Top-Ranked Women’s Tennis to Host Berry, Play at Clayton St. this Week

The Emory University women’s tennis team, which has risen to the top spot in the latest ITA/Campbell’s NCAA Division III rankings, will return to action this week at home against Berry College on Monday, and at Clayton State University on Saturday.

Monday’s match against Berry is slated for a 3:00 PM start at the Woodruff Physical Education Center.  Saturday’s match at Clayton State (which was originally scheduled to be played at Emory, but was moved to the Lakers’ campus in Morrow, GA) will begin at 1:00 PM.

Following the team’s 3-1 performance at the Fab 10 Tournament, which included wins against fifth-ranked Tufts, 10^th-ranked Middlebury and 11^th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus and a loss to fourth-ranked Williams, the Eagles rose from third to first in the D-III rankings.  It marked the first time since March 2007 that Emory has been the top-ranked team in the Nation.

Emory will begin the week with a 14-3 overall record, including wins in 14 of its last 15 matches.

Berry, a NCAA Division III provisional member, currently stands at 11-5 on the season.  The Lady Vikings are coming off a 9-0 win over LaGrange College on March 23^rd.  Emory is 12-2 all time against the Lady Vikings, including a 7-2 win last season at Berry. 

Clayton State will begin the week with a record of 9-5 this season, but will have matches against Georgia College, Montevallo, and Brenau before facing the Eagles on Saturday.  The Lakers are currently ranked 12^th among NCAA Division II teams, and have Division II’s 19^th and 24^th-ranked singles players, and 10^th and 18^th-ranked doubles pairings.  The Eagles are 3-4 all time against the Lakers, after falling 7-2 at Clayton State last season.