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Tribe Sweeps ETSU to Open Season

Williamsburg - The No. 26 William and Mary women’s tennis team swept East Tennessee State, 7-0, in the Tribe’s dual match opener at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center on Jan. 27. The Tribe won all three doubles matches, before winning at the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 positions to clinch the victory. W&M improved to 1-0 on the year, while ETSU dropped to 2-4.

The Tribe cruised to the doubles point with quick victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. The freshman duo of Ragini Acharya and Magdalena Bresson swept the ETSU team of Whitney Trotter and Elena Volovueva, 8-0, at the No. 3 spot. The top-ranked pair of senior Megan Moulton-Levy and sophomore Katarina Zoricic jumped out to a 5-0 lead before downing the Buccaneer tandem of Masha Ilina and Yevgeniya Stupak, 8-1, at the top slot. The victory upped Moulton-Levy and Zoricic’s season mark to 20-1.

The College’s No. 2 doubles pair of sophomores Klaudyna Kasztelaniec and Barbara Zidek made it a clean sweep with a victory. W&M and ETSU traded breaks in sixth and seventh games, before Zidek and Kasztelaniec won four straight points to claim the match, 8-3, over Olya Batsula and Tara Byrne. The win improved the pairs mark to 4-1 on the year.

Freshman Lauren Sabacinski only dropped one game on her way to a straight sets victory at the No. 6 positions. The Plantation, Fla., native disposed of Vita Moskaliova, 6-0, 6-1, for her fourth straight victory. She improved to 12-3 overall on the year.

No. 5-ranked Moulton-Levy won by an identical, 6-0, 6-1, mark over Stupak at the No. 1 position. The win upped the Monroe, Mich., native’s record to 14-4 on the season. Acharya clinched the Tribe team win with her fifth straight victory at the No. 4 slot. The Pulaski, Va., native defeated Byrne, 6-3, 6-1, as she improved to 10-4 overall on the year.

Zoricic and Kasztelaniec both claimed wins at the No. 2 and No.3 positions, respectively. Zoricic, who is ranked No. 68 nationally, defeated Batsula in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, to run her season-long winning streak to seven matches. She improved to 14-5 on the year. Kasztelaniec also tallied her 14th win of the season. The No. 59-ranked player nationally split the opening two sets with Ilina, before claiming the match in a third-set super tiebreaker, 10-4.

Bresson also need a super tiebreaker to up her season mark to 12-7. The Delray Beach, Fla., native claimed the first set, 6-2, over ETSU’s Volobueva, before dropping the second, 6-0. Bresson clinched the W&M sweep with a 10-5 win in the decisive third.

W&M will return to action on Sunday, Jan. 28, when it hosts No. 25 Virginia. The match is slated for 2 p.m. at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Tribe owns 31 victories over ranked foes during head coach Kevin Epley’s tenure, including eight over teams ranked among the national top-25.

No. 26 William and Mary 7, East Tennessee State 0
Singles

No. 1 - #5 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 - #68 Katarina Zoricic (W&M) def. Olya Batsula (ETSU) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 - #59 Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) def. Masha Ilina (ETSU) – 6-3, 3-6, 10-4
No. 4 – Ragini Acharya (W&M) def. Tara Byrne (ETSU) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 – Magdalena Bresson (W&M) def. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) – 6-2, 0-6, 10-5
No. 6 – Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) def. Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) – 6-0, 6-1
Finishing Order: 6, 1, 4*, 3, 2, 5

Doubles
No. 1 – #1 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) def. Ilina/Stupak (ETSU) – 8-1
No. 2 – Zidek/Kasztelaniec (W&M) def. Byrne/Batsula (ETSU) – 8-3
No. 3 – Acharya/Bresson (W&M) def. Trotter/Volovueva (ETSU) – 8-0
Finishing Order: 3, 1*, 2

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