The third-ranked Emory University women’s tennis team won its 14^th-straight match on Tuesday, defeating 10^th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus College 6-0 as part of the Fab 10 Tournament at the Woodruff P.E. Center.

Emory improved to 14-2 on the season with the win, while Gustavus dropped to 9-5 with the loss.  Of the Eagles 14 victories in a row, nine have come against ranked NCAA Division III opponents, including each of the last five Emory wins.  The Gusties marked the sixth team ranked in the top-10 that Emory has defeated this year.

For the ninth time this season, Emory won all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead into singles play.  Freshman Gabrielle Clark and senior Lorne McManigle defeated the fourth-ranked doubles team in the Central Region, Sam Frank and Megan Gaard, 8-2 in the first doubles match.  Playing in the second match together for the first time this season, freshmen Malavika Padmanabhan and Brenna Kelly improved to 12-1 in doubles action with an 8-4 win over Alex Erickson and Marianne Barau.  In the third doubles match, junior Zahra Dawson and freshman Taylor Brandt played together for the first time in a match this season, but took little time to get familiar with each other, as the duo defeated Megan Born and Mary Roop 8-6, capping off the doubles sweep for the Eagles.

Emory would add singles wins from Clark over Frank (7-5, 6-3) in the first singles match, McManigle over Gaard (6-2, 6-0) in the second singles match, and Padmanabhan over Erickson (6-4, 6-3) in the fourth singles match.  After the match was moved inside in the middle of singles play, the last three singles contests were left unfinished.  However, Dawson led 6-2, 4-3 in the third contest, senior Laura Callava led 6-3, 2-0 in the fifth match, and Brandt was up 6-2, 1-0 in the sixth.

The shutout was the third of the season for the Eagles.

Emory will now prepare for a key matchup on Thursday, as the Eagles will wrap up the Fab 10 Tournament against second-ranked Williams College, a rematch of last year’s NCAA Division III Championship match, which was won 5-0 by the Ephs.  The match is slated for a 2:00 PM start.