WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Riding a six-match winning streak, the No. 25-ranked William and Mary women's tennis team hits the road to begin a five-match road swing when it travels to ACC foe Wake Forest on Sunday, March 3. The match carries a noon start time at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center and live stats will be available for the match at WakeForestSports.com.

Scouting the #25 Tribe
W&M ascended into the national top 25 in the latest Campbell's ITA National Rankings. The Green and Gold has won six straight matches, including a doubleheader sweep of Penn, 6-1, and CAA foe a Madison, 5-2, in its last outing on Feb. 24. Senior Anik Cepeda clinched both Tribe victories, while juniors Hope Johnson and Maria Belaya each recorded two singles wins on the afternoon. Belaya and junior Jeltje Loomans continued their stellar doubles play, winning both matches during the doubleheader on the way to CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors for the second time. The Tribe pair upended another nationally-ranked team, bouncing the No. 22-ranked Penn duo, 8-3. The Tribe sits at 10-2 on the season thanks to its current six-match winning streak.

Scouting Wake Forest
Wake Forest enters the weekend, having lost seven straight, including five by narrow 4-3 decisions. The Demon Deacons opened the season with a 7-0 win over Richmond, before its current losing skid. Included in those losses are a trio to nationally ranked foes, including 4-3 setbacks to No. 46 Long Beach State and No. 47 VCU. In its last outing, Wake Forest fell to No. 1-ranked North Carolina, 7-0. The Deacs will face No. 45 N.C. State on Saturday, before hosting the Tribe on Sunday. Senior Kathryn Talbert holds down the No. 1 singles position for Wake Forest and sits at 4-3 at the top spot. Sophomore Karen Forman leads team with 12 wins, while freshman Xue Zhang has 10. Talbert and Kasey Gardner comprise Wake Forest's No. 1 doubles team, which sits at 11-5 overall and 3-2 in dual-match play. Wake Forest leads the all-time series with the Tribe at 18-15, including an 8-5 advantage in Winston-Salem. Last season, W&M upended the Demon Deacons in Williamsburg, 6-1.

News and Notes
- After not being ranked to start the dual-match season, W&M has risen to No. 25 in the national rankings. The top 25 national ranking is the program's highest since Feb. 24, 2009 when it was 24th.

- The Tribe's 10-2 record is its best start to a season since 2007 and the third-best through 12 matches in school history. W&M started 11-1 in both 1980 and 2007 along with going 10-2 through 12 matches in 1982, 1984, 1989, 1999 and 2005.

- The Tribe's match at Wake Forest will be the first of five straight on the road during the entire month of March. W&M will also travel to Georgetown (March 16), Maryland (March 17), Rice (March 23) and Houston (March 24), before returning home to face Georgia State on April 5.

- Juniors Jeltje Loomans and Maria Belaya moved up to No. 2 nationally in the doubles poll released on Feb. 26. It marks a career-high for both Loomans and Belaya and the highest ranking for a Tribe team since Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic were ranked No. 1 in 2007. The pair is currently 19-2 overall and 10-1 in dual match play.