NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Senior Sarah Clark won the decisive third-set tiebreaker at No. 5 singles to give the fourth-seeded St. Olaf College women's tennis team a 4-3 victory over fifth-seeded St. Catherine University in the quarterfinals of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Women's Tennis Playoffs on Wednesday afternoon at Carlson Courts.

After St. Kate's (13-6) held a 3-1 lead, St. Olaf (13-3) got third-set wins from senior Jane Spading and senior Fiona O'Flaherty to make the match come down to the No. 5 singles match between Clark and Liliana Holmberg. Clark completed the Oles' comeback by winning the decisive tiebreaker, 7-0, to send St. Olaf to the semifinals for the 10th time under the current format that began in 2007.

Third-seeded Bethel University blanked the sixth-seeded College of St. Scholastica, 4-0, in the other semifinal, meaning the Oles will take on top-seeded and No. 21-ranked Gustavus Adolphus College in the semifinals on Friday, May 2 at 3:30 p.m. in St. Peter.

Spading and fellow senior Olha Zubarieva got St. Olaf out to a lead with a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles to improve to 9-4 on the season. St. Kate's answered with a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles before coming back to claim a 7-5 win at No. 2 doubles to grab the doubles point in the seven-point playoff format.

Junior Alexandra Berns gave the Oles their first point with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 4 singles for her 10th win of the season. The Wildcats proceeded to pick up straight-set wins at No. 6 and No. 1 singles to build a 3-1 advantage, forcing St. Olaf to need wins each of the final three matches on court to advance.

Spading started the comeback by rebounding from losing the first set in a 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles to run her record to 13-5 on the season. O'Flaherty followed by posting a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles for her team-best 15th singles win of the season (15-3).

With all eyes on the third set of the match between Clark and Holmberg, Clark broke back after trailing 6-5 to force a tiebreaker and won all seven points in the tiebreaker to clinch the win. Clark had not played a tiebreaker in singles all year before playing two in a 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (0) victory that extended her winning streak to four matches.