MOBILE, Ala.- Top-seeded Keiser (Fla.) defeated fourth-seeded William Carey (Miss.) 4-2, and second-seeded Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) won a trio of three-set matches in a 4-1 victory against third-seeded Tennessee Wesleyan in Friday's semifinals of the 45th annual UTR Sports NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship.

Keiser (23-1) and Lindsey Wilson (19-1) will play for the championship at 1 p.m. CDT Saturday at Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center. Admission is free. The men's championship match, Georgia Gwinnett vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, will start at 9 a.m.

Friday:

• Keiser (Fla.) 4, William Carey (Miss.) 2: The Seahawks won their 14th straight, ended the Lady Crusaders' 18-match win streak and won in the semifinals for the eighth consecutive time. Violet Apisah, No. 1 in the ITA/NAIA singles and doubles rankings, and Ella Sahnis won twice apiece for Keiser. Violet and younger sister Patricia Apisah defeated Victoria Vieten and Isabella Lechuga 6-3, and Violet clinched with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Vieten. Sahnis and Aline Aveiro clinched the doubles point by defeating JiAn Kang and Tiffany Chang 6-4. Sahnis won 6-0, 6-1 against Malek Abarkane at No. 4. William Carey, in the semifinals for the first time since 2019, finished 18-2.

• Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 4, Tennessee Wesleyan 1: For the second consecutive day, Mariangeles Mateu clinched by winning a third-set tiebreaker on the third court. This time she defeated Laia Berne 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5). Also winning in three sets for Lindsey Wilson were Mayra Gisone, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at No. 1 against Ruslana Kovalenko, and Javiera Verdugo, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4 against Ivet Prat. Verdugo and Heyka Rodriguez won 6-4 at No. 1 against Olivia Alcala and Ana Serrano to clinch the doubles point. Tennessee Wesleyan, in the semifinals for the third time in four years, finished 20-2. The Lady Bulldogs entered with an 18-match win streak.

Notes:

• Keiser seeks its second national championship in women's tennis and its first since 2003, when it was known as Northwood University.

• Lindsey Wilson seeks its first national championship in this sport. The Blue Raiders were runner-up in 2016 and 2017.

• This is the ninth consecutive time that the No. 1 and 2 women's seeds advanced to the final.

• Keiser is 4-1 all-time against Lindsey Wilson, 2-0 at NAIA nationals (2024 semifinals, 2018 semifinals).

• Violet Apisah's singles victory was her 42nd in a row for Keiser. The streak began in February 2025.

• This will be the first NAIA women's final that does not include Georgia Gwinnett or Auburn Montgomery. The Grizzlies, winner of the past nine national titles and 10 of the last 11, did not qualify for the tournament this year. AUM departed the NAIA after the 2015-16 academic year.