The quarterfinals of the 2013 CUNYAC/Hospital for Special Surgery Women's Tennis Championship will get underway this weekend with the top teams hosting playoff matches.

The Bearcats, who finished in third place in the conference standings with a 5-2 record, will host the sixth place (2-5) Lightning of Lehman College on Sunday, October 20, at 12:00 pm at the Billie Jean King U.S. National Tennis Center in Queens.   

The winner of Sunday's quarterfinal will advance to the semifinal round on Tuesday, October 22, to play against second place Brooklyn or seventh place John Jay.

The overall winner of this year's championship will earn CUNYAC's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship Tournament scheduled for May 9-11, 2014.

Teams are seeded based upon final regular season standing. Per postseason rules, the first team to earn five points wins the match.

Despite the results next week, the women's tennis team will play for the first time a spring schedule in 2014 against Penn State-Abington (March 22), Brooklyn (March 29), and York (April 8).

QUARTERFINALS (at Higher Seeds)
Sunday, October 20
#1 Staten Island (7-0) vs #8 York (0-7)
#2 Brooklyn (6-1) vs #7 John Jay (1-6)
#3 Baruch (5-2) vs #6 Lehman (2-5), 12:00pm
#4 Hunter (4-3) vs #5 CCNY (3-4)

SEMIFINALS (at U.S. National Tennis Center)
Tuesday, October 22
#1/8 winner vs #4/5 winner, 4:00 pm
#2/7 winner vs 3/6 winner, 4:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP (at U.S. National Tennis Center)
Saturday, October 26
Semifinal Winners, 4:00 pm

RECENT BARUCH WOMEN'S TENNIS HISTORY
YEAR: OVERALL, CUNYAC RECORD (PLACE), FINALS FINISH
2012: 8-7, 5-3 (4th Place), Lost in Semifinals
2011: 3-10, 3-5 (6th Place), Lost in Quarterfinals
2010: 7-10, 4-5 (7th Place), 2nd Place Finals
2009: 10-5, 7-2 (3rd Place), 2nd Place Finals
2008: 14-3, 7-1 (2nd Place), 2nd Place Finals
2007: 10-6, 7-1 (2nd Place), 2nd Place Finals
2006: 10-6, 7-1 (2nd Place), 2nd Place Finals
2005: 10-3, 6-1 (2nd Place), 2nd Place Finals
2004: 7-3, 5-2 (3rd Place), Lost in Semifinals