The University of Illinois Springfield women's tennis team clinched a spot in the GLVC Tournament on Friday after knocking off Lindenwood by a 4-3 score in St. Charles, Mo. The Prairie Stars return to the tournament for the fourth straight time despite having just four players on their spring roster.
 
As always, Lindenwood started the game off with two singles points and a win in doubles before play even started. UIS still captured the doubles point though after Carol Quevedo and Franca Bucco won No. 1 doubles by a 6-2 score, and Neha Mokhasi and Sina Skjelstad won No. 2 doubles by a 6-4 mark.
 
The turning point of the match came at No. 4 singles. UIS had already won No. 1 and No. 3 singles, and it needed just one more win for the team victory. Neha Mokhasi easily won the first set, but the second set went into a tiebreaker. Mokhasi survived the tiebreaker though by a 7-4 margin, improving UIS to 10-2 on the year.
 
Quevedo won the No. 1 singles match by scores of 6-1 and 6-1. Bucco won the No. 3 battle by margins of 7-5 and 6-2. Skjelstad won her first set, before her Lindenwood opponent came back and won the final two sets.
 
UIS ends its regular season on Saturday at Maryville.