No. 16 Tribe Blanks Harvard

W&M improved to 8-3 on the year with the win and will battle a trio of nationally ranked foes on the road this weekend.

02/18/08 5:15PM

Williamsburg - The No. 16 William and Mary women’s tennis team continued to roll with its fourth straight victory, downing Ivy League foe Harvard, 7-0, at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center on Monday afternoon. The Tribe improved to 8-3 on the year with the victory.

The College jumped out of the gates early, claiming the doubles point with easy victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. The W&M duo of senior Megan Moulton-Levy and junior Kat Zoricic won their 79th career match as a team, downing Laura Peterzan and Stephanie Schnitter at the top pair’s spot. The sophomore tandem of Lauren Sabacinski and Ragini Acharya won their fifth straight match, 8-0, over Catriona Stewart and Vilsa Curto at the No. 3 slot.

The Green and Gold wasted little time disposing of the Crimson in singles winning all six positions in straight sets. Sabacinski got the Tribe going with a spotless, 6-0, 6-0, sweeping of Stewart at the No. 5 position. Acharya and Zoricic ice the Tribe victory with wins at the No. 3 and No. 2 spots, respectively. Acharya defeated Schnitter, 6-1, 6-2, while Zoricic upended Peterzan, 6-4, 6-1.

Moulton-Levy, junior Klaudyna Kasztelaniec and sophomore Carmen Pop rounded out the Tribe sweep with victories. Moulton-Levy tallied her 110th career singles win, 6-3, 6-3, over Beier Ko at the top singles spot. Kasztelaniec notched her 16th win of the season, disposing of Samantha Rosekrans, 6-1, 6-1, at the No. 4 positions, while Pop downed Curto, 6-1, 6-0, at the No. 6 singles slot.

W&M will return to action when it travels to the Lone Star State for a trio of matches, Feb. 22-24. The Tribe will battle No. 26 Texas at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, before traveling to Waco, Texas, for a 1 p.m. tilt with No. 10 Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 23. The College wraps up its trip at No. 36 TCU at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24.

Match Notes
Moulton-Levy and Zoricic improved to 16-5 in doubles with the victory and have won eight of their last nine matches as a pair … Acharya and Sabacinski are 6-1 this season as a pair and 9-1 during their W&M careers … Moulton-Levy ranks seventh on the W&M singles wins list with 110, while holding the school-record for doubles victories with 111 … The doubles wins was the 93rd of Zoricic’s career, ranking her ninth on the W&M career list … Zoricic, Acharya, Sabacinski and Kasztelaniec have each won their last four singles matches … Moulton-Levy improved to 17-4 in singles this season … She has won eight of her last nine matches and is 9-2 this year at the No. 1 position … Zoricic tallied her 14th singles win of the year and her seventh at the No. 2 slot … Acharya leads the Tribe in singles victories after tallying her 21st against Harvard … Sabacinski improved to 19-6 overall and is 6-1 at the No. 5 singles position this season … Pop upped her mark to 4-2 on the season … She is 3-1 in dual-matches this year at the No. 6 slot … Kasztelaniec improved to 16-6 overall and 8-2 in dual matches with her singles victory against the Crimson.

#16 William and Mary 7, Harvard 0
Singles
No. 1 – #12 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) vs. Beier Ko (Harvard) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – #83 Katarina Zoricic (W&M) def. Laura Peterzan (Harvard) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 – #55 Ragini Acharya (W&M) def. Stephanie Schnitter (Harvard) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 – Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) vs. Samantha Rosekrans (Harvard) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) def. Catriona Stewart (Harvard) – 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 – Carmen Pop (W&M) def. Vilsa Curto (Harvard) – 6-1, 6-0
Finishing Order: 5, 3, 2*, 6, 1, 4

Doubles
No. 1 – #46 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) def. Peterzan/Schnitter (Harvard) – 8-1
No. 2 – Ko/Rosekrans (Harvard) def. Kasztelaniec/Zidek (W&M) – 8-6
No. 3 – Acharya/Sabacinski (W&M) def. Stewart/Curto (Harvard) – 8-0
Finishing Order: 3, 1*, 2