Date: May 2, 2006
Contact: Chris Hodgson (540) 458-8674
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W&L WOMEN'S TENNIS TO HOST NCAA FIRST & SECOND ROUNDS
Generals To Play Mary Washington in First Round

Sophomore Leah Weston

LEXINGTON, Va. -- The top-ranked Washington and Lee women's tennis team has been selected to the NCAA Division III Tournament field and will host the first and second rounds at W&L this weekend.

The Generals (24-0) will host 21st-ranked Mary Washington (15-8) in the first round on Sat., May 6 at 10:00 am. If W&L should win, then it will play the winner of the match between No. 12 Carnegie Mellon (15-6) and No. 18 Swarthmore (16-2) on Sun., May 7 at 10:00 am.

The NCAA National Championships will be held at the University of California-Santa Cruz on May 17-22.

Below is the schedule for the women's tennis matches. Schedules could change depending on the weather.

WOMEN'S ATLANTIC SOUTH REGION FIRST & SECOND ROUNDS:

Saturday, May 6
10:00 am
No. 1 Washington and Lee (24-0) vs. No. 21 Mary Washington (15-8)

2:00 pm
No. 12 Carnegie Mellon (15-6) vs. No. 18 Swarthmore (16-2)

Sunday, May 7
10:00 am
W&L/UMW winner vs. CMU/SC winner

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