Tribe Downs Wisconsin at ITA National Indoors

The Tribe returns to action in Williamsburg against No. 39 Arkansas on Friday, Feb. 15.

02/09/08 5:45PM

Madison, Wis. - The No. 13 William and Mary women’s tennis team wrapped up competition in the consolation bracket of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 5-2 victory over host and No. 75-ranked Wisconsin on Saturday morning. The Tribe won the doubles point, before tallying singles wins at the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 positions to improve to 5-3 on the season.

W&M used the same formula as its last match again No. 19 Notre Dame with doubles wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. The 2007 NCAA Finalist team of senior Megan Moulton-Levy and junior Katarina Zoricic won their sixth straight match with an 8-2 win over Elizabeth Carpenter and Jessica Seyferth at the No. 1 doubles slot. The win bumped Moulton-Levy and Zoricic’s season-mark to 14-4. Like it had the previous day, the sophomore tandem of Ragini Acharya and Lauren Sabacinski clinched the initial point of match, 8-5, at the No. 3 spot over Emese Kardhordo and Erin Jobe.

Moulton-Levy and junior Klaudyna Kasztelaniec quickly made it a 3-0 Tribe lead with straight-set wins at the No. 1 and No. 5 singles positions. Moulton-Levy, who is ranked No. 12-nationally, won her sixth straight match, 6-1, 6-1, over Carpenter at the top singles slot. She improved to 15-3 on the year. Kasztelaniec upended Morgan Tuttle, 6-2, 6-2, to claim her 13th win of the season at the No. 5 slot.

Acharya clinched the W&M win with a straight-set triumph at the No. 3 spot. She defeated Seyferth, 6-1, 7-6 (2), for her team-leading 18th win of the season. Zoricic rounded out the Tribe victory with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over Kardhordo at the No. 2 slot. It was Zoricic’s 11th singles win of the season.

The Tribe returns to the Williamsburg with a trio of matches, Feb. 15-18. W&M will face No. 39 Arkansas at noon on Friday, Feb. 15, before facing No. 65 Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 16, at noon. The College welcomes Harvard to Williamsburg for a 1 p.m. tilt on Monday Feb. 18. All three matches will be played at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

#13 William and Mary 5, #75 Wisconsin 2
Singles
No. 1 – #12 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. Elizabeth Carpenter (UW) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 – #83 Katarina Zoricic (W&M) def. Emese Kardhordo (UW) – 6-2, 7-6 (4)
No. 3 – #55 Ragini Acharya (W&M) def. Jessica Seyferth (UW) – 6-1, 7-6 (2)
No. 4 – Katya Mirnova (UW) won in a walkover
No. 5 – Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) def. Morgan Tuttle (UW) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Chelsea Nusslock (UW) def. Barbara Zidek (W&M) – 6-1, 6-4
Finishing Order: 1, 5, 3*, 4, 2, 6

Doubles
No. 1 – #46 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) def. Carpenter/Seyferth (UW) – 8-2
No. 2 – Nusslock/Tuttle (UW) def. Kasztelaniec/Zidek (W&M) – 8-5
No. 3 – Acharya/Sabacinski (W&M) def. Kardhordo/Jobe (UW) – 8-4
Finishing Order: 1, 3*, 2