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The Sweet Briar tennis team concludes their fall individual playing season at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Individual play today held at Hollins University.  A number of Vixen tennis players advanced to semi- and finals rounds.

Recap of Sunday’s matches:

Flight “A” Singles:  Sweet Briar senior Virginia Edahl (#2) played her semi-final match against Roanoke’s first-year player Laura Dodson (#3).  After a battle of powerful baseline groundstrokes, Dodson prevailed and won by set scores of 6-3, 7-5.

Flight “B” Singles”:  First-year player Moriah Burke (Rockville, Mary.) handily beat Hollins University player Mariah Bryant (#3)in the semi-final round in straight sets dropping only two games;  scores were 6-2, 6-0.  Burke advanced to the finals to challenge Washington and Lee’s  Ellen Yeatman (#1).  Despite some long rallies and many deuce games, Yeatman’s steadiness and minimal number of unforced errors earned her the win with scores of 6-0, 6-1.

Flight “E” Singles:  Sweet Briar’s Glory Bowman (‘13/Roanoke, Va.) met up with Washington and Lee’s Kerry Cotter (#1) for the semi-final match.  Kotter won 6-0, 6-0.

Flight “F” Singles:  First-year player Sarah Manter (Brunswick, Maine) lost her semi-final match to Washington and Lee player Laura Simmons 6-0, 6-1.

Flight “G” Singles: Two Sweet Briar players competed in this flight. 

• On the top half of the draw, Ebie Baker played against Washington and Lee’s Elise Hansen (#1), who won 6-2, 6-2. 

• Sophomore Ellen Reid (Germanton, N.C.) won her semi-final match against Katie Dotson (Hollins University) with scores of 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8 match tie-breaker).  Reid went on to the finals to challenge Hansen (#1) of Washington and Lee.  Hansen defeated Reid with scores of 6-2, 7-5.

Flight “H” Singles:  Three Vixen players competed in this division.

• After receiving a walkover (advancement without playing), first-year player  Ann Roach defeated Freebee Hadden (Hollins University); 
• Kristin Nagy (Roanoke College) defeated first-year player Nicole Lee 6-2, 6-1;
• Teammate  Morgan Franke (‘13/Phillip, W.V.)  defeated Caitlyn Hoerr (Hollins University) 7-5, 6-2.

Semifinals:  Jen Hall (#1) of Washington & Lee University defeated Ann Roach 6-0, 6-0  Kristin Nagy (Roanoke College) defeated Morgan Franke, 6-2, 6-1

Consolation Finals:   Sweet Briar’s Ann Roach defeated Ann Morris (Randolph College) 6-2, 6-0; Roach went on to defeat Caitlyn Hoerr (Hollins University) 8-5.

Doubles Flight “A” Finals:  The first doubles team of Edahl-Burke played concluded their season in the finals against Washington and Lee’s team of Blair Brzeski and Ellen Yeatman (#1).  Brzeski-Yeatman took the win with a score of 8-0.

Click here for full tournament results.

The Vixen tennis team will begin their spring season competition on February 25 when they host Ferrum College.