NEW ORLEANS, La. | Alabama State breezed to the championship match with a 4-0 victory over Prairie View A&M Saturday afternoon at the Pepsi Tennis Center in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) semifinals.

The Hornets will look for their third consecutive conference title, facing Alabama A&M in the championship match Sunday.
Alabama State claimed the doubles point with identical 6-4 wins at numbers two and three doubles, before the SWAC Player of the Year Ion Efrim won 6-0, 6-0 at number one. They also got wins from Juan Rodriguez (6-0, 6-0) at number five, Tomas Fernandez (6-2, 6-4) at number four.

Alabama State 4, Prairie View A&M 0
April 13, 2019
New Orleans, La.
Singles
1. Ion Efrim (ASU) def. Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMU), 6-0, 6-0
2. Chris Andre (ASU) vs. Xavier Lawrence (PVAMU), unfinished
3. Alexis Collard (ASU) vs. Jorge Juarez Caballero (PVAMU), unfinished
4. Tomas Fernandez (ASU) def. Kevin Ugarteche (PVAMU), 6-2, 6-4
5. Juan Rodriguez (ASU) def. Zachary Suico (PVAMU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Carl-Louis Luckmann (ASU) vs. Taqel Lewis (PVAMU), unfinished

Doubles
1. Efrim/Collard (ASU) vs. Lawrence/Caballero (PVAMU), unfinished
2. Rodriguez/Andre (ASU) def. Lewis/Suico (PVAMU), 6-4
3. Fernandez/Luckmann (ASU) def. Ugarteche/Yoshikata (PVAMU), 6-4

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