MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - No. 1 doubles team and No. 1 singles player Blakely Valdez won both points for the Birmingham-Southern women's tennis team as they were defeated by #3 seed Rhodes in the SAA Tournament Quarterfinals on Friday.

Rhodes got on the board first with a win in the No. 2 doubles match, but No. 1 duo Phoebe Shapard/Blakely Valdez were phenomenal and tied the score at one point a piece after an emphatic 8-0 win. The Lynx then won the No. 3 doubles match to take a 2-1 win into singles.

The Lynx won the first two doubles matches to finish in the No. 3 and No. 6 positions to put themselves within a point of advancing to the semifinals. No. 1 Blakely Valdez kept the Panthers alive with a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 win as she continued her great day. However, the Lynx ended the match with a win in the No. 4 position to emerge victorious, 5-2.

Final: #3 Rhodes 5, #6 Birmingham-Southern 2

Singles competition
1. Blakely Valdez (BSC) def. Gracie Rask (RHO) 6-1, 6-3
2. Phoebe Shapard (BSC) vs. Meher Mishra (RHO) 6-3, 3-5, unfinished
3. Emma McHale (RHO) vs. Abbie Bateh (BSC) 6-0, 6-1
4. Zainab Baba (RHO) vs. Anna Beth Giles (BSC) 6-0, 6-2
5. Anna Cate Weeks (BSC) vs. Esme Benjamin (RHO) 6-6, unfinished
6. Sofia Rodriguez (RHO) def. Anna Marie Bentley (BSC) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Phoebe Shapard/Blakely Valdez (BSC) def. Sofia Rodriguez/Meher Mishra (RHO) 8-0
2. Gracie Rask/Emma McHale (RHO) def. Anna Beth Giles/Meg Griffin (BSC) 8-1
3. Cami Lowry/Zainab Baba (RHO) def. Anna Marie Bentley/Anna Cate Weeks (BSC) 8-4

Records
Birmingham-Southern 6-10 (2-5 SAA), Rhodes 11-6 (4-2 SAA)