April 6, 2006

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. -- The Old Dominion women's tennis team fell to #20 William & Mary, 6-1, on Wednesday afternoon at Huntington Park. The loss drops the Lady Monarchs to 16-7 overall and 4-2 in the CAA, while the Tribe upped their mark to 13-6 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

William and Mary's women's tennis team, ranked 20th in the nation, defeated Colonial Athletic Association rival Old Dominion, 6-1, this afternoon at the Huntington Park Tennis Center.

The Lady Monarchs' lone point of the contest came from Fernanda Luiz (Nova Lima, Brazil) at No. 4 singles. Luiz defeated Emmy Fritz-Krockow only allowing the Tribe member to record a single game, 6-0, 6-1.

Although William & Mary picked up the doubles point, ODU's No. 2 doubles team of Charleen Haarhoff (Durban, South Africa) and Luiz edged out Lauren Cash and Megan Muth for the 8-3 victory.

The Lady Monarchs return to action at Richmond on Saturday, April 8th.

#20 William and Mary 6, Old Dominion 1

Singles:
1. #17 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Kerstin Endlich; 6-4, 6-2
2. #78 Katarina Zoricic (W&M) d. Charleen Haarhoff; 3-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (10-5)
3. Megan Muth (W&M) d. Barbara Costa; 6-2, 6-2
4. Fernanda Luiz (ODU) d. Emmy Fritz-Krockow; 6-0, 6-1
5. Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) d. Larissa Santos; 6-2, 6-0
6. Lingda Yang (W&M) d. Barbara Kerner; 6-1, 7-5
Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 1, 6, 2

Doubles:
1. #24 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) d. Endlich/Santos; 8-3
2. Haarhoff/Luiz (ODU) d. Lauren Cash/Muth; 8-3
3. Yang/Barbara Zidek (W&M) d. Costa/Kerner; 8-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2