Emory made the cross-country trip to play in the Division III Women's Tennis Championships worthwhile, sweeping the singles, doubles and team championships May 14-19 on the Verdieck Courts at the University of Redlands.

The Atlanta-based Eagles won their second team championship, defeating Washington and Lee, 5-1.

Emory took care of business early, winning two of the three doubles matches (Margaret Moscato and Emily Warburg, and Jamie Chan and Shannon Lovett), then three singles bouts to wrap up the title. Warburg, the lone senior on the Emory roster, clinched the crown at the No. 6 singles slot.

The Eagles rode their momentum in the individual events. The singles finals was an Emory-Emory matchup, featuring junior Mary Ellen Gordon, who bested freshman teammate Jolyn Taylor, 6-4, 6-1. It was the first time in NCAA Division III women's tennis history that teammates competed for the singles title.

Both Gordon and Taylor won their semifinals over Washington and Lee opponents in rematches from the team championship clash. Gordon beat Erika Proko, while Taylor beat Lindsey Hagerman.

Gordon and Taylor then paired to win the doubles championship, defeating DePauw's Haley Heathman and Liz Bondi, 6-3, 6-2.

Gordon became the fifth person in Division III women's tennis history to win the singles and the doubles titles in the same year and just the second person to win team, singles, and doubles championships in the same year. She also is the third player to have won three doubles titles.

Gordon finished the season undefeated against Division III competition and sported a record of 34-1 overall. Gordon holds the all-time record at Emory for singles wins with 89. She also holds the school record for career winning percentage in singles (89-13, .873) and doubles (76-19, .800).

Team results

Quarterfinals

Emory 9, Gust. Adolphus 0; Williams 6, Trinity (Tex.) 3; Amherst 5, DePauw 4; Pomona-Pitzer 1, Wash. & Lee 8.

Semifinals

Emory 6, Williams 3; Wash. & Lee 7, Amherst 2.

Emory 5, Wash. & Lee 1

Doubles: No. 1 -- Lindsay Hagerman-Erika Proko, Wash. & Lee, def. Mary Ellen Gordon-Jolyn Taylor, Emory, 8-4; No. 2 -- Margaret Moscato-Emily Warburg, Emory, def. Laura Bruno-Lisa Mabry, Wash. & Lee, 8-4; No. 3 -- Jamie Chan-Shannon Lovett, Emory, def. Lora Farris-Elizabeth Law, Wash. & Lee, 8-6.

Singles: No. 1 -- Mary Ellen Gordon, Emory, def. Erika Proko, Wash. & Lee, 6-4, 6-2; No. 2 -- Jolyn Taylor, Emory, def. Lindsay Hagerman, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 6-0; No. 3 -- Margaret Moscato, Emory, vs. Laura Bruno, Wash. & Lee, suspended; No. 4 -- Jamie Chan, Emory, vs. Brandi Jane Wedgeworth, Wash. & Lee, suspended; No. 5 -- Carina Alberelli, Emory, vs. Lisa Mabry, Wash. & Lee, suspended; No. 6 -- Emily Warburg, Emory, def. Elizabeth Law, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 7-6 (3)

Individual results

Singles

First round: Mary Ellen Gordon, Emory, def. Julia Lebedeva, Beloit, 6-1, 6-2; Stephanie Gong, Rhodes, def. Jennifer Lejb, Tufts, 6-1, 6-1; Jenny Stein, Washington (Mo.), def. Katie Frick, UC Santa Cruz, 6-0, 7-6; Stephanie Hall, Williams, def. Kris Rosborough, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 6-1; Haley Heathman, DePauw, def. Anjani Reddy, Swarthmore, 6-4, 6-1; Kelly Howard, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Christina Reimers, Kenyon, 6-1, 6-3; Erika Proko, Wash. & Lee, def. Jen Hansen, Cal Lutheran, 6-2, 6-4; Tatiana Steinberg, Redlands, def. Kristen Raverta, Amherst, 6-3, 6-2; Liz Bondi, DePauw, def. Tristan Hedrick, Amherst, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Becca Dutton, Claremont M-S, def. Jane Chae, Brandeis, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Julie Mallory, Williams, def. Meaghan Clark, Kalamazoo, 7-6, 6-5; Jolyn Taylor, Emory, def. Sara Hughes, Colby, 6-1, 6-1; Rachel Holt, Amherst, def. Margaret Moscato, Emory, 6-1, 6-3; Lindsay Hagerman, Wash. & Lee, def. Rebecca Bram, Tufts, 6-1, 6-0; Lindsey Pfalmer, Cornell, def. Paulette Hricko, Bowdoin, 6-5, 6-4; Elena Blanina, Methodist, def. Lindsay Smith, Trinity (Tex.), 6-4, 6-3.

