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IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata women's tennis team (9-8, 7-3 CSAC) clinched a berth in the CSAC playoffs with a 6-3 victory over Cedar Crest (8-8, 5-5 CSAC) in the team's final match of the season.  The playoff appearance by the Mighty Macs is the first for the women's tennis team since 2005.  The match was also the final home contest for Julie Einwechter, Theresa Martini, Olivia Kauffman, and Racha Mouawad.
 
Freshman Annaliese Kambouroglos and sophomore Kara Trowbridge led the way for IU with a victory in both doubles and singles.
 
The Mighty Macs won two of three doubles to take a 2-1 lead early in the match.  Trowbridge and Martini picked up an easy 8-1 victory in the number two position, and Kambouroglos and junior Pattie McGinley gritted out an 8-5 win in the number three spot.
 
Immaculata claimed four of six singles matches to lock down the biggest victory of the season to lift them into the playoffs.  Trowbridge won 6-1, 6-2 in the third spot, while Kambouroglos won a third set tie breaker 10-5 for a hard-earned victory in the fourth spot.
 
Einwechter won the final home match of her career 6-1, 6-3 in the fifth spot, and freshman Jenna Fratterelli topped her opponent 6-2, 6-1 in the sixth position.
 
The fourth-seeded Mighty Macs will take on the top-seeded Gwynedd Mercy Griffins in the CSAC Semifinals next Friday in Philadelphia.