LAKEVILLE, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's tennis team edged closer to securing a berth in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoffs by sweeping past Concordia College (Minn.), 9-0, on Thursday evening at Lakeville Life Time Fitness.

With the win over Concordia (3-16, 0-9 MIAC), St. Olaf (7-5, 4-4 MIAC) strengthened its hold on the sixth and final spot in next month's MIAC Playoffs, as the Oles are two matches ahead of Saint Benedict (9-5, 2-5 MIAC) in the win column. The Bennies have three MIAC matches remaining, while the Oles have two and hold the tiebreaker by virtue of their head-to-head win last week.

St. Olaf dropped no more than three games in any of the three doubles matches. Sabrina Barboza/Greta Prokosch posted their fifth win in their last seven matches with an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles, while the pairs of Ellie Bergstrand/Emily Otteson and Kellis Brandt/Teresa Fawcett were victorious by matching 8-3 scores at the other two spots.

Atop the singles lineup, Barboza logged her fifth victory in the last six matches by downing Jenna Forknell, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. The Oles lost no more than four games in any of the other five singles matches.

Brandt did not lose a game in her No. 2 singles match against Ivy Mattson, Prokosch dropped just one game in the first set of her No. 5 singles match with Lexi Johnson and Fawcett surrendered just two games in the first set against Abby Westrum at No. 6 singles.

Bergstrand recorded a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles against Lisa Neumann, while Emily Otteson won her No. 4 singles match, 6-1, 6-2, against Brianna Bell.

Otteson has won six of her last seven singles matches and is 8-4 overall this season, while Prokosch has won seven-of-nine and is a team-best 9-3 overall. Both are now 5-3 in the MIAC.

St. Olaf looks to secure a postseason spot when it travels to Macalester College on Tuesday, Apr. 23 for a 5 p.m. match against the Scots.