MIDDLETON, Wis. – Fourth-seeded Cornell dropped a 5-0 decision to regular-season champion Grinnell in Friday's semifinal of the Midwest Conference Women's Tennis Team Tournament at Hitters SportsPlex.
 
The Rams, making their fifth postseason appearance in the past six years, concluded the fall dual season with a 5-9 record under first-year head coach Trent Schneider.
 
Top-seeded Grinnell (9-0) moves on to the MWC championship match Friday afternoon to play for an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Cornell took two games from the Pioneers in doubles play. Cornell's No. 1 pair Emmaline Fievet and Amanda Dragon lost 8-1, while No. 2 tandem Ashley Mink and Makayla Johnson fell by the same margin. Grinnell earned an 8-0 win over freshmen Kylie Jacobson and Kaylanna Seu at No. 3 doubles.
 
In the two completed singles matches, Jacobson and Seu both fell 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 5 and 6 positions in the lineup.
 
All six Cornell players will compete in the MWC Individual Championships this weekend in Madison, Wis. The Doubles Tournament starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by the Singles Tournament at 9 a.m. Sunday.