Women's Tennis
Commonwealth Conference Semifinals
Lebanon Valley 5, Albright 0

ANNVILLE, Pa. - Strong doubles play put LVC ahead early as they blanked Albright, 5-0, in the Commonwealth Conference semifinals on Thursday.

The Dutchmen (11-4) will advance to their seventh straight Commonwealth Conference final on Saturday, all of them against Elizabethtown. LVC is bidding to win its first crown since 2009 and will visit E-town, the top seed in this year's tournament.

After falling to Victoria Foanio and Alyssa Sell in the regular season 8-4, LVC's No. 1 doubles team of Amelia Capuano and Christie Graf flipped the result with a superb 8-3 win to cap off doubles. That highlighted a strong pairs effort after Lori Noble and Lauren Shanberg shut out Melissa Carberry and Christina Peacock 8-0 at No. 3 and Mary Kate Lemon and Nicole Kracum beat Brooke Ronney and Erin Sullivan 8-4 at No. 2.

It didn't take long for LVC to polish off the match with a pair of shutout wins in singles. Kracum beat Elizabeth Bengtsson at No. 5, and Graf bageled Ronney at No. 2 to clinch the match.
 

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Singles competition
1. Amelia Capuano (LVCW) vs. #19 Victoria Foanio (ALBWT) unfinished
2. Christie Graf (LVCW) def. Brooke Ronney (ALBWT) 6-0, 6-0
3. Mary Kate Lemon (LVCW) vs. Alyssa Sell (ALBWT) unfinished
4. Lori Noble (LVCW) vs. Melissa Carberry (ALBWT) unfinished
5. Nicole Kracum (LVCW) def. Elizabeth Bengtsson (ALBWT) 6-0, 6-0
6. Lauren Shanberg (LVCW) vs. Erin Sullivan (ALBWT) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Amelia Capuano/Christie Graf (LVCW) def. Victoria Foanio/Alyssa Sell (ALBWT) 8-3
2. Mary Kate Lemon/Nicole Kracum (LVCW) def. Brooke Ronney/Erin Sullivan (ALBWT) 8-4
3. Lori Noble/Lauren Shanberg (LVCW) def. Melissa Carberry/Christina Peacock (ALBWT) 8-0