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Goucher Breaks Ground On New Tennis Facility

There will be 12 new tennis courts at Goucher College, in a project named for a 101-year-old Goucher alumna.

A Goucher alumna is the namesake for a new set of courts that will be open to the public.
A Goucher alumna is the namesake for a new set of courts that will be open to the public. (WJZ)

TOWSON, MD — The tennis scene in Baltimore County is getting a big facelift, thanks in part to a 101-year-old who’s still in the game. She may be 101, but Evelyn Dyke Schroedl will still beat you in doubles — on the new tennis courts that will soon be her namesake.

She helped break ground at her beloved Goucher College, on the new Evelyn Dyke Schroedl ’62 Tennis Center. "She’s had multiple roles at Goucher. Staff member, student, alumna, and she’s been a Goucher supporter for seven decades," said Goucher President Jose Antonio Bowen.

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