ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA -- The fifth-seeded Flagler Saints upended fourth-seeded North Georgia 4-0 to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA women's tennis national championships on Thursday morning at Sanlando Park. With that win, the Saints (23-5) will meet top-seeded Barry in the national semifinals on Saturday at 9:00 am with a ticket to the national finals on the line.

The all-Peach Belt affair was a rubber match between the two, who met for the first time at the ITA Indoor National Championships in February with North Georgia winning 4-3. Flagler returned the favor with a 4-3 win on the road in their regular-season matchup in March.

On Thursday, the two teams began battling from the first serve with Flagler edging out the doubles point. The #1 team of Dana Heimen and Anastasia Nikolova defeated UNG's Angelina Linnikova and Carolina Reis 7-5. UNG's Emily Bush and Linn Goerdes beat Flagler's Laura Jepescu and Adela Latalova 6-4 at second doubles, leaving the deciding match at #3.

The third doubles set was tied at 6-6, forcing a tiebreak. Flagler's Sofia Balsera and Eryka Kruk picked up key points and defeated Ashley Moinard and Vasiliss Kupriyanova 7-5 in the tiebreak to take the point.

Boosted by their doubles performance, the Saints picked up three quick points in singles to put the match away. Nikolova swept Moinard 6-3, 6-0 at second singles while Balsera beat Reis 6-2, 6-3 at fifth singles. Flagler got their final point at #4 singles where Kruk defeated Goerdes 6-1, 7-5.