CLAREMONT, Calif.—Babson College senior Olivia Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and junior Matia Cristiani (San Salvador, El Salvador) defeated seniors Brooke Despriet (Cumming, Ga.) and Ansley Carpenter (Newnan, Ga.) 6-3, 6-2 in the NCAA Doubles quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. 

Soffer and Cristiani improved to 24-2 on the year and have won 15 consecutive matches. The Beavers' duo will make their third consecutive semifinal appearance at the NCAA Doubles Championship after reaching the final in 2023 and winning the program's first national title last May. 

Leading 2-1 in the first set, Soffer and Cristiani recorded their first break of the Tigers' duo and then held serve to build a 4-1 advantage. Carpenter and Despriet got a close as 5-3 before Babson closed out the set on serve. 

Soffer and Cristiani used a pair of break points to race out to a 3-0 lead in the second. Neither side held serve over the next four games before Cristiani won her service game up 5-2 to help the Green and White close out the contest. 

Soffer and Cristiani will face senior Alisha Chulani (Los Altos, Calif.) and first-year Rebecca Kong (San Diego, Calif.) of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Monday's semifinals at 4 p.m. ET. The Babson duo defeated Chulani and partner Nikolina Batoshvilli in last year's national championship match. 

TOURNAMENT NOTES
•    Soffer and Cristiani are now 79-8 in doubles over the last three seasons, which includes a 9-1 mark in the NCAA Doubles Championship. 
•    Seven of Soffer and Cristiani's nine victories in NCAA doubles play over the last three years have come in straight sets. 
•    Sunday's matched marked the third time that Soffer and Cristiani had squared off against Sewanee's Despriet. Babson fell to her and Katherine Petty in the 2023 NCAA doubles final but won last year's regular season match.