WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The 75th-ranked Old Dominion women's tennis team dropped its first Colonial Athletic Association of the spring season Thursday evening at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center in Williamsburg with a 5-2 loss to area rival #15 William and Mary. The Lady Monarchs fall to 1-1 overall (0-1 CAA) while William and Mary improves to 2-0 (1-0 CAA).

Fourth-ranked Nataly Cahana (Qiriat Bialik, Israel) and Mily Kannarkat (Virginia Becah, Va.) collected wins for the Lady Monarchs at first and fourth singles respectively. The 29th-ranked doubles tandem of Cahana and Ana Radeljevic (Zagreb, Croatia) collected an 8-4 win at first doubles.

Next up for the Lady Monarchs is the ITA National Indoors February 1-4. Cahana and Radeljevic will represent Old Dominion. On February 7, Old Dominion will host a 1 pm contest with Virginia at the Princess Anne Country Club.

WILLIAM & MARY 5, OLD DOMINION 2


SINGLES
1 - Nataly Cahana (ODU) d. Carlijn Buis (WM)       6-2, 6-4
2 - Delphine Troch (WM) d. Ana Radeljevic (ODU)    6-3, 4-6, 6-2
3 - Jessyca Arthur (WM) d. Lara Van Rooyen (ODU)   6-4, 6-0
4 - Mily Kannarkat (ODU) d. Lindsay Sullivan (WM)  7-5, 7-5
5 - Nina Kamp (WM) d. Julia Sotiriu (ODU)          6-2, 7-5
6 - Kari Olsen (WM) d. Patricia Araujo (ODU)       6-3, 6-2


DOUBLES
1 - Cahana/Radeljevic (ODU) d. Arthur/Sullivan (WM)     8-4
2 - Buis/Troch (WM) d. Van Rooyen/Kannarkat (ODU)       8-5
3 - Kamp/Oleson (WM) d. Sotiriu/Melissa Cutler (ODU)    8-6

2011-12

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