Top-seeded and 20th-ranked Mary Washington and second-seeded Christopher Newport posted shutout semifinal wins on Wednesday afternoon, setting up a CAC Championship showdown on Sunday between the top two seeds in the conference. 

In Fredericksburg, Va., UMW blanked fourth-seeded St. Mary's 9-0, improving to 15-7 on the year. The Eagles posted 8-1 wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, and earned an 8-4 victory at No. 3. The Eagles went on to sweep all six singles spots in straight sets, dropping just nine games throughout. UMW is seeking its 12th straight CAC crown on Sunday. 

In Newport News, Va., CNU raced past third-seeded Salisbury 9-0 to advance to the championship round for the first time. The Captains improved to 14-5 with the win, while Salisbury concludes its season at 13-7. 

After falling behind 3-0 in doubles in the regular season finale with the Sea Gulls last week, the Captains reversed the script on Wednesday as this time they jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in doubles play. 

First, at No. 3 doubles, the Captains rookie pairing of Kate Huck and Kristi Wong took control of their match early, running away with an 8-2 win to get CNU on the board first. The next match to finish up came at No. 2 doubles, where CNU sophomores Logan Eldridge and Katie Carlson claimed an 8-4 victory over Claudia Lohn and Charlotte Walker. 
 
At No. 1 doubles, the highly-anticipated rematch of the regionally-ranked top tandems was, as expected, hotly contested. After falling to the 12^th-ranked Salisbury pairing of Natalie Savage and Katie Youlios last week, CNU's rookie pairing of McKinney Harwood and Alexandra Drye, ranked 14^th in the Atlantic South, locked up the doubles sweep with an 8-6 win.
 
Huck pulled the Captains within one team point of the match when she raced past Soderlund in No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-1. CNU took a one-set lead in all five of the other matches, including Harwood over Savage in a regionally-ranked showdown. Before anyone else could finish though, it was the veteran in the lineup, Carlson, who sealed the win. Carlson, the lone second-year player in CNU's singles lineup, defeated Lohn by a 6-2, 6-1 final.
 
The teams would play out the remaining four matches, as Drye finished up next, capturing a 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5) win over Youlios at number two.  After a hard-fought first set that went to a breaker, Harwood cruised through the second to capture a 7-6 (1), 6-0 win at the top line. The CNU freshman improved to 3-3 against regionally-ranked opponents, including two wins against Savage.
 
Rounding out the match, Konell captured a straight set win over Lutz at No. 5, 6-3, 6-2, and Isabelle Wessel stepped in for the win at No. 6, dropping Walker 6-4, 2-6, 10-4.