Women's Tennis Undefeated on Day One of Spring Kickoff

Tribe Wins All 12 Singles, 3 Doubles in Own Tournament

01/20/07 7:45PM

WILLIAMSBURG - The 26th-ranked William and Mary women's tennis team had a very strong start to the spring semester today as it hosted the W&M Spring Kickoff, going undefeated in 12 singles and 3 doubles matches. The flighted tournament featured athletes from three other teams besides the Tribe; No. 72 Richmond, Old Dominion, and Maryland-Baltimore County.

Fifth-ranked Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, Mich.) earned her two wins in the top flight, coming from behind at 5-2 in the second set against No. 93 Charleen Haarhoff from Old Dominion to win the match 6-1, 7-5. In the evening, she downed Alice Chen from UMBC 6-0, 6-3. No. 68 Kat Zoricic (Etobicoke, Ontario) was the Tribe's entry in the second flight, defeating Fernanda Luiz of Old Dominion (6-1, 6-1) and Joy Adewumi of UMBC (6-1, 6-0).

In the third flight, freshman Ragini Archarya (Pulaski, Va.) also won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0 over Larissa Santos from ODU and 6-4, 6-0 over Pascaline Cette for UMBC. Classmate Magdalena Bresson (Delray Beach, Fla.) was strong in the fourth flight, winning 6-1, 6-2 against Jana Kubicikova from ODU and 6-4, 6-0 against Cornelia Carajcea from UMBC.

It was the battle of the Barbara's in the fifth flight, as Barbara Zidek (Orland Park, Ill.) fought off a late charge from the Monarchs' Barbara Costa to win 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 1-0 (10-6), and made quick work of the Retrievers' Barbara Couto in the evening, 6-1, 6-0. Last, but certainly not least, freshman Lauren Sabacinski (Plantation, Fla.) only dropped three games total in her two matches, defeating Daniela Cohen from ODU 6-1, 6-1, and downing Elizabeth Anderson of UMBC 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles, the nation's top-ranked tandem of Moulton-Levy and Zoricic quickly dismissed Richmond's Robin Carter and Beatrice Grasu in the top flight, 8-1. Archarya and Zidek came out on top of a hard-fought battle with the Spiders' Pamela Duran and Ashlee Vosters, 8-6; while Bresson and Sabacinski won 8-3 over UR's Jessica Hubbard and Jelena Zivanovic.

The Spring Kickoff continues tomorrow, with action beginning at 8 a.m. at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

W&M Spring Kickoff
First Day Results

Flight A-1
#5 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. #93 Charleen Haarhoff (ODU) 6-1, 7-5
Alicen Chen (UMBC) def. Beatrice Grasu (UR) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (12-10)
#93 Charleen Haarhoff (ODU) def. Beatrice Grasu (UR) 6-4, 6-4
#5 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. Alice Chen (UMBC) 6-0, 6-3

Flight A-2
#68 Kat Zoricic (W&M) def. Fernanda Luiz (ODU) 6-1, 6-1
Pamela Duran (UR) def. Joy Adewumi (UMBC) 6-2, 6-0
Pamela Duran (UR) def. Fernanda Luiz (ODU) 6-1, 6-2
#68 Kat Zoricic (W&M) def. Joy Adewumi (UMBC) 6-1, 6-0

Flight B-1
Ragini Archarya (W&M) def. Larissa Santos (ODU) 6-0, 6-0
Robin Carter (UR) def. Pascaline Cette (UMBC) 6-2, 6-0
Robin Carter (UR) def. Larissa Santos (ODU) 6-3, 6-0
Ragini Archarya (W&M) def. Pascaline Cette (UMBC) 6-4, 6-0

Flight B-2
Magdalena Bresson (W&M) def. Jana Kubicikova (ODU) 6-1, 6-2
Ashlee Vosters (UR) def. Cornelia Carapcea (UMBC) 6-4, 7-5
Jana Kubicikova (ODU) def. Ashlee Vosters (UR) 6-2, 6-4
Magdalena Bresson (W&M) def. Cornelia Carapcea (UMBC) 6-4, 6-0

Flight C-1
Barbara Zidek (W&M) def. Barbara Costa (ODU) 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 1-0 (10-6)
Adriana Fonseca (UMBC) def. Jessica Hubbard (UR) 6-3, 6-4
Linda Garder (ODU) def. Xenia Schneider (UR) 6-1, 6-1
Barbara Zidek (W&M) def. Barbara Couto (UMBC) 6-1, 6-0

Flight C-2
Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) def. Daniela Cohen (ODU) 6-1, 6-1
Barbara Couto (UMBC) def. Xenia Schneider (UR) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 1-0 (12-10)
Daniela Cohen (ODU) def. Jelena Zivanovic (UR) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9)
Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) def. Elizabeth Anderson (UMBC) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
Flight A
#1 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) def. Carter/Grassu (UR) 8-1
Haarhoff/Luiz (ODU) def. Cette/Chen (UMBC) 8-5

Flight B
Archarya/Zidek (W&M) def. Vosters/Duran (UR) 8-6
Kubicikova/Santos (ODU) def. Anderson/Fonseca (UMBC) 8-3

Flight C
Bresson/Sabacinski (W&M) def. Hubbard/Zivanovic (UR) 8-3
Cohen/Costa (ODU) def. Adewumi/Carapcea (UMBC) 8-6