The Emory University women's tennis opened the 2024 postseason at the UAA Championships in Altamonte Springs, Florida on Friday morning. The No. 2 seeded Eagles downed the No. 7 seeded NYU Violets 5-0 in the opening round to advance to the semifinals.

The Eagles improve to 13-3 on the season and will play the No. 3 seeded WashU Bears on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 PM in the semifinal match after the Bears defeated Brandeis Friday morning, 5-1.

The duo of sophomore Izzy Antanavicius and freshman Yanire Marte got things started in doubles for the Eagles clinching the opening point with their 8-1 decision on court three. Senior Ana Cristina Perez and sophomore Emily Kantrovitz followed by securing the second point of the match for the Eagles with their 8-2 win on court one.

Finishing things on court three was sophomore Iris Berman and junior Eliza McPherron winning their eighth straight doubles match with an 8-4 victory on court two.

Antanavicius secured the fourth match point for the Eagles with a straight set 6-1, 6-3 victory on court four. On court five, Berman clinched the winning point for Emory taking her match with a 6-1, 6-0 decision. 

Around the courts, Perez took her first set on court two 6-3 and was winning her second set 3-1 before the match ended. Marte was also up 6-2, 4-1 on court six while senior Ilayda Baykan was winning her match 6-1, 3-1.