Box Score HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall women's tennis team (12-5, 6-2 CC) punched its ticket to the Centennial Conference (CC) Tournament Championship for the first time in program history with a 4-3 victory over Haverford (10-7, 7-1 CC) on Friday. The Diplomats claimed two wins in doubles before winning the bottom-three singles matches to come away with the overall match victory.

After falling in the first doubles match, 7(7)-6(5), F&M bounced back with a 7(9)-6(7) win by Sahara Ahmad and Natalie Untermeyer in the No. 2 match. The victory is the duo's 12th doubles' win this spring. The pairing of Presley Daggett and Kakie Colclough downed their opponent in the No. 3 match, 6-2, to put F&M ahead on the scoreboard. With the win, Daggett and Colclough improved to eight wins together this year.

Haverford claimed wins in the top-three singles matches, but the Diplomats held their ground with wins in the bottom-three matches to advance in the tournament. Rebecca Bellick won the No. 6 match, 6-3, 6-1, to earn her 12th singles' victory of the year. Sophia Rhazali outlasted her opponent in the No. 5 match, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, to claim her 13th win this spring. With the match tied at 3-3, Mackenzie Sherman secured the match victory with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 win in the No. 4 match. The win was Sherman's 10th of the year.

Franklin & Marshall travels to face No. 23 Swarthmore in the CC Tournament Championship on Sunday, starting at 1:00 p.m.

Franklin & Marshall 4, Haverford 3
Doubles
1: Rachael Fitzgerald/Mallika Reddy (HAV) def. Jenna Harrison/Mackenzie Sherman (F&M); 7(7)-6(5)
2: Sahara Ahmad/Natalie Untermeyer (F&M) def. Lucy King/Abhishree Menon (HAV); 7(9)-6(7)
3: Presley Daggett/Kakie Colclough (F&M) def. Caroline Gay/Erika Phanord (HAV); 6-2
Singles
1: Rachael Fitzgerald (HAV) def. Jenna Harrison (F&M); 6-3, 6-2,
2: Lucy King (HAV) def. Sahara Ahmad (F&M); 6-2, 6-3
3: Mallika Reddy (HAV) def. Natalie Untermeyer (F&M); 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
4: Mackenzie Sherman (F&M) def. Erika Phanord (HAV); 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
5: Sophia Rhazali (F&M) def. Abhishree Menon (HAV); 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
6: Rebecca Bellick (F&M) def. Caroline Gay (HAV); 6-3, 6-1