Clark Named UAA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week

For the second time this season, Emory University’s Gabrielle Clark was named the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) Athlete of the Week for women’s tennis, based on the freshman’s performance against 12^th-ranked Middlebury College and eighth-ranked Tufts University.

As part of the Fab 10 Tournament, Clark went 2-0 in singles matches against ranked NCAA Division III opponents, including a win over the reigning NCAA singles champion.  On Sunday, Clark helped the Eagles to a 7-2 win over Tufts with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the first singles match over Julia Browne, last year’s NCAA D-III singles tournament winner and the third-ranked singles player in the Northeast Region.  On Friday, Clark won both of her matches, defeating the Northeast Region’s eighth-ranked singles player 6-2, 6-4, and winning 8-5 with McManigle in the first doubles match over the regionally second-ranked pairing.

Clark, the Atlantic South Region’s top-ranked singles player, has won 10-straight singles matches, improving to 18-4 overall this year in singles play, and to 15-7 in doubles matches.  Her 18 wins in singles matches this year are the second-most among Emory players. 

Clark has helped the third-ranked Eagles win 13-straight matches, with a 13-2 overall record.

The following members of the Emory women’s tennis team have earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors this season:

October 4^th – Zahra Dawson
March 7^th – Gabrielle Clark
March 21^st – Jordan Wylie
March 28^th – Gabrielle Clark