The Sweet Briar tennis team took to the road for the weekend to compete in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Fall Individual Championships held this year at Hollins University.

The day began with light sprinkles and sporadic showers to make the outdoor hard courts wet and unsafe for play.  Rather than the usual tournament format of two singles followed by one doubles round, play was moved to Roanoke Country Club for two rounds of doubles that were completed on the har-tru court surface, which is clay-like and playable in damp conditions.The Vixen team had a terrific showing overall today, with many players advancing to their respective rounds within their flights. 

The doubles team of senior Virginia Edahl (Charlotte, N.C.) and first-year player Moriah Burke (Rockville, Mary.) won their two rounds of doubles today.  Their first match was against Bridgewater College’s team of Megan Mathias and Olivia Stone with Sweet Briar victorious with a score of 8-6. 

The Vixen duo advance to the quarterfinals of the “A” flight and took the team of Anne Ailstock and Sarah Budrus of Hollins University to the wire. Edahl and Burke, seeded second in this flight, won in the set tie-breaker (7-5) to win the pro-set 9-8.  They will match up in the finals with the  first-seed team of Blair Brzeski and Ellen Yeatman of Washington and Lee on Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Recap of today’s results:

Flight “B” Doubles:  Krista Maldonado (‘12/Ennis, Texas) and Ann Roach (‘13/North Oaks, Minn.) retired in their first round due to severe ankle sprain to Maldonado mid-match;

Flight “C” Doubles:  Leslie Polaski (‘10/Amherst,  Va.) and Sarah Manter (‘13/Brunswick, Maine) lost to Katie Dotson and Finley Vinson of Hollins University;

Flight “D” Doubles: 

• Ebie Baker (‘11/Farmville, Va.) and Glory Bowman (‘13/Roanoke, Va.) defeated Feebee Hadden and Sommer Quantz of Hollins University; in second round lost to Jen Hall and Elise Hansen of Washington and Lee University
• Morgan Franke (‘13/Phillipi, W.V.) and Nicole Lee (‘13/Seattle, Wash.) lost to Porsche Pugh and Shantel Rivera of Randolph College; in second round lost to Ruth Condro and Morgan Thomson of Roanoke College.

Flight “A” Singles:

• Edahl (#2) defeated Shawnte Woodson (Hollins); will play Laura Dodson of Roanoke, Sunday 1 pm

Flight “B” Singles:

• Burke (#2) defeated Olivia Stone (Bridgewater); will play Mariah Bryant (#3) of Hollins, Sunday at 1 pm

Flight “C” Singles:

• Maldonado (#2), retired with injury

Flight “D” Singles:

• Polaski defeated Victoria Suttles (Emory and Henry); lost to Christina Douglas (#1) of Washington and Lee

Flight “E” Singles:

•  Bowman defeated Caitlin Clare (Randolph College); will play Kerry Cotter (#1) of Washington and Lee Sunday at 2:30 pm

Flight “F” Singles: 

•  Manter defeated Sarah Fleming of Lynchburg College; will play Laura Simmons (#1) of Washington and Lee

Flight “G” Singles:

• Baker defeated Porsche Pugh (Randolph); will play Elise Hansen (#1) of Washington and Lee
• Ellen Reid (‘12/Germanton, N.C.) defeated Morgan Thomson of Roanoke College; will play Katie Dotson (#2) of Hollins University Sunday at 2:30 pm

Flight “H” Singles:

• Roach advanced by walk-over; will play Jen Hall (#1) of Washington and Lee
• Lee lost to Kristen Nagy (#3) of Roanoke College; will play Caitlyn Hoerr (#2) of Hollins University
• Franke defeated Hoerr (#2) of Hollins University; will play Nagy (#3) of Roanoke College Sunday at 11:45 am