Emory Men's Tennis Eyes UAA Championships

UAA Men's Tennis Championships Info


The No. 3-ranked Emory University men's tennis team takes to the road this weekend (Apr. 23-25) when it competes at the University Athletic Association Championships.  Serving as host for this year's event is Carnegie Mellon University.  The championship will be hosted at two sites - the campus of Carnegie Mellon and Shady Side Academy. The Club Life in Monroeville, Pa., will be used in case of inclement weather.

The Eagles of head coach John Browning enter the weekend as the No. 2 seed and will battle the University of Rochester, the No. 7 seed, on Friday starting at 1:00 p.m.  The winner of that match advances to the semifinals to play either Case Western (# 6 seed) or Carnegie Mellon (#3) on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.  The title match is slated for Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Other quarterfinal matches on Thursday include No. 1 seed Washington University vs. No. 8 New York University and No. 4 Chicago vs. No. 5 Brandeis.

Emory looks to bring the conference crown back to Atlanta after seeing a 19-year streak of winning the championship come to an end last season as Washington University topped the Eagles by a 5-4 margin in the title match.  The Bears have another formidable squad this year and hold down the No. 2 spot in the D-III national rankings.  The teams met earlier this year with Wash U., emerging with a 5-4 triumph in the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships.

In addition to Emory and Wash U., other UAA teams to garner national rankings include Carnegie Mellon (#7) and the University of Chicago (#15). 

The Eagles stand 11-7 this spring and have won seven of eight matches against Division III competition.  Emory is coming off a 9-0 win at home against No. 25 Washington & Lee on Tuesday of this week.