FOREST, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Women's Tennis Team has been voted to finish eighth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference this year by the league's head coaches, ODAC officials announced Thursday.
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While Emory & Henry welcomes back seven of its nine players from last year and brings in a pair of freshmen, the Wasps will be without a senior class for the second year in a row. The experience gained this season will undoubtedly make a large difference in the program's success in the future.
Washington and Lee University is the favorite to win its 30th league crown with 11 of 12 first-place votes. Sweet Briar College is second with the final top nod while University of Lynchburg and Virginia Wesleyan University are tied for third. Randolph-Macon College sits in fifth.
Emory & Henry has a 13-match schedule set for this spring including 10 ODAC contests. The Wasps will open the season on Tuesday, March 9 with a home match against Johnson University. E&H's first league contest will be against Washington and Lee University on Saturday, March 13.
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2021 ODAC WOMEN'S TENNIS
COACHES POLL
| (#) Denotes First Place Votes | |
| 1. Washington and Lee (11) | 121 pts. |
| 2. Sweet Briar (1) | 96 pts. |
| 3. Lynchburg | 88 pts. |
| 3. Virginia Wesleyan | 88 pts. |
| 5. Randolph-Macon | 87 pts. |
| 6. Roanoke | 73 pts. |
| 7. Bridgewater | 64 pts. |
| 8. Emory & Henry | 61 pts. |
| 9. Randolph | 42 pts. |
| 10. Shenandoah | 30 pts. |
| 11. Guilford | 23 pts. |
| 12. Ferrum | 19 pts. |
| --- Hollins | n/a |