Williamsburg, Va. - The No. 47 William and Mary women's tennis team fell at home
to No. 56 Princeton on Friday afternoon. In a match that was much closer than
the final result would indicate, the College dropped a hotly contested doubles
point after winning at the No. 2 slot to open things. In singles action, the
College forced a trio of three-set matches, but could not break through to the
win column in dropping a 7-0 decision. W&M fell to 6-5 on the season, while
the Tigers improved to 6-5.
Playing together for the first time this season, the Tribe
sophomore tandem of Anik Cepeda and Marlen Mesgarzadeh rolled to an 8-0 win
over Monica Chow and Katherine Flanigan at the No. 2 doubles post to give the
College the early advantage. The Tigers bounced back though winning at the No.
1 and No. 3 positions by narrow 8-6 scores to claim the first point of the match.
In singles action, the Green and Gold rallied to forced
third sets at the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 positions. At the top spot,
freshman Hope Johnson dropped the opening set, 6-3, to Hillary Bartlett before
bouncing back with a 6-2 victory in the second. The decisive third set went to
a tiebreaker with Barlett edging the Tribe rookie, 7-6 (5).
At the No. 4 post, Cepeda rallied from a set deficit with a
7-6 victory in the second against Princeton's Monica Chow. In third set super
tiebreaker, Chow pulled out a narrow 10-8 victory. Junior Katie Kargl suffered
a similar fate as her teammates, dropping the first set, 6-1, to Flanigan. After
Kargl bounced back with a 6-3 win the second, her Tiger foe claimed the match
with a 6-2 victory in the third.
The Tribe will host instate rival and No. 8-ranked Virginia
on Saturday, March 5. The match is slated for an 11 a.m. start at the
McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
#56 Princeton 7, #47 William and Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 - Hillary Bartlett (Princeton) def. Hope Johnson
(W&M) - 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 - Rachel Saiontz (Princeton) def. Jeltje Loomans (W&M) - 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Taylor Marable (Princeton) def. Marlen Mesgarzadeh (W&M) - 7-6 (3), 6-3
No. 4 -Monica Chow (Princeton) def. Anik Cepeda (W&M) - 6-1, 6-7, 10-8
No. 5 - Katherine Flanigan (Princeton) def. Katie Kargl (W&M) - 6-1, 3-6,
6-2
No. 6 - Blakely Ashley (Princeton) def. Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) - 6-1, 6-3
Finishing Order: 2, 6, *3, 4, 5, 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Bartlett/Marable (Princeton)
def. Johnson/Loomans (W&M) - 8-6
No. 2 - Cepeda/Mesgarzadeh (W&M)
Chow/Flanigan (Princeton) - 8-0
No. 3 - Saiontz/Ashley (Princeton) def.
Sabacinski/Kargl (W&M) - 8-6
Finishing Order: 2, 1, 3*
