Tribe Women’s Tennis Loses at Texas, 7-0

W&M’s Fuchs and Moulton-Levy Defeat Nation’s No. 25 Doubles Team, 8-1

04/16/05 8:48PM

AUSTIN, TX - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team, ranked 18th in the nation, lost to No. 11 Texas, 7-0, this afternoon at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

The loss drops the Tribe’s record to 16-4 on the season, while the Longhorns improve to 14-5.

The match started off well for the Green and Gold, as the doubles team of senior Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL) and sophomore Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI), ranked 23rd in the nation, crushed the nation’s 25th-ranked duo of Katie Ruckert and Kendra Strohm, 8-1, in the top singles match. However, Texas came back to win the bottom two matches by identical 8-6 scores to win the team point and take a 1-0 lead in the contest.

Things went downhill from there for the Tribe, as the Longhorns easily won the first set in five of the six singles matches, eventually winning on all six courts for the 7-0 win. The closest matches were on courts two and four, both of which needed three sets to be decided. W&M senior Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) won her first set at No. 4 over Katie Ruckert, 7-6 (2), but lost the second, 6-4, and fell in the 10-point tie-breaker that decided the match. Fuchs, ranked 122nd in the nation, lost her first set, 6-2, but battled back to win the second, 6-0, only to fall in a third-set tie-breaker, 7-6 (2).

W&M ends the regular season with a match tomorrow morning at No. 19 Texas Christian.

Match Notes: William and Mary falls to 2-9 all-time against Texas ... The Tribe doubles team of Candice Fuchs and Megan Moulton-Levy improve to a team-best 21-8 this season ... They have won five straight matches, including four in a row over nationally-ranked opponents ... The Tribe hasn’t lost back-to-back matches all season.



#11 Texas 7, #18 William and Mary 0
Singles
1. #73 Petra Dizdar (UT) d. #34 Megan Moulton-Levy; 6-1, 6-4
2. Mia Marovic (UT) d. #122 Candice Fuchs; 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (2)
3. #123 Kendra Strohm (UT) d. #62 Megan Muth; 6-2, 6-1
4. Katie Ruckert (UT) d. Lena Sherbakov; 6-7 (2), 6-4, 1-0 (5)
5. Courtney Zauft (UT) d. Kate Boomershine; 6-1, 6-3
6. Ristine Olson (UT) d. Lingda Yang; 6-0, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 5, 1, 6, 4, 2

Doubles
1. #23 Fuchs/Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. #25 Ruckert/Strohm; 8-1
2. Dizdar/Marovic (UT) d. Boomershine/Muth; 8-6
3. Kelly Baritot/Zauft (UT) d. Sherbakov/Yang; 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2