The League, a dating app that recently debuted in Cleveland, sponsors activities where singles can connect with other singles. (The League)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Emily Davis, a first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, is the kind of career-oriented woman that the dating app The League exists for.

Davis was among 500 Clevelanders chosen for The League’s inbitious, well-educated men and women looking for the same qualities in a mate. Her reward was receiving five potential dates when the dating app launched here Tuesday.

One of her matches was a doctoral candidate at Case Western Reserve University who described himself as a “British Texan.” Davis, 24, was charmed.

Whether Davis and the British Texan ever meet depends on on whether she sends him a “heart” through the app, and he reciprocates. On this app, there’s no swiping left or right like on other online dating sites.

A handpicked group of 500 Cleveland-area singles, chosen from a wait list of more than 3,000, received full access to The League dating app and were able to receive their matches selected by the app’s algorithm.

“They are drafted into The League,” said Meredith Davis, head of communications for The League, which is based in San Francisco. Read More >