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Denison to host NCAA Women's Tennis Regional

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Date: May 1, 2007
Location: GRANVILLE
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Denison University will be the host site for the six-team NCAA Division III women's tennis regional beginning on Friday, May 4 and continuing through Sunday, May 6.

DePauw and Denison, the top two ranked teams in the central region, respectively, received a bye into Saturday's second-round. On Friday at 10 a.m. Albion (13-5) will take on Baldwin-Wallace (21-2). At 2 p.m. on Friday Carnegie-Mellon University (12-8) will face Manchester College (16-3).

On Saturday at 10 a.m. the winner of the Albion-Baldwin Wallace match will take on DePauw at 10 a.m. with the winner of the Carnegie Mellon-Manchester match squaring off against Denison at 2 p.m.

Sunday's third round will decide who advances to the NCAA quarterfinals in Fredericksburg, Va. on May 15.

The Big Red enters the tournament fresh off their sixth consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference championship. They are ranked 11th in the latest ITA Division III national rankings and have won 15 out for their last 16 matches. They are led by sophomore Meghan Damico (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) who carries a 14-4 record at #1 singles. In doubles, DU features two regionally ranked pairs in Whitney Block (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest) and Marta Drane (Wilmington, Del/Tower Hill) and Damico and Kendra Murray (Kirkwood, Mo./Kirkwood). Block and Drane are ranked sixth in the central region and sport a 14-6 record at #1 doubles while Damico and Murray check in with an 18-3 record at #2 doubles.

DePauw is coming off a 5-4 loss to Sewanee in the finals of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament but has won nine out of their last 10 matches with seven of those coming against regionally ranked opponents. The Tigers are led by the region's top-ranked singles player, Liz Bondi.

Albion is back in the NCAA tournament after capturing the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. They are currently ranked 27th in the latest Division III national poll. Their opponent, Baldwin-Wallace is the champion of the Ohio Athletic Conference and has dropped only two matches this season, against Kenyon and NAIA opponent, Walsh University.

Manchester College has won 16 matches in 2007 and received an automatic bid by winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Their opponent, Carnegie Mellon, fell to the nation's ninth ranked team, Emory, in the finals of the University Athletic Association finals but is currently ranked 18th in Division III.

Results from the weekend's matches will be posted on Denison's athletic website and will be available at www.ncaasports.com. All matches will be played at the outdoor courts on the Denison University campus. If weather forces matches indoors, those will take place at The Advantage Club in Newark, Ohio.