#3 Emory Women’s Tennis to Host Fifth-Ranked Denison; Featured on SI.com
The Emory University women’s tennis team will return to
action on Wednesday, as the third-ranked Eagles will take on
fifth-ranked Denison University at the Woodruff P.E. Center at 4:00
PM.
Denison will be the fourth-straight opponent ranked in the top-15
nationally for the Eagles, and the third-straight ranked among the
top-eight. Emory, 6-2 overall on the season, is 4-0 against
NCAA Division III opponents this season, and is coming off its
second-straight ITA NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Tennis
Championship.
Denison, 3-2 on the campaign, also played at the ITA Indoor
Championships, advancing to the semifinals before losing to the
fourth-ranked University of Chicago. The Big Red feature
regionally ranked singles players Kristin Cobb (fifth) and Kelsey
Geppner (20th), and the duo also makes up the regionally
seventh-ranked doubles pairing.
The Emory women’s tennis team and junior Laura Callava also
received some national recognition for their ITA Indoor
Championship. In Jon Wetheim’s Tennis Mailbag column
for SI.com, the Eagles are mentioned under the ‘Shots,
Miscellany’ section. To read the complete article, go
to: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_wertheim/03/08/mailbag/index.html.
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