Emory Men's Tennis Battles Kenyon In NCAA Quarterfinals

The Emory University men's tennis team, ranked No. 2 in the nation among Division III squads, awaits its NCAA Championship quarterfinal round match against Kenyon on Tuesday.  Claremont-Mudd Scripps is serving as the host of this year's Championships with the event taking place at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. The victor of the Emory-Kenyon clash, which begins at 2:00 p.m. (PDT), advances to the semifinal round on Wednesday to play either UC-Santa Cruz (16-7) or Williams (14-5).

The Eagles of head coach John Browning take a record of 19-3 record into the bout against the Lords.  Emory advanced to the quarters after capturing second and third round wins over Hampden-Sydney and North Carolina Wesleyan, respectively.

Kenyon, ranked seventh nationally, posts a 21-7 ledger.  The Lords earned a quarterfinal berth with victories over Mount Union and Carnegie Mellon.

Other quarterfinal round action will see No. 1-ranked and defending champion Washington University (21-9) battle No. 9 Gustavus Adolphus (27-8) and No. 5-ranked Middlebury (21-2) tangling with No. 6 Amherst (26-6).

Friday's semifinals will start at 1:00 p.m. (PDT) as will Saturday's championship match.