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Top Seeded Moravian Set to Host Drew University in Landmark Conference Semifinal on May 5

Brooke Adams '21 get set to return a shot during a match versus Juniata College at Hoffman Courts on April 17, 2021.
Brooke Adams '21 get set to return a shot during a match versus Juniata College at Hoffman Courts on April 17, 2021.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The top seed Moravian College women's tennis team is set to host fourth seed Drew University in a Landmark Conference Semifinal match beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5 at Hoffman Courts.

If it rains on Wednesday, the match will be played indoors in Timothy Breidegam Fieldhouse beginning at the same time. A decision on the final site of the match will be made Wednesday morning.

The Greyhounds enter the contest with an 8-0 record this spring including a 7-0 mark in Landmark Conference action. The Hounds are the defending Landmark Conference Champions from 2019 with the 2020 tournament cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

This spring, senior Brooke Adams leads the Greyhounds with an 8-0 record in singles while sophomore Maddie Figiel and senior Kristen Cassidy are both 7-0 in singles action. Seniors Emma Angle and Mary Angle both have 7-1 singles slates this spring while sophomore Julianne Cassady is 6-2. Sophomore Cristina Merone and senior Destiny George each have a 1-0 singles mark.

The Angle sisters are 7-1 as a doubles team while the doubles tandems of Adams and Cassidy and Merone and Cassady are each 5-1. Adams and Cassady are 1-0 as are Figiel and Merone.

The winner of the match will advance to the 2021 Landmark Conference Championship match on Saturday, May 8 with the winner of that contest earning an automatic berth to the 2021 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. Wednesday's other Semifinal has second seed The University of Scranton hosting third seed The Catholic University of America at 12:30 p.m.