
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 25, 1993                   TAG: 9304250253
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-10   EDITION: STATE 
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W&L WINS ODAC TENNIS TITLES

Robby MacNaughton was named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Gary Franke was chosen conference Coach of the Year as the Generals captured their ninth straight ODAC men's tennis championship Saturday at Lexington.

MacNaughton, Chris MacNaughton, Peter Hammond, Wes Ruggles and David Schweppe won singles titles for Washington and Lee. The doubles champions were Robby MacNaughton and Hammond, Schweppe and Robert Wein, and Chris MacNaughton and Ruggles.

The Generals finished with 69 points. Hampden-Sydney was second with 48.5 points, followed by Randolph-Macon (43), Guilford (37.5), Lynchburg (37), Emory & Henry (34.5), Roanoke (18.5), Eastern Mennonite (17), Virginia Wesleyan (12.5) and Bridgewater (10).

Washington and Lee's women's team won five of six singles titles and two of three doubles titles as the Lady Generals claimed their third straight ODAC championship.

Marilyn Baker, Shelley Sunderman, Julie Ayers, Helen Chandler and Leslie Copeland were singles champions. Doubles champions were the Baker-Ayers team and the Chandler-Sunderman team.

In other tennis:

Duke won four singles matches and three doubles matches as the Blue Devils defeated Virginia 5-2 in the quarterfinal round of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's tennis tournament. The Cavaliers (11-13) finished their season 3-9 in the ACC.

Kurt Swoboda and James Lowe were the only singles winners for VMI at the Southern Conference Men's Tennis Tournament at Davidson, N.C. Davidson leads the tourney with 66 points, followed by Furman at 64 and East Tennessee and Georgia Southern at 52. The Keydets are in seventh place with 24 points.

by CNB