The third-ranked Emory University women’s tennis team ran its winning streak to 12 matches, as the Eagles defeated 12^th-ranked Middlebury College 6-3 in their opening match of the Fab 10 Tournament.

Emory is now 12-2 overall this season, including a perfect 8-0 against NCAA Division III teams during the campaign.  The Eagles also improved to 7-0 against ranked D-III squads.

Emory took a 2-1 lead in the match after doubles, with wins in the first contest from Gabrielle Clark and Lorne McManigle (8-5 over Brittney Faber and Leah Kepping, the second-ranked doubles team in the Northeast Region) and in the second match from Zahra Dawson and Jordan Wylie (9-7 over Victoria Aiello and Anna Burke).  In the third doubles match, Emory freshmen Taylor Brandt and Malavika Padmanabhan dropped a 9-7 decision to Sally Wilkey and Dorrie Paradies.

In singles play, Clark ran her winning streak to nine-straight matches with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Aiello, the ninth-ranked singles player in the Northeast Region, in the first match.  In third singles, McManigle claimed a 6-3, 7-5 win over Wilkey, while Dawson defeated Faber 6-2, 7-5 in the fourth singles match, and Padmanabhan was victorious over Paradies, 6-1, 6-1 in the fifth singles match.  Wylie retired trailing 4-3 in the first set against Kepping in the second singles match, while freshman Taylor Brandt fell 6-3, 6-4 to Burke in the sixth singles match.

With the loss, Middlebury dropped to 3-1 on the year.

Emory will return to action at the Fab 10 Tournament on Sunday, facing off against eighth-ranked Tufts University.