No. 21 Tribe Records Fifth Straight Victory, Downing Old Dominion, 7-0

W&M improved to 13-8 overall and 2-0 in the CAA with the program's fifth straight victory.

04/02/08 10:30PM

Norfolk, Va. - The No. 21 William and Mary women’s tennis team won its fifth straight match, shutting out CAA foe Old Dominion, 7-0, at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center in Norfolk on Wednesday afternoon. The College improved to 13-8 overall and 2-0 in the CAA with the victory.

W&M opened the match by claiming the doubles point, using a familiar combination to pull the trick. For the fourth straight match, the College received wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots to tally the initial point of the contest. At the No. 2 position, sophomore Ragini Acharya and junior Klaudyna Kasztelaniec won their fourth straight match as a team, disposing of Joanna Dobrowolska and Daniela Cohen, 8-1. The No. 16-ranked team nationally of senior Megan Moulton-Levy and junior Kat Zoricic clinched the win with an 8-5 triumph at the top spot over Charleen Haarhoff and Nadine Fahoum.

The Tribe won all six singles slot in straight sets to notch the shut win. At the top singles slot, Moulton-Levy moved into sole possession of third place on the Tribe career singles wins list with her 118th career victory, downing Fahoum, 6-3, 6-2. Zoricic followed suite at the No. 2 singles position with her 20th victory of the season, downing Haarhoff, 6-0, 6-2.

Acharya, who is ranked No. 114 nationally, won her team-leading 27th match of the year in straight-set fashion, 6-2, 6-3, over Joanna Dobrowolska at No. 3. Kasztelaniec recorded her 60th career singles victory, upending Barbara Costa, 6-2, 6-4, at the No. 4 slot. Sophomore Carmen Pop and junior Barbara Zidek rounded out the Tribe singles sweep with wins at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions. Pop beat Coehn, 6-1, 6-2, while Zidek bested Marija Citic, 7-5, 6-2.

The Tribe will wrap up the regular season with its home finale when it hosts instate foe Richmond on Wednesday, April 9. The tilt is slated for 3 p.m. at the Busch Tennis Courts and will be the final home match in the career of four-time All-American, senior Megan Moulton-Levy.

Match Notes
Moulton-Levy and Zoricic won their seventh straight match as a team and improved to 24-7 overall ... The duo is now 17-4 on the season at the No. 1 slot ... Acharya and Kasztelaniec tallied their fourth straight win and upped their ledger to 6-4, all at the No. 2 position ... Moulton-Levy recorded her 118th career singles win, which ranks third in school history ... She is 25-6 on the season and 17-4 at the No. 1 slot, following her fifth straight win ... Zoricic won her fourth consecutive match and tallied her 20th singles win of the year and the 75th of her W&M career ... Acharya won her team-best 27th singles match ... She won her fifth straight match, while notching her 14th dual-match win of the year ... Kasztelaniec recorded her 60th career singles win, while improving to 22-10 overall and 13-3 at the No. 4 single spot ... Pop won her 10th match of the season and has won six of her last seven matches ... In her first match at the No. 5 position this season, Pop tallied the victory ... Zidek won her sixth singles match of the year and her second straight.

#21 William and Mary 7, Old Dominion 0
Singles
No. 1 - #9 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) def. Nadine Fahoum (ODU) - 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – Kat Zoricic (W&M) def. Charleen Haarhoff(ODU) - 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 - #114 Ragini Acharya (W&M) def. Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) - 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 - Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) def. Barbara Costa (ODU) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 - Carmen Pop (W&M) def. Daniela Cohen (ODU) - 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Barbara Zidek (W&M) def. Marija Citic (ODU) - 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 - #16 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) def. Haarhoff/Fahoum (ODU) - 8-5
No. 2 - Kasztelaniec/Acharya (W&M) def. Dobrowolska/Cohen (ODU) - 8-1
No. 3 - Costa/Kubicikova (ODU) def. Pop/Sabacinski (W&M) - 9-8