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WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The No. 4-seeded Otterbein women's tennis team advanced to its 11th-straight Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Tournament semifinals with a 5-0 shutout of fifth-seeded Baldwin Wallace in a quarterfinal match Wednesday evening.

The Cardinals, now 13-5 overall on the season, have reached a double-digit win total in each of the last 11 years including 12 or more victories in five-consecutive seasons. Otterbein advanced to the conference finals a year ago following a 5-2 defeat of Ohio Northern in the semifinals, before bowing out to regionally-ranked John Carroll in the title match.

Otterbein, which will face top-seeded and No. 13-ranked John Carroll Friday at 4:30 p.m., returns an experienced squad to familiar territory as five of its eight members have competed in at least one conference semifinal match while senior Rylie Markle has advanced to the championship match twice including in the program's last OAC Tournament title in 2013-14.

The Cards opened the match with an 8-4 victory in third doubles as junior Emily Quill and sophomore Sophie Allen defeated BW's Kelly Peskura and Shannon Finkenthal. Markle and freshman Makyla Sutter then gave Otterbein a 2-0 advantage after cruising past Imani Robinson and Liz Radkiewicz, 8-2, in first doubles.

Sophomore Megan Yates and freshman Marriella Briones then wrapped up doubles competition with an 8-4 win in third doubles over Emily Dahnert and Claire Watts. Otterbein has been solid in doubles play all season long, as three different duos now have nine or more wins in dual matches.

With just two more points needed to clinch the match for Otterbein, Yates was first on the scoreboard for the Cards with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Finkenthal in the sixth spot, before Markle fittingly closed out the match with a commanding 6-1, 6-2 victory over Robinson in first singles.

The win in singles for Markle gave her 11 overall on the year, all played in the top spot with 10 coming in dual play, while Yates recorded her sixth overall and improved to 5-2 in dual matches.