Top-seeded Emory University opened play at the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association (ITA) 2011 Division III National Team Indoor
Championship on Friday with an 8-1 win over eighth-seeded and
15th-ranked DePauw University.
For the fourth-straight match, the Eagles opened competition by
sweeping all three doubles contests. First to finish was
Emory’s second-doubles team of senior Lorne
McManigle and junior Zahra Dawson, who
defeated Tricia Wilks and Lizzy Whitlatch 8-2. In the third
doubles match, freshmen Malavika Padmanabhan and
Brenna Kelly bested DePauw’s Elizabeth Young
and Meg Crowley 8-3. Rounding out doubles play, freshman
Gabrielle Clark and sophomore Jordan
Wylie came from behind to defeat Janelle Arita and Kelly
Gebert 9-7.
In singles play, after Wylie claimed a 6-0, 6-2 win in the second
singles match over Gebert, Clark clinched the team victory for
Emory with a 6-2, 6-2 win in the first singles match over
regionally eighth-ranked Arita.
Adding to the victory, McManigle split the first two sets of the
third singles match with Wilks, 6-2, 4-6, but won the tiebreaker
12-10. Dawson put the Eagles up 7-0 with a straight-set 6-2,
6-2 match against Crowley in the fourth-singles contest. In
the final two singles contests, Padmanabhan earned a 6-2, 6-0 win
over Katie Regan in the fifth-singles match, while Emory freshman
Taylor Brandt fell to Elizabeth Young 7-5, 6-4 in
the sixth-singles match.
With the win, Emory improved to 4-2 on the season, while DePauw
dropped to 2-2 with the loss.
The Eagles will advance to the semifinals of the ITA Championships
at 3:00 PM EST on Saturday, as the team will look for its
third-straight trip to the championship match. Emory will
face fifth-seeded Carnegie Mellon University, which upset
fourth-seeded Gustavus Adolphus on Friday night.
Emory Advances to ITA Semifinals with 8-1 Win over DePauw
Posted: Mar 04, 2011