ST. LOUIS William Woods women s tennis (11-6) found itself briefly in an unfamiliar position on Thursday, as the top-seeded Owls dropped the doubles point to No. 2 seed Missouri Baptist (14-9). However, after a rally at the six line by Marceline Kotylak, WWU picked up its third straight American Midwest Conference/Heart of America Athletic Conference/Sooner Athletic Conference NAIA Championship Qualifier title with a 4-2 win over the Spartans.
Having finished the first round on top, the newly-promoted side continued from where they left off on a high as Solange Carvalhas gave the visitors the lead after just 21 minutes of action.
A minute from the break, the unbeaten visitors maintained their push for more goals and found a breakthrough through Mariana Azevedo.
Three minutes after the restart, Famalicao extended their lead when Solange Carvalhas bagged her brace before the South African was introduced as a replacement for Maria Negrao.
Gil Vicente, however, fought in an attempt for a possible comeback but could only pull one back in the 71st minute through Lea Pires.