ROME, Ga. — Xavier University of Louisiana's Angela Charles-Alfred and Lailaa Bashir defeated Cardinal Stritch's Lisa Keller and Assya Trimari 6-2, 6-4 Thursday in the first round of women's NAIA doubles of the ITA Cup tennis championships.
     Charles-Alfred, a junior, and Bashir, a freshman, are the No. 1 seed. They will play at 1:30 p.m. EDT Friday in the semifinals against San Diego Christian's fourth-seeded Nadine Geschke and Sarah Urbanek, a 6-1, 6-1 winner against Lindsey Wilson's Lucia Mora and Alexandra Parra.
     Charles-Alfred and Bashir are 8-0 as a doubles team this semester.