University of Illinois
William & Mary
Illini Fall to No. 25 William & Mary 6-1
February 9, 2007 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 9, 2007
URBANA,
The night had a feeling of what-if for the Illini, who saw spots of brilliance at both doubles and singles. At one time in the match,
To kick off the night, William & Mary opened strong to sweep the doubles matches. At No. 2 doubles, the pair of Davé and Meza Cuadra (ILL) were rolling early in their match against Magdalena Bresson and Ragini Acharya (W&M), breaking and holding serve to jump out to a 2-0 lead. The Tribe pair, however, was able to fight back en route to taking the match, 8-4. At No. 1 and 3 doubles,
At No. 1-3 singles, the Tribe applied early pressure with victories at each position, leading to a quick 3-0 advantage for William & Mary in the dual. At the top-spot of the lineup, No. 5 Moulton-Levy (W&M) bettered Qu (ILL) 6-0, 6-0, while Marable (ILL) dropped her contest 6-3, 6-2 to Acharya. (W&M).
With the match on the line from there-on-out, Meza Cuadra started the charge for
Despite the Illini having chances to get back into the match, William and Mary clinched the win with a victory at No. 6 singles. In that match, Wang (ILL) played tough in the second set, but the push came too late as she dropped her match to Sabacinski 6-3, 7-5.
Showing continual improvement as the season has progressed; Minor (ILL) came up just short in both of her sets against Bresson at No. 4 singles. In the first, Minor matched swing for swing against her Tribe opponent, but a late-set hiccup handed Bresson the break and the opening frame, 7-6(3). In the second, Minor kept the match level at 5-5, but again tossed in a string of untimely errors to fall late in the frame, 7-5.
The Illini will return to action when the host top-ranked Georgia Tech on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. at the
Tennis Match Results
William & Mary vs.
#25 William & Mary 6,
Singles competition
1. #5 Megan Moulton-Levy (WM) def. Momei Qu (ILL) 6-0, 6-0
2. #68 Katarina Zoricic (WM) def. Shivani Davé (ILL) 6-3, 6-3
3. Regini Acharya (WM) def. Bryce Marable (ILL) 6-3, 6-2
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5. Alejandra Meza Cuadra (
6. Lauren Sabacinski (WM) def. Emily Wang (ILL) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. #1 Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (WM) def. Emily Wang/Bryce Marable (ILL) 8-1
2. Magdalena Bresson/Regini Acharya (WM) def. Shivani Davé/Alejandra Meza Cuadra (ILL) 8-4
3. Lauren Sabacinski/Barbara Zidek (WM) def. Kristina Minor/Momei Qu (ILL) 8-3
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (1, 3, 6, 2, 4, 5)
