W&M Women’s Tennis Opens With 7-0 Shutout Over George Washington

01/18/04 11:15AM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s eighth-ranked women’s tennis team won its ninth consecutive home opener with a 7-0 shutout over George Washington this morning at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The match was the first of the season for the Tribe and was the College’s 94th straight win over an unranked opponent. The Colonials fall to 1-1 this season with the loss.

W&M began the contest by winning all three doubles matches for the team point. In the top match, the Tribe team of junior Amy Wei (Marietta, GA) and sophomore Megan Muth (Covington, LA), ranked 11th in the nation, improved their record to 11-1 this season with an 8-0 win over Natasha Bode and Lindy First. Juniors Kate Boomershine (Glenwood, MD) and Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) soon followed with an 8-1 win at No. 2 over Mara Frisch/Anastasia Skavronskaia, while freshmen Alex de Guzman (Holmdel, NJ) and Kristen Dunbar (Atlanta, GA) completed the sweep with an 8-2 win at No. 3 over Sevla Gonca and Anne Watkins.

Singles proved to be just as easy for W&M, as the Tribe dropped a total of just four games in the six two-set matches. Wei, Sherbakov and freshman Emily Mowery (Bradenton, FL) each recorded 6-0, 6-0 wins on courts three, four and five, respectively. In the top match, junior Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL), ranked 57th in the country, defeated First, 6-0, 6-1; the same score that Muth, ranked 76th in the nation, recorded in a win over Bode at No. 2. Rounding out the Tribe victory was de Guzman’s 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 6 over Leah Woodard.

The Tribe will look to sweep its season-opening doubleheader with a match at 2:30 this afternoon against Richmond.


#8 William and Mary 7, George Washington 0
Singles
1. #57 Candice Fuchs (W&M) d. Lindy First; 6-0, 6-1
2. #76 Megan Muth (W&M) d. Natasha Bode; 6-0, 6-1
3. Amy Wei (W&M) d. Sevla Gonca; 6-0, 6-0
4. Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. Anne Watkins; 6-0, 6-0
5. Emily Mowery (W&M) d. Mara Frisch; 6-0, 6-0
6. Alex de Guzman (W&M) d. Leah Woodard; 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3.

Doubles
1. #11 Muth/Wei (W&M) d. Bode/First; 8-0
2. Kate Boomershine/Sherbakov (W&M) d. Frisch/Anastasia Skavronskaia; 8-1
3. de Guzman/Kristen Dunbar (W&M) d. Gonca/Watkins; 8-2
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3.