Emory & Henry Women's Tennis Sweeps Shenandoah, 9-0, Saturday At Home

Katie Meade loads up for a forehand.
-photo courtesy of Kylie Lang

EMORY, Va. - The Emory & Henry College Women's Tennis Team (9-4, 2-4 ODAC) picked up a 9-0 sweep in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action over Shenandoah University (3-4, 1-3 ODAC) Saturday afternoon at home.

The Basics
FINAL SCORE - Emory & Henry 9, Shenandoah 0
LOCATION - Emory, Virginia
VENUE - Richardson Tennis Courts
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (9-4, 2-4 ODAC); Shenandoah (3-4, 1-3 ODAC)

How It Happened
Senior Bri Pierce (Purlear, N.C.) and freshman Cailie Pollard (Rural Retreat, Va.) led the Wasps to a 3-0 lead through doubles play with an 8-0 win at No. 3.

In singles, freshman Logan Graham (Radford, Va.) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 while senior Vanna Summers (Bluff City, Tenn.) and Pierce each claimed 6-1, 6-0 wins at No. 3 and No. 5 respectively. Senior Katie Meade (Coeburn, Va.) earned a three-set victory at No. 1 while senior Kaitlyn Sheaves (Staunton, Va.) won 6-1, 6-1 at the second flight. Pollard picked up an 8-2 "pro-set" victory at No. 6 to complete the sweep.

The Results

  Singles   Emory & Henry   Shenandoah   Result
               
  No. 1   Katie Meade   Madison Hansen   E&H - 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6)
  No. 2   Kaitlyn Sheaves   Madison Rogers   E&H - 6-1, 6-1
  No. 3   Vanna Summers   Emma Crue   E&H - 6-1, 6-0
  No. 4   Logan Graham   Megan Hillyard   E&H - 6-0, 6-0
  No. 5
  Bri Pierce   Caitlin Bennett   E&H - 6-1, 6-0
  No. 6
  Cailie Pollard   Madison Hoilman   E&H - 8-2
               
  Doubles            
               
  No. 1   Meade/Sheaves   Hansen/Hillyard   E&H - 8-5
  No. 2   Summers/Graham   Crue/Rogers   E&H - 8-2
  No. 3   Pierce/Pollard   Bennett/Mary Wolfrey   E&H - 8-0
               
      Final Score   Emory & Henry
  9
          Shenandoah   0
               

Up Next
Emory & Henry will host Guilford College next Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

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