The Emory University women's tennis team went a perfect 4-0 with four three-set match wins as the ITA Cup continued Friday afternoon at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia.
In the main doubles draw, senior Yanire Marte and freshman Devin Gilroy advanced to the semifinals as they stormed back to down the draw's No. 3 overall seed, Deng and Whelan out of Redlands, 2-6, 6-3, 11-9 to move into the Division III final four. Marte and Gilroy will be pitted against the draw's No. 1 seed, WashU's Elanor Archer and Caitlin Bui, at 4:30pm on Saturday for a spot in Sunday's championship match.
The Eagles added three more wins across consolation action on Friday with the doubles tandem of sophomores Holyn Karp and Visnja Gusavac taking down Skidmore's Miratori/Chandra 6-2, 6-7 (3), 10-6. They'll conclude their weekend with matchup against CMS's Kong/Zhou at 5pm on Saturday. In singles play, Karp and Audrey Pogue both earned victories as they rebounded from Thursday's defeats. Karp defeated Lewis & Clark's Sonya Drayton in comeback fashion 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 while Pogue toppled Vassar's Sieun Lee 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. The Eagles will take on opponents from Wesleyan and Skidmore at 12pm on Sunday to start day three.
