W&M Women’s Tennis Shuts Out James Madison, 7-0

Tribe Coach Kevin Epley Earns 100th Career Coaching Victory

02/05/06 5:09PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team, ranked 20th in the nation, defeated James Madison, 7-0, this afternoon at the College’s McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The win improves the Tribe’s record to 5-1 this season, while the Dukes drop to 0-2. It was the first Colonial Athletic Association match of the season for both teams.

W&M quickly swept through the doubles matches, starting with an 8-0 win by seniors Megan Muth (Covington, LA) and Lingda Yang (Coconut Creek, FL) at No. 2 over Barrett Donner and Anna Khoor. Tribe rookies Lauren Cash (Allendale, NJ) and Katarina Zoricic (Etobicoke, Ontario) clinched the team doubles point with an 8-3 win at No. 1 over Mary Napier and Kristin Nordstrom. Moments later, junior Alex de Guzman (Holmdel, NJ) and freshman Barbara Zidek (Orland Park, IL) defeated Lauren Graham and Williamsburg native Ashley Reyher, 8-3, at No. 3.

The Tribe continued to play well in singles, dropping a total of just six games, while taking all six matches in straight sets. Cash put the Green and Gold ahead, 2-0, with a 6-1, 6-1, win at No. 2 over Napier and Yang gave the Tribe a 3-0 lead with her 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 over Reyher. Muth clinched the Tribe’s victory with a 6-0, 6-0 win in the top match over Nordstrom, just before freshman Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (Krakow, Poland) defeated Catherine Phillips at No. 6, 6-1, 6-0. Freshman Emmy Fritz-Krockow (Fairfax, VA) defeated Khoor at No. 3, 6-0, 6-0, and Zidek ended the match with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 5 over Graham.

W&M returns to action on Friday, Feb. 10 at 3:00 PM when the Tribe hosts Illinois, currently ranked 48th in the nation, in the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. JMU will not play again until March 6, when the Dukes face Duquesne in Orlando, Florida.


Match Notes: William and Mary improves to 26-1 against James Madison since the 1978-79 season ... The Tribe has now won its last 114 matches against unranked teams and extends its home winning streak to 21 consecutive matches ... The win was W&M head coach Kevin Epley’s 100th career coaching victory ... He has a 100-39 (.719) record overall, including a 45-20 mark in two-plus seasons at W&M and a 55-19 record in his three seasons at Fresno State ... Megan Muth now has 102 career singles wins, tops among all active players and tied with 2005 graduate Lena Sherbakov for seventh-best in W&M history ... Muth also has 89 career doubles victories, good for eighth place in the Tribe record book ... JMU head coach Maria Malerba played tennis at W&M and graduated from the College in 1976.

#20 William and Mary 7, James Madison 0
Singles
1. Megan Muth (W&M) d. Kristin Nordstrom; 6-0, 6-0
2. Lauren Cash (W&M) d. Mary Napier; 6-1, 6-1
3. Emmy Fritz-Krockow (W&M) d. Anna Khoor; 6-0, 6-0
4. Lingda Yang (W&M) d. Ashley Reyher; 6-1, 6-0
5. Barbara Zidek (W&M) d. Lauren Graham; 6-2, 6-0
6. Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) d. Catherine Phillips; 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 5

Doubles
1. Cash/Katarina Zoricic (W&M) d. Napier/Nordstrom; 8-3
2. Muth/Yang (W&M) d. Barrett Donner/Khoor; 8-0
3. Alex de Guzman/Zidek (W&M) d. Graham/Reyher; 8-3
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3