{"73720":{"#nid":"73720","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Amanda McDowell Wins NCAA Singles Championship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech All-American \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/w-tennis\/mtt\/mcdowell_amanda00.html\u0022\u003EAmanda McDowell\u003C\/a\u003E completed her run through the NCAA Singles Championships by capturing a straight-set win over Baylor\u0027s Zuzana Zemenova in the finals to become the first Yellow Jacket tennis player to earn an individual national championship.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell dropped her first game of the championship match but won the next five to take the first set 6-2. She then finished off the Baylor All-American by dropping just three games in the second set to win, 6-2, 6-3.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Yellow Jacket finished her remarkable sophomore campaign with a 45-8 singles record and has notched 84 singles wins through her first two years on the Flats.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell became the first Yellow Jacket to ever advance to the semifinals when she did so this season and won her last four matches of the tournament in straight sets. Zemenova won the NCAA Singles title as a freshman in 2005.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"All-American Amanda McDowell completed her run through the NCAA Singles Championships by capturing a straight-set win in the finals to become the first Yellow Jacket tennis player to earn an individual national championship.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sophomore completes incredible season with 45-8 record"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2008-05-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:33","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73721":{"id":"73721","type":"image","title":"Amanda McDowell","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894678","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:38"}},"media_ids":["73721"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDean Buchan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAthletic Association\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dbuchan@athletics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Dean Buchan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5445\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dbuchan@athletics.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}