From Emory University Athletics
Emory University senior Gabrielle Clark came through
with a dominating performance on Saturday in capturing the NCAA
Division III Women's Singles Championships in Claremont,
California. The No. 1- seeded Clark earned her second NCAA
singles crown during her four-year career with a 6-2, 6-1 decision
over Jordan Brewer of Amherst.
Clark dropped just three games to the No. 3-seeded Brewer en route
to raising her record to 24-4. The opening set was tied at
2-2 before Clark rattled off four straight games, breaking Brewer
twice in the process, to nail down the first set. Clark
held her serve twice and broke Brewer once in bolting to an
insurmountable 3-0 advantage in the second set. After
Brewer held serve in the fourth game, Clark rolled to the final
three games in securing the title.
Clark was superb over her five-match run to the championship,
winning in straight sets in each contest while dropping more than
two games in a particular set on just one occasion.
Clark becomes just the second Emory player in program history to
win two national championships, joining Mary Ellen Gordon (2003 and
2004) in that exclusive club. Clark and Gordon are two of
three Eagles to have national titles to their credit with Lorne
McManigle (2009) the other.
She closes out a stellar stint as an Eagle with a career singles
won-lost slate of 108-21 with her victory ranking second all-time
on the Emory chart behind Mary Ellen Gordon's 115 triumphs.