed up with sophomore Jillian Poppe at No. 1 doubles to earn an 8-1 win, and then proceeded to take a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles.  Tenaglia has certainly left her mark on the Sea Gull women's tennis program – her 34-4 singles record ranks her second in program history (by victories). Additionally, Tenaglia's 89.4% win percentage in singles play gives her the best career singles record (by percentage).  Matonak, who donned a maroon and gold uniform for the first time this season, currently boasts a 5-1 singles record and 5-0 doubles record.