2010-11 Emory Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week

  • Gabrielle Clark
    June 01, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University freshman Gabrielle Clark and senior Lorne McManigle finished second at the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Doubles Championships. Emory’s third-seeded duo went 3-1 in tournament play, winning their quarterfinal and semifinal matches in straight sets, before succumbing to the fourth-seeded pair from Amherst College in the Championship Match.
  • Lorne McManigle
    June 01, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University freshman Gabrielle Clark and senior Lorne McManigle finished second at the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Doubles Championships. Emory’s third-seeded duo went 3-1 in tournament play, winning their quarterfinal and semifinal matches in straight sets, before succumbing to the fourth-seeded pair from Amherst College in the Championship Match.
  • Lorne McManigle
    May 16, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University senior Lorne McManigle helped the third-ranked Eagles advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championships with 5-0 wins over Agnes Scott College and the 18th-ranked University of the South. In the Eagles’ second round win over Agnes Scott, she teamed with Gabrielle Clark to win the first doubles match 8-0.
  • Malavika Padmanabhan
    April 26, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University freshman Malavika Padmanabhan was a perfect 2-0 in singles matches and 3-0 in doubles matches last weekend, leading the third-ranked Eagles to the 2011 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship. During the Eagles’ 9-0 win in the first round, Padmanabhan teamed with Brenna Kelly to win third doubles 8-1, before claiming a 6-1, 6-0 victory in the fourth singles match.
  • Lorne McManigle
    April 18, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University senior Lorne McManigle won both the first singles match and the first doubles match during the third-ranked Eagles’ 9-0 win over the 19th-ranked University of the South (Sewanee) on Tuesday. McManigle earned a straight-set, 6-4, 6-3 win over the Atlantic South Region’s 15th-ranked player in the first singles match.
  • Zahra Dawson
    April 11, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University’s Zahra Dawson went 2-0 in both singles and doubles play last week, leading the top-ranked Eagles to a split of two matches last week. During a 9-0 team win over Berry College, Dawson teamed with Taylor Brandt to shutout her counterparts in the third doubles match, 8-0, while winning the second singles match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.
  • Gabrielle Clark
    April 04, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University freshman Gabrielle Clark was a perfect 2-0 in both singles and doubles matches for the top-ranked Eagles last week. During a 6-0 win over 11th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus College, Clark teamed with Lorne McManigle to win the first doubles match 8-2 over the Central Region’s fourth-ranked pairing.
  • Gabrielle Clark
    March 28, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University freshman Gabrielle Clark went 2-0 in singles matches against ranked NCAA Division III opponents, including a win over the reigning NCAA singles champion. On Sunday, Clark helped the Eagles to a 7-2 win over eighth-ranked Tufts University with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the first singles match.
  • Jordan Wylie
    March 21, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University sophomore Jordan Wylie recorded a perfect week of tennis for the third-ranked Eagles, going 4-0 in second singles matches and 5-0 in second doubles contests, during a 5-0 week for Emory with wins over three nationally-ranked NCAA Division III teams and two NCAA Division I squads.
  • Gabrielle Clark
    March 09, 2011
    (Women’s Tennis) Emory University freshman Gabrielle Clark won all three of her first singles matches, leading the Eagles to their second-consecutive ITA Division III Indoor Championship. Clark clinched the team victory for Emory in the first round match against 15th-ranked DePauw University, defeating regionally ranked Janelle Arita 6-2, 6-2.
  • Jordan Wylie
    February 28, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University’s Jordan Wylie won both the first singles match and second doubles match against Georgia Perimeter College, leading the third-ranked Eagles to an 8-1 victory over the junior college. Wylie won the singles match over Salma Dahbi in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, to improve to 9-4 in singles play this year.
  • Jordan Wylie
    February 21, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University sophomore Jordan Wylie won both her singles and doubles matches during the third-ranked Eagles win against Brenau University on Thursday. Playing in Emory’s second-singles role, the regionally eighth-ranked Wylie earned a straight-set, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Kate Mazackova, the nationally 48th-ranked player in the NAIA.
  • Gabrielle Clark
    February 14, 2011
    (Tennis) Emory University freshman Gabrielle Clark finished the opening week of the spring season with a 1-1 record in both singles and doubles play, while facing an NCAA Division I squad, and one of the top NAIA teams in the nation. During the team’s season-opening 6-3 loss to Division I Georgia State University, Clark won the second doubles match 9-7 with partner Jordan Wylie.
  • Zahra Dawson & Lorne McManigle
    October 19, 2010
    (Tennis) Emory University’s top-doubles pairing of junior Zahra Dawson and senior Lorne McManigle finished fourth at the USTA/ITA Small College National Championships. The second-seeded duo earned a straight-set 6-1, 6-3 win over their unseeded opponents from Gustavus Adolphus College in the first round.
  • Zahra Dawson
    October 04, 2010
    (Tennis) Emory University junior Zahra Dawson won the USTA/ITA Fall South Region Singles and Doubles Championships in Sewanee, TN last weekend. Entering the singles draw as the second-seeded player, Dawson won all six of her singles matches, including a 6-1, 6-0 win over top-seeded teammate Gabrielle Clark in the championship match.
  • Jordan Wylie
    September 20, 2010
    Emory University sophomore Jordan Wylie went 3-1 in singles matches and 1-0 in doubles play, while competing at the Blue & Gray Fall Classic in Montgomery, AL to open the fall season. Competing in the fourth singles flight, Wylie opened play with a 6-1, 6-2 over a player from Shorter College, followed by a 7-6(4), 3-6, 10-4 win over a Division I opponent in the University of Alabama – Birmingham’s Caroline Faught.