W&M’s Megan Moulton-Levy Wins Again at NCAAs

Tribe Junior Becomes W&M’s First Singles All-American Since 1998

05/25/06 3:24PM

STANFORD, CA - William and Mary junior women’s tennis player Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI), ranked 19th in the nation, defeated No. 55 Federica van Adrichem (Clemson), 6-4, 6-2, in the second round of the NCAA Singles Tournament this afternoon at Stanford University’s Taube Tennis Center. The first Tribe player since 1992 to advance to the third round, Moulton-Levy will face No. 5 Alice Barnes (Stanford) in her next match tomorrow (time not yet announced).

The win improves Moulton-Levy’s record to 33-8, while van Adrichem’s season ends with a 22-15 mark.

Both players held serve through the first four games, before Moulton-Levy broke van Adrichem in the fifth and won her service game in the sixth to take a 4-2 lead. Van Adrichem recovered to win her serve and break in the eighth to tie the set at four, but Moulton-Levy broke back in the next game and held in the 10th to take the opening set, 6-4.

The Tribe junior dominated the second set, winning 13 straight points during one stretch as she jumped out to an early 4-0 lead. Van Adrichem came back to win her service games in the fifth and seventh, but it was too late, as Moulton-Levy held throughout to take the second set, 6-2.

In addition to advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, today’s win also earns Moulton-Levy automatic All-America status in singles. Along with her doubles All-America honors last season, she is just the third women’s player in school history to be named both a singles and a doubles All-American.


Match Notes: Megan Moulton-Levy’s 33 singles wins is the most for the Tribe this season and ties her with Lauren Nikolaus (1997) and Michelle O (1996) for the 10th-most wins in a season in school history ... Moulton-Levy has five straight singles matches, nine of her last 10 and has a 20-4 record in the spring ... She is just the third player in school history to advance to the third round of the NCAA Singles Tournament and the first since Julie Shiflet and Karen van der Merwe each accomplished the feat in 1992 ... That year the event was also hosted by Stanford ... Moulton-Levy is W&M’s first All-American singles player since Lauren Nikolaus in 1998 ... Moulton-Levy and Alice Barnes have faced each other just once before, with Barnes winning, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Nov. 3, 2005 in the first round of the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in Columbus, Ohio.

2006 NCAA Singles Tournament
Stanford, CA - Taube Tennis Center
Second Round (32)
#19 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. #55 Federica van Adrichem (Clemson), 6-4, 6-2