From Emory University Athletics
The second-ranked Emory University Eagles opened the 2014
University Athletic Association (UAA) Women's Tennis Championships
on Friday with a 9-0 shutout of the New York University Violets at
Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
Emory, seeded first in the draw, raised its season record to 21-2
for the season, three victories shy of the program's single season
record. It was the eighth shutout win of the season for the
Eagles, who improved to 13-0 against Division III opponents in
2014.
During the match, Emory senior Gabrielle Clark collected
wins in both the first singles and doubles matches, becoming just
the second player in the program's history to accumulate 200
combined wins in singles and doubles play. Clark teamed with
freshman Michelle Satterfield to win 8-0 in the first
doubles match, giving her 103 doubles wins for her career, one
behind Mary Ellen Gordon (2000-04) for second in school history and
two behind Zahra Dawson (2008-12) for the program record. She
later defeated NYU's Alison Wang 6-0, 6-0 in the first singles
match to earn her 97th career singles victory,
reaching the 200-combined win plateau.
Clark is now 19 combined victories behind Gordon's program record
of 219. She is also just three singles wins shy of joining
Gordon as the only two players in program history to reach the
century mark in singles wins.
Emory claimed wins in each of the other two doubles matches as
well, including another 8-0 decision at third doubles, won by
freshmen Melissa Goodman and Michelle DeMeo.
In the second doubles match senior Brenna Kelly and
freshman Katarina Su earned an 8-1 victory.
In addition to Clark's perfect win in the first singles match,
sophomore Beatrice Rosen was untested at second singles
with a 6-0, 6-1 victory. Other singles wins came from
Satterfield in the third match (6-0, 6-1), Goodman in the fourth
match (6-0, 6-1), sophomore Madison Gordon in the fifth
match (6-0, 6-0) and DeMeo in the sixth match (6-0, 6-3).
The Violets dropped to 1-7 on the season with the loss.