Moulton-Levy Advances to Second Round

Megan Moulton-Levy won her 30th match of the season in the NCAA First Round.

05/23/07 5:45PM

Athens, Ga. - Eighth-seeded senior Megan Moulton-Levy advanced to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship with a straight-set, 6-0, 6-3, victory over No. 63 Madina Rakhim of Wichita State on May 23. In a battle of ITA Regional Senior and Conference Players of the Year, Moulton-Levy came out on top, improving to 5-1 all-time at the NCAA Singles Championships. She also won her 30th singles match of the season.

Moulton-Levy rolled through the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in the opening set, 6-0. Leading 3-2 in the second set, the Tribe All-American won three of the final four games in the set to claim the victory. Moulton-Levy will face the winner of No. 40 Tracy Lin (UCLA) and No. 47 Gira Schofiled (South Carolina) on Thursday, May 24. A victory in the second round by Moulton-Levy would make her the first Tribe player to advance to the Round of 16 on multiple occasions. Last season, Moulton-Levy advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship, the furthest a W&M player has ever advanced at the event.

With the victory, Moulton-Levy improved to 30-6 on the season and ended Rakhim’s 26-match winning streak. Rakhim ends the season at 27-2 in singles. Moulton-Levy won her ninth straight match on the way to defeating her 22nd ranked opponent of the season.

By virtue of her No. 8 seed in the singles tournament, Moulton-Levy has already earned All-America honors from the ITA for the second straight season in singles. She and sophomore Katarina Zoricic also earned All-America accolades in doubles as well for being seeded No. 1 in the NCAA Doubles Championship. Only Lauren Nikolaus, who earned All-America honors on six occasions for the Tribe from 1995-98, has more All-America accolades than Moulton-Levy’s four.

The NCAA will release the time for Moulton-Levy’s second round singles match as well as the Tribe’s first round doubles match later on Wednesday. Moulton-Levy and Zoricic will meet No. 18 ranked Roxanne Clark and Kady Pooler of Arizona State in the first round on May 24. Live stats will be available at the Georgia Athletic web site (georgiadogs.com) and will also be link straight from the W&M Athletic web site at TribeAthletics.com.

NCAA Singles Championship First Round
#8 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. #63 Madina Rakhim (Wichita State) – 6-0, 6-3