ST. PAUL, Minn. – The University of Northwestern women's tennis team welcomed UW-Superior to St. Paul for Wednesday afternoon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) tournament play. The semifinal match, which featured the no. 2 seeded Eagles and no. 3 seeded Yellowjackets, resulted in a 7-2 win for Northwestern. The Eagles improve to 14-10 this season.
 
UNW will advance to the 2019 UMAC tournament championship to face top-seeded St. Scholastica. The Eagles fell to the Saints in Saturday regular season action.

Northwestern got off to a smooth start, cruising to three straight doubles wins. The no. 3 duo of Rachel Lukkarila (Becker, Minn./Homeschool) and Gracie LeBrun (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) recorded a dominant 8-1 win.

In singles action, Nikki Paskewitz (Staples, Minn./Staples-Motley) and Lukkarila cruised to straight set wins. At no. 5 singles, Gracie LeBrun (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) dropped her first set before coming back to win a 6-0 set two and 10-6 third set tiebreaker. Maffee Rinta at no. 6 singles recorded a similar come-from-behind win (3-6, 6-4, 10-6). Lukkarila has won five straight at the no. 4 spot.

The Eagles championship match against St. Scholastica is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 4 in Duluth, Minn. All tournament information including scores, recaps, team information and more can be found on the UMAC Women's Tennis Tournament page. Keep up with all of the tournament action on Twitter and Instagram using #UMACchamp.