LANCASTER, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall women's tennis team (9-8, 6-3 CC) cruised through the semifinal final round of the Centennial Conference (CC) tournament with a 5-0 sweep over Washington College Wednesday afternoon at the Alumni Sports & Fitness Center.

The Diplomats downed the Shorewomen in all three doubles matches. The pairing of Cassidy Landau and Mackenzie Sherman blanked their opponent, 8-0, in the first doubles match to earn their fifth victory as a duo this season. Jenna Harrison and Clara March Okuyama earned their seventh win of the spring with an 8-1 victory in the No. 2 doubles match. The duo of Rebecca Bellick and Amelia Squires claimed an 8-2 win in the No. 3 doubles match to pick up their seventh victory of the year.

Sherman earned her 10th singles win of the season with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the No. 3 position. Bellick downed her opponent 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 4 position to pick up her sixth singles victory of the year to secure the win for the Diplomats.

With the win, Franklin & Marshall advances to face No. 15 Johns Hopkins on the road Friday.

Franklin & Marshall 5, Washington College 0

Doubles
1: Cassidy Landau/Mackenzie Sherman (F&M) def. Soleil Namunyola/Piper Sartison (WC); 8-0
2: Jenna Harrison/Clara March Okuyama (F&M) def. Bin Nguyen/Eva Kading (WC); 8-1
3: Rebecca Bellick/Amelia Squires (F&M) def. M.C. Diaz-Nazario/Katie Ruppert (WC); 8-2

Singles
1: Cassidy Landau (F&M) def. Piper Sartison (WC); 6-0, 5-3, unfinished
2: Jenna Harrison (F&M) def. Eva Kading (WC); 6-7 (2-7), unfinished
3: Mackenzie Sherman (F&M) def. Soleil Namunyola (WC); 6-4, 6-1
4: Rebecca Bellick (F&M) def. Bin Nguyen (WC); 6-2, 6-1
5: Clara March Okuyama (F&M) def. Isabella Sorhegui (WC); 6-1, 3-3, unfinished
6: Hayley Bidwell (F&M) def. Katie Ruppert (WC); unfinished