BATON ROUGE - The LSU women's tennis team beat Rice 4-1 to win the NCAA Regional Championship and advance to the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row.

Kenna Erickson and Ella McDonald won their doubles match 6-2, while Addison Lanton and Carolina Kuhl won their match 6-4. That gave LSU their first point of the day. 

In the singles matches, Cadence Brace, Ella McDonald and Carolina Kuhl all picked up victories to push LSU past Rice 4-1.

No. 10 seeded LSU advances in the NCAA Tournament and will travel to take on No. 7 seeded Virginia on May 9 at noon.