Top-Ranked W&L Continues Road to Second National Title
SALEM, Va. --- 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).
Play begins at 9:00 a.m. in Sweet Briar with three matches slated
for the early morning jump. In all there will be 18 matches
played over three days (all places played out) with the tourney's
champion being determined on Sunday, April 27 at 10:00 a.m.
In 10 ODAC regular season contests, the Generals didn't lose a
single set in rolling to a 10-0 league mark. In fact, W&L
managed to win all but 14 sets through its spring campaign, all the
more impressive when you consider the blue and white's schedule
included nationally ranked Williams (#2), Emory (#4), Mary
Washington (#7) and Wellesley (#8), among others.
Bridgewater College and Hollins University put together solid
campaigns in earning the #2 and #3 ODAC seeds. The Eagles'
only conference setback came against Washington and Lee, while
Hollins fell to both Bridgewater and the Generals.
List below is the entire schedule for the 2008 ODAC Women's Tennis
Tournament. For more information, visit the host website at
http://sbc.edu/athletics/tennis/tournament.htm?tennis.
You can also go to the ODAC on the Internet at www.odaconline.com and navigate to
the conference's championship website. Click HERE to go there now.
2008 ODAC Women's Tennis Tournament Schedule
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Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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9:00 a.m. |
Match A: Guilford vs. Sweet Briar (SBC Upper Courts) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Match B: Randolph-Macon vs. Randolph (SBC Lower Courts) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Match C: Lynchburg vs. Emory & Henry (Amherst Middle School) |
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11:00 a.m. |
Match E: Roanoke vs. Virginia Wesleyan (SBC Lower Courts) |
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1:30 p.m. |
Match D: Washington and Lee vs. Match A Winner (SBC Upper Courts) |
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1:30 p.m. |
Match F: Hollins vs. Match B Winner (SBC Lower Courts) |
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1:30 p.m. |
Match G: Bridgewater vs. Match C Winner (Amherst Middle School) |
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Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
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10:00 a.m. |
Match K (SBC Upper Courts) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Match L (SBC Lower Courts) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Match M (Amherst Middle School) |
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2:00 p.m. |
Match H (SBC Upper Courts) |
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2:00 p.m. |
Match I (SBC Lower Courts) |
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2:00 p.m. |
Match N (Amherst Middle School) |
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5:00 p.m. |
Match R (SBC Courts TBD) |
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5:00 p.m. |
Match S (Amherst Middle School) |
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
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10:00 a.m. |
Match J - Championship (SBC Upper Courts) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Match O - 3rd Place (SBC Lower Courts) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Match P - 5th Place (Amherst Middle School) |