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Women's Tennis Beats Freed-Hardeman in MSC Quarterfinals
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The No.2 seeded Bethel Lady Wildcats defeated the No. 7 seeded Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mid-South Conference Championships in Bowling Green.
The No. 25 ranked Lady Cats beat the Lions 4-0.
Bethel moved to 13-3 and will move on to face No. 3 seeded Cumberlands (Ky.) Friday in the semifinals at noon. Cumberlands is 12-4 after eliminating Georgetown Thursday.
Saturday's championship match is scheduled for Noon CT.
Singles competition
1. #26 Edisa Hot (BETHEL-W) def. Elise Kruzan (FHU-W) 6-1, 6-0
2. #24 Sofia Canto (BETHEL-W) vs. Hannah Pearce (FHU-W) 6-1, 2-1, unfinished
3. Cloe Casado (BETHEL-W) vs. Morgan Brown (FHU-W) 6-1, 0-3, unfinished
4. Sofija Rajic (BETHEL-W) vs. Kennley Kirk (FHU-W) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished
5. Martina Coghetto (BETHEL-W) def. Savannah Corbitt (FHU-W) 6-1, 6-0
6. Mitzi Castro (BETHEL-W) def. Shiloh Grisham (FHU-W) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Edisa Hot/Sofija Rajic (BETHEL-W) vs. Hannah Pearce/Morgan Brown (FHU-W) 4-4, unfinished
2. Martina Coghetto/Cloe Casado (BETHEL-W) def. Elise Kruzan/Kennley Kirk (FHU-W) 6-2
3. Sofia Canto/Marina Zotelli (BETHEL-W) def. Shiloh Grisham/Savannah Corbitt (FHU-W) 6-1

Match Notes
Freed-Hardeman University 3-16
Bethel University 13-3; National ranking #25
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,5,6)
Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis Tournament - Quarterfinals
Bethel University - No. 2 seed
Freed-Hardeman University - No. 7 seed
Bracket

Lady Wildcats Continue to Receive Votes in NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Rating
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top six teams in the country stayed put in the fourth edition of the NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25. Mobile (Ala.) was the lone newcomer of the week, checking-in at No. 25 as ratings began to solidify up and down the rating.
The Bethel University Lady Wildcats continue to receive votes in the poll. The Cats are 26th in the latest rating.
Bethel is 10-2 on the season.
Rating Methodology:
• The Top 25 was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, and Unaffiliated Groupings.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• The frequency of ratings occurs bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2017-18 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.
RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL [First Place Votes] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 1 Georgia Gwinnett [13] 13-0 343
2 2 Keiser (Fla.) 7-4 332
3 3 Southeastern (Fla.) 9-3 321
4 4 Middle Georgia State 8-3 310
5 5 Xavier (La.) 11-4 299
6 6 Tennessee Wesleyan 10-3 288
7 8 St. Thomas (Fla.) 2-4 270
8 8 William Carey (Miss.) 9-3 259
9 11 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 6-3 255
10 7 LSU Alexandria (La.) 7-2 251
11 10 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 11-2 238
12 12 Loyola (La.) 4-4 223
13 13 Union (Ky.) 9-4 204
14 14 Holy Cross (Ind.) 4-0 192
15 16 Westcliff (Calif.) 8-5 186
16 15 William Woods (Mo.) 5-6 182
17 17 Northwestern Ohio 8-2 175
18 18 Indiana Wesleyan 19-4 157
19 19 Dillard (La.) 7-7 143
20 19 SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 6-6 134
21 21 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 10-4 122
22 22 Marian (Ind.) 12-5 109
23 23 Reinhardt (Ga.) 11-4 106
24 24 Cumberlands (Ky.) 10-6 84
25 RV Mobile (Ala.) 11-3 82
Dropped from the Top 25: Campbellsville (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 61, Arizona Christian 53, Campbellsville (Ky.) 27, Ave Maria (Fla.) 20, McPherson (Kan.) 19, Morningside (Iowa) 12, Menlo (Calif.) 11, Cornerstone (Mich.) 5, Brenau (Ga.) 5, Ottawa (Kan.) 3, Bethel (Ind.) 3