W&M Women’s Tennis Blanks East Tennessee State, 7-0

01/28/06 5:49PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team, ranked 20th in the nation, swept all six singles matches and the three doubles contests to shut out East Tennessee State, 7-0, this afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The win improves the Tribe’s record to 2-1 this season, while the Buccaneers fall to 0-1.

At No. 1 doubles, junior Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI) and freshman Katarina Zoricic (Etobicoke, Ontario) defeated Masha Ilina and Sylwia Ziolkowska, 8-1. Senior Megan Muth (Covington, LA) and freshman Lauren Cash (Allendale, NJ) won by the same score at No. 2, defeating Olya Batsula and Tara Byrne. Freshmen Emmy Fritz-Krockow (Fairfax, VA) and Barbara Zidek (Orland Park, IL) beat Vita Moskaliova and Elena Volobueva at No. 3, 9-8 (6).

The Tribe took five of the six singles matches in straight sets, led by Moulton-Levy, the nation’s 11th ranked singles player, who beat Ilina at No. 1, 6-0, 6-0. Muth dropped just two games in her 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2 over Byrne. The Tribe had similar success at the third and fourth positions, with Zoricic, ranked 50th in the na-tion, defeating Volobueva, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 3, and Cash winning at No. 4 over Ziolkowska, 6-1, 6-2. Fritz-Krockow defeated Batsula, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) at No. 5 and Zidek rounded out the match with a 7-6 (1), 6-1 win at No. 6 over Moskaliova.

W&M returns to action later today with a match against West Virginia at 4:00 PM.


Match Notes: William and Mary improves to 5-0 all-time against East Tennessee State ... The Tribe extended its home win-ning streak to 18 matches (dating back to the 2004 season) and has now won 111 consecutive matches against unranked op-ponents ... Megan Muth earned her 99th career singles victory and also now has 86 doubles wins in her career.

#20 William and Mary 7, East Tennessee State 0
Singles
1. #11 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Masha Ilina; 6-0, 6-0
2. Megan Muth (W&M) d. Tara Byrne; 6-2, 6-0
3. #50 Katarina Zoricic (W&M) d. Elena Volobueva; 6-3, 6-1
4. Lauren Cash (W&M) d. Sylwia Ziolkowska; 6-1, 6-2
5. Emmy Fritz-Krockow (W&M) d. Olya Batsula; 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
6. Barbara Zidek (W&M) d. Vita Moskaliova; 7-6 (1), 6-1

Doubles
1. Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) d. Ilina/Ziolkowska; 8-2
2. Cash/Muth (W&M) d. Batsula/Byrne; 8-2
3. Fritz-Krockow/Zidek (W&M) d. Moskaliova/Volobueva; 9-8 (6)