Tribe Falls at No. 33 TCU

Senior Megan Moulton-Levy won her 225th combined (singles and doubles) match, which moved her into third on the College's career list.

02/24/08 10:00PM

Fort Worth, Texas - The No. 16 William and Mary women’s tennis team wrapped up a three-match road trip to the Lone Star State falling to No. 33 TCU, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon. The Tribe won a trio of singles matches, but was done in by the Horned Frogs, who took the doubles point, before claiming a trio of singles tilts to take the match. W&M fell to 8-6 overall with the loss.

After TCU took the doubles point and a victory at the No. 3 singles position, senior Megan Moulton-Levy closed the gap with her fifth straight victory at the No. 1 singles position. The Tribe All-American downed Nina Munch-Soegaard, 6-3, 6-4, in notching her 20th singles win of the season. Moulton-Levy, who has won 11 of her last 12 matches, won her 225th combined (singles and doubles) match at the College, which moved her into third on the W&M career list.

Juniors Kat Zoricic and Klaudyna Kasztelaniec won three-set affairs at the No. 2 and No. 4 positions for the Tribe’s other two points. Zoricic tallied her 16th singles win of the year, downing Macall Harkins, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, at the No. 2 slot. Kasztelaniec also went the distance with Kewa Nichols in a 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 victory at the No. 4 slot. The Krakow, Poland native improved to 17-8 overall on the year and 8-3 at the No. 4 position.

TCU claimed the match with singles wins at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions. In doubles action, the lone Tribe victory came at the No. 2 slot where the duo of sophomore Ragini Acharya and Kasztelaniec improved to a perfect 3-0 on the year with an 8-5 triumph over Munch-Soegaard and Katariina Tuohimaa. The Horned Frogs claimed wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 slots to take the opening point of the match.

The College will return to action during the opening week of March when it travels to California for a trio of matches against top-15 programs. The Tribe will meet No. 3 Stanford on Tuesday, March 4, before traveling to No. 11 California on Wednesday, March 5. The Tribe will complete the difficult stretch of road matches at No. 14 Fresno State on Friday, March 7.

#33 TCU 4, #16 William and Mary 3
Singles
No. 1 - #8 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) - 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 - Kat Zoricic (W&M) def. Macall Harkins (TCU) - 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-3
No. 3 - Anna Sydorska (TCU) def. Ragini Acharya (W&M) - 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 - Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) def. Kewa Nichols (TCU) - 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
No. 5 - Katariina Tuohimaa (W&M) def. Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) - 7-6(6), 6-2
No. 6 - Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Carmen Pop (W&M) - 7-5, 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 6, 4, 5*, 2

Doubles
No. 1 - #11 Harkins/Sydorska (TCU) def. #26 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) - 8-4
No. 2 - Acharya/Kasztelaniec (W&M) def. Munch-Soegaard/Tuohimaa (TCU) - 8-5
No. 3 - Nichols/Hertzberg (TCU) def. Sabacinski/Zidek (W&M) - 8-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1*