Dawson & McManigle Advance to NCAA Doubles Tournament Semis
Emory University’s Zahra Dawson and
Lorne McManigle defeated Taylor Mannix and Arianna
Mokhtari of the University of California, Santa Cruz in straight
sets to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III
Women’s Tennis Doubles Tournament.
Dawson and McManigle, seeded second overall in the bracket,
defeated the duo from UC Santa Cruz 6-4, 6-1, to move up in the
tournament. The win brought the pair’s doubles record
to 21-12 on the season, including a 7-2 mark in tournament
matches.
Emory’s pair will face Marta Drane and Kristin Cobb of
Denison University, the fourth seeded pair in the bracket, on
Sunday. The two pairing have faced off twice already this
season, with Emory prevailing 8-4 in the first match on February
27th, and losing 8-6 on Tuesday during the quarterfinals
of the NCAA Team Championships.
Should the Eagles advance they will face the winner of the match
between top-seeded Julia Browne and Meghan McCooey of Tufts
University and third-seeded Kendra Higgins and Chrissy Hu of the
University of Chicago in the finals, immediately after the
conclusion of the semifinal matches.
Doubles action will begin after the singles championship is
completed at the Battleground Athletic Complex in Fredericksburg,
VA.
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