LAUREN LONG | WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
Long, a senior from Carmel, Ind., squared off against No. 1 singles players from three nationally-ranked top-40 squads to help No. 15 Washington and Lee to a 2-1 team showing. In a 7-0 team triumph over No. 32 Whitman, Long earned a 6-2, 6-2 straight sets win over Nana Vang, the 11th-ranked singles player in Division III and fourth-ranked in the West Region by the ITA. In a 7-0 team loss to No. 5 Emory, Long lost for just the second time this spring, falling to Emily Kantrovitz, 3-6, 3-6. Kantrovitz is rated 14th nationally and fourth in the Atlantic South Region. Long improved to 7-2 in all singles matches with a 6-1, 7-6 (6-0) win over Jade Finestone to help the Generals topple No. 37 Colby, 5-2.