MINNETONKA, Minn. – No. 1 seed Augustana women's tennis punched its ticket to the championship match with a 5-0 win over No. 4 seed Minnesota State in the semifinals. The Vikings will be playing for their fifth consecutive NSIC Tournament Championship taking on Upper Iowa.
 
Augustana swept doubles play and won at No. 2 and No. 6 doubles for the 5-0 victory.
 
Jessa Richards and Sydney Postal took down Killian Doran and Sarah McCann at No. 1 doubles by a score of 8-2. Berkley Darr and Heather Sullivan defeated Melissa Mashburn and Destiny Lee 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
 
Jenna Helleberg and Meredith Lawrence made it a clean sweep in doubles play with an 8-3 win over Lisa Dobbelaere and Andrea Erdman at No. 3 doubles.
 
Meredith Lawrence defeated Andrea Erdman at No. 6 singles for the first of two singles victories for the Vikings. Lawrence won in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. Sydney Postal accounted for the fifth and final team point with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Melissa Washburn at No. 2 singles.
 
Augustana is currently taking on No. 2 seed Upper Iowa in the NSIC/US Bank Tournament Championship at Lifetime Fitness Oakdale in Minnetonka, Minn.

Singles competition

1. Doran, Killian (MSU) vs. Richards, Jessa (AUGIE) no result

2. Postal, Sydney (AUGIE) def. Mashburn, Melissa (MSU) 7-5, 6-0

3. McCann, Sarah (MSU) vs. Olivo, Christine (AUGIE) no result

4. Darr, Berkley (AUGIE) vs. Lee, Destiny (MSU) 6-1, 4-2, unfinished

5. Helleberg, Jenna (AUGIE) vs. Dobbelaere, Lisa (MSU) 1-0, unfinished

6. Lawrence, Meredith (AUGIE) def. Erdman, Andrea (MSU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Richards, Jessa/Postal, Sydney (AUGIE) def. Doran, Killian/McCann, Sarah (MSU) 8-2

2. Darr, Berkley/Sullivan, Heather (AUGIE) def. Mashburn, Melissa/Lee, Destiny (MSU) 8-3

3. Helleberg, Jenna/Lawrence, Meredith (AUGIE) def. Dobbelaere, Lisa/Erdman, Andrea (MSU) 8-3