MOBILE, Ala.- the William Carey Women's Tennis team captured the SSAC Tournament Championship earlier today with a 4-1 victory over Loyola (New Orleans). The Lady Crusaders earned a berth in the championship match after a 5-0 victory over Blue Mountain Christian yesterday in the semi-finals. Carey, the number one overall seed, won the SSAC Regular Season Championship just over a week ago. Today's win puts the Lady Crusader overall record at 16-1 on the season.
 
The Lady Crusaders picked up the doubles point with a 6-0 win from Victoria Vieten and Isabella Lechuga. The other duo to win their doubles match came from a 6-3 win from Li-Hsien Lin and Malak Abarkane.
 
Carey got singles wins from Vieten (6-0, 6-2), Jian Kang (6-3, 6-1), Tiffany Chang (6-1, 6-2), and Li-Hsien Lin (7-5, 6-2). 
 
The Lady Crusaders, ranked 5^th in the NAIA, now await their postseason assignment at the NAIA National Championship, to be hosted in Mobile, Alabama. The tournament will be held starting on May 12^th and will run through the 16^th. The selection show where the Crusaders will learn of their next opponent will take place on April 28^th.