The Emory University women’s tennis team recorded its
third-straight top-three finish and 11th overall,
claiming third at the 2011 NCAA Division III Championships.
In addition, the Eagles’ top doubles pairing of senior
Lorne McManigle and freshman Gabrielle
Clark finished second at the NCAA Championships.
The Eagles finished the season with an overall record of 23-5,
marking the second-highest win total in school history, next to the
24-1 record from the 2003 and 2004 Emory teams. After
receiving a first-round by the in NCAA Tournament, the Eagles
cruised through the next three rounds, defeating Agnes Scott
College, the 17th-ranked University of the South, and
eighth-ranked Washington and Lee University, each by a 5-0
score. The Eagles hit a snag in the semifinal round, falling
5-3 to eventual national runner-up Amherst College, but bounced
back the next day, defeating the University of Chicago 5-3 in the
third-place match.
In the individual draws of the NCAA Championships, Emory’s
duo of McManigle and Clark entered the tournament as the
third-seeded doubles team, and won three-straight matches to
advance to the championship contest against fourth-seeded Jordan
Brewer and Gabby Devlin of Amherst College. However, the
McManigle and Clark dropped a hard-fought 6-4, 7-6 (4) decision,
marking the second-straight season an Emory team has finished
second in the NCAA Division III Doubles Championships.
In the singles draw, Clark (the top-seeded player in the draw)
advanced to the quarterfinals before seeing her tournament run come
to an end. Her teammate, sophomore Jordan
Wylie, earned a straight-set win in her first round match,
but fell in the round of 16 to the eventual NCAA Singles Champion,
Kristin Lim of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. Both Clark
and Wylie earned all-America honors for their singles play, and
Clark was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s
(ITA) Rookie of the Year, the third in the history of the
program.
Earlier in the year, the Eagles claimed their 23rd
University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship in 24 seasons,
winning the conference title with a 5-2 victory over Chicago in the
championship match. For her efforts during the tournament,
Clark was named both the UAA’s Most Valuable Player and
Rookie of the Year, becoming just the third player in conference
history to earn both honors during the same season. Seven
Eagles earned all-UAA honors in 2011, and Emory’s coaching
staff of head coach Amy Bryant, assistant coach
Meredith Vincent, and volunteer assistant
Scott Briggs were named the UAA Coaching Staff of
the Year.
Emory was dominant throughout the season, going 18-2 against
Division III opponents, and at one point building a 14-match
winning streak. Of the Eagles’ 23 victories during the
year, 10 were by shutout.
In the fall, Emory junior Zahra Dawson and
McManigle combined to sweep the ITA Fall Regional Championships,
giving the Eagles victories in both the singles and doubles draws
for the fourth-consecutive year. Dawson earned her first ITA
Fall Singles Championship with a win over Clark in the championship
match, and later teamed with McManigle to defeat Clark and freshman
Brenna Kelly in the doubles final. Dawson
finished sixth in the singles draw of the ITA Fall Nationals, and
claimed fourth with McManigle in the doubles draw.
The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2010-11
season:
All-America (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) |
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Gabrielle Clark |
Chicago, IL (Univ. of Chicago Lab) |
Singles (Spring), Doubles (Spring) |
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Zahra Dawson |
Ft. Washington, MD (Maret) |
Singles (Fall), Doubles (Fall) |
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Lorne McManigle |
Rockville, MD (Stone Ridge) |
Doubles (Fall & Spring) |
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Jordan Wylie |
Roswell, GA (Centennial) |
Singles (Spring) |
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ITA National Rookie of the Year |
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Gabrielle Clark |
Chicago, IL (Univ. of Chicago Lab |
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Wilson/ITA Atlantic South Region Coach of the Year |
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Amy Bryant |
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Atlantic South Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award |
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Zahra Dawson |
Ft. Washington, MD (Maret) |
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Atlantic South Region Senior Player of the Year |
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Lorne McManigle |
Rockville, MD (Stone Ridge) |
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Atlantic South Region Rookie of the Year |
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Gabrielle Clark |
Chicago, IL (Univ. of Chicago Lab) |
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University Athletic Association (UAA) Most Valuable Player |
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Gabrielle Clark |
Chicago, IL (Univ. of Chicago Lab) |
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UAA Rookie of the Year |
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Gabrielle Clark |
Chicago, IL (Univ. of Chicago Lab) |
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UAA Coaching Staff of the Year |
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Amy Bryant |
Head Coach |
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Meredith Vincent |
Assistant Coach |
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Scott Briggs |
Volunteer Assistant Coach |
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All-UAA |
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Zahra Dawson |
Ft. Washington, MD (Maret) |
Fourth Singles, Second Doubles |
First Team |
Malavika Padmanabhan |
Saratoga, CA (Saratoga) |
Fifth Singles, Third Doubles |
First Team |
Gabrielle Clark |
Chicago, IL (Univ. of Chicago Lab) |
First Singles |
First Team |
Lorne McManigle |
Rockville, MD (Stone Ridge) |
Third Singles |
First Team |
Jordan Wylie |
Roswell, GA (Centennial) |
Second Doubles |
First Team |
Brenna Kelly |
North Oaks, MN (Mounds Park) |
Third Doubles |
First Team |
Lindsay Reidenbach |
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (The Bolles School) |
Sixth Singles |
Second Team |
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ITA Fall South Region Champions |
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Zahra Dawson |
Ft. Washington, MD (Maret) |
Singles & Doubles |
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Lorne McManigle |
Rockville, MD (Stone Ridge) |
Doubles |
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Captial One/CoSIDA Academic All-America |
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Zahra Dawson |
Ft. Washington, MD (Maret) |
Second Team |
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Captial One/CoSIDA Academic All-District |
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Zahra Dawson |
Ft. Washington, MD (Maret) |
First Team |