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Tribe Continues Strong Showing at Milwaukee Tennis Classic
Tribe’s No. 1 doubles team avenges NCAA Doubles Championship defeat.
09/23/06 8:45PM
Milwaukee, Wis. - Senior Megan Moulton-Levy and sophomore Katarina Zoricic won the biggest match of the second day at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. The Tribe duo avenged its loss at the NCAA Doubles Championship last season, as the College also swept the host Marquette in singles at the event.
Moulton-Levy and Zoricic, ranked No. 22 nationally, continued their early season tear with a convincing 8-2 victory over the No. 10-ranked doubles team of Sarah Foster and Tiffany Clifford of Texas A&M. The win pushed the Tribe tandem’s record to 6-0 on the young season. In the 2006 NCAA Doubles Championship, the Aggie duo of Foster and Clifford knocked off Moulton-Levy and Zoricic in three sets during the first round of competition.
In singles, the Tribe won all six spots against Marquette without dropping a set. Moulton-Levy, ranked No. 10 in the preseason singles rankings, dropped only one game in disposing of Lauren Little, 6-0, 6-1. The win ran the Monroe, Mich., native’s season mark to 5-1.
Freshman Carmen Pop continued to roll in the early part of the season, running her record to 5-0 on the year with a straight-sets victory at the No. 6 position. Pop defeated Emily Strother of Marquette, 6-2, 6-1.
Zoricic and sophomore Klaudyna Kasztelaniec moved above the .500-mark with victory at the No. 2 and No. 3 posi-tions. Zoricic, ranked No. 61 in the preseason singles rankings, downed Erin Watkins, 6-1, 6-3, to move to 2-1 on the season. Kasztelaniec won by the identical score over Shannon Brown, pushing her season mark to 3-2.
Sophomore Barbara Zidek and freshman Francine Whu rounded out the Tribe sweep with victories at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions. Zidek won her second match of the season, 6-1, 6-1, over Robin Metzler. Whu won her third straight match in improving to 5-1 on the year. The Staten Island, N.Y., native defeated Francina Bonnelly, 6-2, 6-0, at the No. 5 slot.
The Tribe will wrap up the Milwaukee Tennis Classic on Sunday, Sept. 24. W&M will open with doubles against Wis-consin at 9 a.m., before closing the event with singles against Texas A&M at 11 a.m.
William & Mary vs. Texas A&M (Doubles)
No. 1-Megan Moulton-Levy/Kat Zoricic (WM) def. Sarah Foster/Tiffany Clifford (A&M) 8-2
No. 2-Anna Lubinsky/Anna Blagodarova (A&M) def. Francine Whu/Magdalena Bresson (WM) 8-2
No. 3-Nicki Mechem/Elze Potgieter (A&M) def. Barbara Zidek/Carmen Pop (WM) 8-3
Marquette vs. William & Mary (Singles)
No. 1-Megan Moulton-Levy (WM) def. Lauren Little (MU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 2-Kat Zoricic (WM) def. Erin Watkins (MU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3-Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (WM) def. Shannon Brown (MU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4-Barbara Zidek (WM) def. Robin Metzler (MU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5-Francine Whu (WM) def. Francina Bonnelly (MU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6-Carmen Pop (WM) def. Elly Strother (MU) 6-2, 6-1
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