The Emory University Women's Tennis team defeated Carnegie Mellon University 9-0 on Saturday morning to claim the team's 24^th University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship in 26 years of conference competition.

Emory, seeded first in the tournament and ranked third in Division III, concluded a dominating weekend of competition, shutting out its opponents in all three of its matches to improve to 13-4 for the season.  Carnegie Mellon, seeded second and ranked 13^th, dropped to 12-6 in 2013 with the loss.

The Eagles set the tone in the contest early, earning victories in all three doubles matches with Gabrielle Clark and Annette Sullivan winning 8-1 in first doubles, Jordan Wylie and Madison Gordon claiming an 8-6 second doubles win, and Brenna Kelly and Emma Taylor securing an 8-5 win at third doubles.

Emory would clinch the victory with wins in each of the top-two singles contests.  At first singles, Clark claimed a 6-4, 6-0 win, while Beatrice Rosen earned a 6-1, 6-0 win at second singles. 

Marissa Levine also claimed a straight-set singles victory, winning the fourth singles match 6-3, 6-3.  Emory earned three-set victories in the other three singles matches, including a 2-6, 6-1, 10-8 win from Wylie at third singles, a 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 win for Gordon at fifth singles, and a 2-6, 6-3, 13-11 win for Kelly at sixth singles.

The Eagles did not drop a match en route to their 24^th UAA Title, winning all nine doubles matches and each of the eighteen singles contests, including 14 in straight-sets.

Emory will now turn its attention towards a Saturday, May 4^th contest against Washington and Lee University at 12:00 PM at the Woodruff P.E. Center, the squad's final match before the start of the 2013 NCAA Division III Championships.