Women's Tennis

 

ODAC Women's Tennis News Archive

2011-12 Women's Tennis News


June 14, 2012
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced its 2012 NCAA Division III All-America Teams and two athletes from the Washington and Lee women's tennis team were chosen for singles honors.

May 24, 2012
Washington and Lee first-year women's tennis player Sonja Meighan (McLean, Va./Flint Hill) completed day one of the NCAA Division III Women's Singles Tournament with two victories on Thursday afternoon at the Cary Tennis Park.

May 13, 2012
The Washington and Lee women's tennis team was defeated by No. 5 Emory, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon in NCAA Tournament third round action. W&L completes its season with a 20-6 overall record. Lauren Lukas and Sonja Meighan will play in the singles tournament May 24-26.



2010-11 Women's Tennis News


May 27, 2011
Washington and Lee women's tennis players Ellen Yeatman (pictured), Lauren Lukas and Trelsie Sadler were joined by Sweet Briar's Ariel Taylor at the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Individual Tournament on Friday. Yeatman and Taylor competed in the singles competition, while Lukas and Sadler teamed in the doubles bracket.

May 24, 2011
The Washington and Lee women's tennis team saw its 2011 season come to an end with a 5-0 loss to Emory University in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Tuesday morning at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Three Generals still remain in the individual competition, set to begin on Friday.

May 14, 2011
The Washington and Lee women's tennis team recovered from a 4-2 deficit to post a 5-4 victory over Carnegie Mellon in the third round of the NCAA Division III tennis championship on Saturday morning. The win sends the Generals to the national quarterfinals in Claremont, Calif., on May 24, where they'll face Emory University.



2009-10 Women's Tennis News


May 28, 2010
The top two players from Washington and Lee University women’s tennis will be pulling double duty over the weekend at the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Singles and Doubles Championships. Senior Lauren Caire and sophomore Ellen Yeatman will be competing in both brackets at the three-day event hosted by the University of Mary Washington.

May 28, 2010
Washington and Lee women’s tennis players senior Lauren Caire and sophomore Ellen Yeatman participated in the 2010 NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles Championships, hosted by the University of Mary Washington, on Friday in Fredericksburg. They each lost their singles matches, and then fell in the doubles portion of the bracket.

May 16, 2010
The sixth-ranked Washington and Lee women’s tennis team fell to fourth-ranked Emory University, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon in the third round of the NCAA Women’s Division III Tournament at the Woodruff Physical Education Center on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. A day earlier, W&L defeated Vassar, 5-0.



2008-09 Women's Tennis News


May 23, 2009
The Washington and Lee women’s tennis duo of senior Katie Tabb and junior Lauren Caire (Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth Hall) fell in three sets in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division III Individual Championships on Saturday afternoon at the Collins Athletic Club.

May 22, 2009
The Washington and Lee women’s tennis tandem of senior Katie Tabb and junior Lauren Caire advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division III Individual Championships with a straight-set victory on Friday afternoon at the Collins Athletic Club.

May 10, 2009
The fifth-ranked Washington and Lee women's tennis team fell, 5-2, to third-ranked Emory in the third round of the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Team Tournament at the W&L Courts on Sunday afternooon.



2007-08 Women's Tennis News


May 14, 2008
The top-ranked Washington and Lee women's tennis team tied its program record for wins in a season (28-0) and advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship match for the fourth-straight season with a 5-1 victory over Denison in the NCAA semifinals on Wednesday afternoon in Saint Peter, Minn.

April 29, 2008
Washington and Lee University added to its sixth straight ODAC women’s tennis championship with a pair of the top honors amongst 2008 Women’s Tennis All-ODAC teams. The Generals’ Katie Tabb was named the sport’s Player of the Year while W&L mentor Eric Ishida was selected as the Coach of the Year.

April 24, 2008
Sweet Briar College opens its campus to championship play this weekend as the 2008 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women’s Tennis Tournament begins Friday morning. Washington and Lee University, the reigning ODAC and NCAA Division III national champion, enters as the top-seeded team after posting an eye-popping 20-0 spring record (21-0 with one dual match win in the fall).



2006-07 Women's Tennis News


June 26, 2007
Bridgewater College Director of Athletics Curt Kendall has announced the hiring of Conor Smith as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach.

June 13, 2007
Recent Washington and Lee graduate Katie Kingsbury will be featured on ESPN later this month in a show entitled "NCAA on Campus".

May 25, 2007
Each spring, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Board of Directors recognizes its top male and female athlete with a pair of the conference’s highest honors. This year, the 2007 Marjorie Berkley Scholar-Athlete Award winner as the top female student-athlete is Washington and Lee University senior, Ginny Wortham. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Wortham is a standout on the Generals’ 2007 NCAA Division III National Championship women’s tennis team.