W&M Women's Tennis Falls to Duke, 5-0

Tribe Ends Season in Sweet Sixteen of NCAA Tournament

05/15/03

GAINESVILLE, FL - William and Mary's tenth-ranked women's tennis team lost, 5-0, to No. 3 Duke this morning in the third round of the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament at the Ring Tennis Complex. The loss ends the Tribe's season with a record of 25-6, while the Blue Devils improve to 29-2.

W&M lost the doubles point, dropping the first and second matches. On court one, Duke's eighth-ranked team of Julie DeRoo and Amanda Johnson defeated W&M's 12th-ranked duo of sophomores Kate Boomershine (Glenwood, MD) and Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL), 8-1. The Tribe's team of sophomore Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) and freshman Megan Muth (Covington, LA) lost by the same score at No. 2 to Hilary Adams and Kelly McCain, the nation's 14th-ranked team.

Duke went up 3-0 with singles wins on courts five and six. At No. 5, 69th-ranked Katie Blaszak defeated senior Nina Kamp (Pine Brook, NJ), 6-4, 6-3. That decision was soon followed by Katie Granson's 6-4, 6-2 win over Sherbakov at six. At No. 2, Johnson, ranked 19th, defeated
Muth, ranked 70th, 6-2, 7-5, to clinch the contest for the Blue Devils. On the adjacent court, the final point was still in play, and was won by McCain, ranked No. 2 in the nation, who defeated Fuchs, ranked 30th, 6-3, 6-4.

While the Tribe's team season is over, two individual players will continue to play in the NCAA's Individual Tournament. Fuchs will begin competition Monday, May 19 in the singles tournament, and will compete with Boomershine in the doubles tournament that starts on Tuesday, May 20.

#3 Duke 5, #10 William and Mary 0
NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament, Third Round

Singles
1. #2 Kelly McCain (DU) d. #30 Candice Fuchs; 6-3, 6-4
2. #19 Amanda Johnson (DU) d. #70 Megan Muth; 6-2, 7-5
3. Kate Boomershine (W&M) vs. #60 Sarah Arasu; suspended
4. #112 Amy Wei (W&M) vs. Julie DeRoo; suspended
5. #69 Katie Blaszak (DU) d. Nina Kamp; 6-4, 6-3
6. Katie Granson (DU) d. Lena Sherbakov; 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 2, 1

Doubles
1. #8 DeRoo/Johnson (DU) d. #12 Boomershine/Fuchs; 8-1
2. #14 Hillary Adams/McCain (DU) d. Muth/Sherbakov; 8-1
3. Kamp/Kari Olsen (W&M) d. Blaszak/Granson; suspended
Order of Finish: 1, 2