W&M Women's Tennis Defeats Notre Dame, 4-3

Nina Kamp Clinches Win as Tribe Takes Four Singles Matches

03/23/03

SOUTH BEND, IN - William and Mary’s 13th-ranked women’s tennis team came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat No. 27 Notre Dame, 4-3, this afternoon at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The Tribe improves its record to 14-4, while the Irish drop to 8-7.

W&M went down 1-0 early on, as Notre Dame won two of the doubles matches for the team point. The College’s win came at the top position, where sophomores Kate Boomershine (Glenwood, MD) and Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL), ranked 15th in the nation, defeated 27th-ranked Katie Cunha/Kristina Stastny, 8-4.

The Irish took a 2-0 lead, as No. 26 Fuchs was upset at No. 1 by 51st-ranked Caylan Leslie. W&M responded to tie the match with a pair of straight-set wins. 114th-ranked Amy Wei (Marietta, GA) won her ninth consecutive singles contest, beating Lauren Connelly in the sixth match, 7-6 (4), 6-0. At No. 3, Boomershine defeated Cunha, 7-5, 6-3. W&M went ahead, 3-2, as rookie Megan Muth (Covington, LA), the nation’s 82nd-ranked singles player, came from behind in each of the last two sets to upset No. 65 Alicia Salas, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Muth was down 4-3 in the second set and 4-1 in the third, but bounced back in each for the victory.

Notre Dame tied the match at three with a three-set win at No. 5, as Sarah Jane Connelly defeated sophomore Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA), 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-1. Tribe senior Nina Kamp (Pine Brook, NJ) clinched the win, defeating Stastny, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, at No. 4.

The win was the fifth-straight for W&M, which has also won eight of its last nine contests. It was the first win for the Tribe against Notre Dame, the alma mater of W&M head coach Brian Kalbas, in their last six meetings. The College returns to action next Saturday, March 29, with a home match against American at 4:00 PM. That contest opens a stretch of five home matches in nine days for W&M.

#13 William and Mary 4, #27 Notre Dame 3
Singles
1. #51 Caylan Leslie (ND) d. #26 Candice Fuchs; 6-3, 6-1
2. #82 Megan Muth (W&M) d. #65 Alicia Salas; 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
3. Kate Boomershine (W&M) d. Katie Cunha; 7-5, 6-3
4. Nina Kamp (W&M) d. Kristina Stastny; 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
5. Sarah Jane Connelly (ND) d. Lena Sherbakov; 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-1
6. #114 Amy Wei (W&M) d. Lauren Connelly; 7-6 (4), 6-0

Doubles
1. #15 Boomershine/Fuchs (W&M) d. #27 Cunha/Stastny; 8-4
2. L. Connelly/Salas (ND) d. Muth/Sherbakov; 8-2
3. Leslie/Jennifer Smith (ND) d. Kari Olsen/Lingda Yang; 8-4