ODAC Women's Tennis Field Set

Washington & Lee Vies for Its Fifth Consecutive ODAC Title

SALEM, Va. – Championship play in the the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, April 20-22, on the campus of Washington and Lee University.

Matches begin on Friday with team dual play-ins slated to begin at 9am. Three separate sites will be utilized for tournament play, including the Washington and Lee upper and lower courts adjacent to Wilson Field and the tennis facility at nearby Virginia Military Institute.

The tournament is in its first year of a new format featuring team dual matches to determine the conference automatic qualifier for the NCAA DIII Women’s Tennis Championship Tournament, which begins in two weeks.

Washington and Lee University (17-1 overall) enters the tournament as the number-one seed after cruising through the regular season conference schedule with a perfect 9-0 mark. The Generals are currently ranked first in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III poll. W&L is looking to capture its 17^th ODAC women's title.  The Generals have finished as the NCAA D-III runner-up each of the last two seasons and three out of the past four.  Senor Emily Applegate returns to lead the squad into the ODAC postseason after winning the national singles title in 2006 marking the second straight year a General has finished tops in the country.

Virginia Wesleyan (16-1 overall) enters the three-day competition as the #2 seed. The Marlins could be labeled the most improved squad in the field after finishing the 2006 ODAC Tournament fourth and posting an impressive 9-1 conference record in 2007. Junior Keira McMillon leads all conference singles players with a perfect 13-0 mark while predominately playing #3 for the Marlins.

2007 ODAC Women’s Tennis Tournament

First Round Contests - Friday

#1 Washington and Lee - bye

#8 Sweet Briar vs. #9 Randolph-Macon - 9am

#5 Roanoke - bye

#4 Hollins - bye

#3 Bridgewater - bye

#6 Guilford vs. #11 R-M Woman's - 9am

#10 Lynchburg vs. #7 Emory & Henry - 9am