W&M Women’s Tennis Falls at No. 5 Northwestern, 5-2

Seniors Sherbakov and Wei Score for Tribe

02/11/05 8:20PM

EVANSTON, IL - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team, ranked 26th in the nation, lost at No. 5 Northwestern, 5-2, today at the Combe Tennis Center.

The loss is the Tribe’s first of the season, lowering its record to 3-1, while the Wildcats improve to 6-1.

Northwestern won the top two doubles matches to clinch the team point, before W&M’s duo of senior Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) and freshman Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI) defeated Jamie Peisel and Valerie Vladea, 8-3 at No. 3.

The Wildcats quickly clinched the match with wins at the first, second and sixth singles positions. On court five, Tribe senior Amy Wei (Marietta, GA) defeated Peisel, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0, to improve her record to 6-1 on the year. Sherbakov, ranked 110th in the nation in singles, closed out the match with a 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (8) win at No. 4 over Vladea, for her 15th win of the season, tied with Moulton-Levy for the team lead.

W&M returns to action tomorrow when the Tribe takes on No. 65 Ohio State.


#5 Northwestern 5, #26 William and Mary 2
Singles
1. #1 Audra Cohen (NU) d. #36 Megan Muth; 6-3, 6-1
2. #4 Cristelle Grier (NU) d. Candice Fuchs; 6-2, 6-4
3. #49 Alexis Prousis (NU) d. #33 Megan Moulton-Levy; 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (8)
4. #110 Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. Valerie Vladea; 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (8)
5. Amy Wei (W&M) d. Jamie Peisel; 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
6. Alexis Conill (NU) d. Lingda Yang; 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4

Doubles
1. #1 Cohen/Grier (NU) d. Kate Boomershine/Fuchs; 8-5
2. Prousis/Kristi Roemer (NU) d. #10 Muth/Wei; 8-4
3. Moulton-Levy/Sherbakov (W&M) d. Peisel/Vladea; 8-3
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3