Second round: Gordon, Emory, def. Gong, Rhodes, 6-1, 6-1; Hall, Williams, def. Stein, Washington (Mo.), 3-6, 7-6, 6-1; Heathman, DePauw, def. Howard, Pomona-Pitzer, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Proko, Wash. & Lee, def. Steinberg, Redlands, 6-2, 6-3; Bondi, DePauw, def. Dutton, Claremont M-S, 6-4, 1-6, 6-0; Taylor, Emory, def. Mallory, Williams, 6-5, 6-0; Hagerman, Wash. & Lee, def. Holt, Amherst, 6-2, 6-3; Blanina, Methodist, def. Pfalmer, Cornell, 6-0, 6-0.

Quarterfinals: Gordon, Emory, def. Hall, Williams, 6-4, 6-1; Taylor, Emory, def. Bondi, DePauw, 6-3, 6-0; Hagerman, Wash. & Lee, def. Blanina, Methodist, 6-4, 6-3; Proko, Wash. & Lee, def. Heathman, DePauw, 7-5, 7-5.

Semifinals: Gordon, Emory, def. Proko, Wash. & Lee, 6-3, 6-3; Taylor, Emory, def. Hagerman, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 6-3.

Championship: Gordon, Emory, def. Taylor, Emory, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles

First round: Lindsay Hagerman-Erika Proko, Wash. & Lee, def. Kelli Howard-Whitney Henderson, Pomona-Pitzer, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Margaret Moscato-Emily Warburg, Emory, def. Lyndsay Palen-Kara Smiley, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 6-2; Haley Heathman-Liz Bondi, DePauw, def. Rebecca Hunau-Lisa Novajorsky, Cal Lutheran, 6-3, 6-3; Stephanie Hall-Kate Troy, Williams, def. Rathi Mani-Lauren Zwick, Washington (Mo.), 6-1, 6-2; Rachel Holt-Tristan Hedrick, Amherst, def. Ne'ko Browder-Shoko Nakamura, Washington (Md.), 6-3, 6-3; Elena Blanina-Carla Simpson, Methodist, def. Jennifer Lejb-Katie Nordstrom, Tufts, 6-4, 6-1; Heather McGowan-Berica Day, Trinity (Tex.), def. Sara Hughes-Britt Palmedo, Colby, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Mary Ellen Gordon-Jolyn Taylor, Emory,def. Julie Mallory-Tracy Cheung, Williams, 6-4, 6-3.

Quarterfinals: Hagerman-Proko, Wash. & Lee, def. Moscoto-Warburg, Emory, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Bondi-Heathman, DePauw, def. Hall-Troy, Williams, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Blanina-Simpson, Methodist, def. Holt-Hedrick, Amherst, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Gordon-Taylor, Emory, def, McGowan-Day, Trinity (Tex.), 6-3, 6-2.

Semifinals: Haley-Bondi, DePauw, def. Hagerman-Proko, Wash. & Lee, 7-6 (4), 6-1; Gordon-Taylor, Emory, def. Blanina-Simpson, Methodist, 6-4, 7-6 (7).

Championship: Gordon-Taylor, Emory, def. Heathman-Bondi, DePauw, 6-3, 6-2.