Williamsburg, Va. - The No. 49 William and Mary women's tennis team celebrated Senior Night by putting the wraps on the No. 1 seed for the Colonial Athletic Association Championship with a 4-2 victory over league foe Old Dominion on Friday night at the Millie West Tennis Facility. W&M easily claimed the doubles point before singles wins from sophomores Marlen Mesgarzadeh and Anik Cepeda as well as the clincher from freshman Marivick Mamiit moved the Green and Gold past the Monarchs for its sixth win in the last seven matches. The College improved to 13-8 overall and a perfect 2-0 in CAA play, while ODU dropped to 10-10 on the year and 3-2 in league action.

During the match, W&M celebrated the career of its lone senior, Lauren Sabacinski . Sabacinski did her part in doubles action helping the College claim the initial point of the match. Freshman Jeltje Loomans teamed with Sabacinski, and the Tribe twosome continued their dominating play with an 8-3 win  over Margarita Belyakova and Arina Alilueva at the No. 3 post. It marked their eighth straight victory as Sabacinski and Loomans improved to an impressive 9-1 on the season. Sabacinski won her 80th career doubles matches with the victory over the Monarchs.

The Tribe jumped out to the early lead in doubles as the No. 33-ranked pair of Cepeda and freshman Hope Johnson downed Joanna Dobrowolska and Melissa Esnal Olguin, 8-2, at the top position. The W&M duo won for the fourth time in their last five matches to improve to 12-10 on the season.

Like they had against VCU earlier in the week, Mesgarzadeh and Cepeda quickly pushed the lead to 3-0 with convincing singles victories at the No. 2 and No. 4 singles posts. Both players won their fourth straight and for the eighth time in their last nine matches with the straight-set victories.

Cepeda was the first singles player off the court at the No. 4 slot as she made quick work of Juliana Pires, 6-1, 6-1. The Tribe sophomore improved to a team-best 23-13 overall on the season with her 15th dual-match victory. Fellow classmate Mesgarzadeh took the opening set from Diana Ivanova, 6-3, before steamrolling her Monarch counterpart with a spotless, 6-0, triumph in the second. She improved to 11-9 on the year and a remarkable 6-1 at the No. 2 singles position.

For the first time in her career, Mamiit provided the clinching match with a straight-set win at the No. 5 post. The Tribe rookie improved to 10-8 on the season with a 6-3, 6-0 triumph over Margarita Belykova. Mamiit improved to 3-1 at the No. 5 singles position for the Green and Gold.

W&M will be the No. 1 seed in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship slated for April 21-24 at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk, Va. The official draw and match times for the 2011 CAA Championship will be released by the league office early next week.

#49 William and Mary 4, Old Dominion 2
Singles
No. 1 - Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) def. Hope Johnson (W&M) - 6-0, 3-6, 6-5 (5)
No. 2 - Marlen Mesgarzadeh (W&M) def. Diana Ivanova (ODU) - 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 - Melissa Esnal Olguin (ODU) def. Nina Vulovich (W&M) - 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
No. 4 - Anik Cepeda (W&M) def. Juliana Pires (ODU) - 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 - Marivick Mamiit (W&M) def. Margarita Belyakova (ODU) - 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 - Katie Kargl (W&M) vs. Arina Alilueva (ODU) - 6-2, 3-1, unfinished
Finishing Order: 4, 2, 3, 5*, 1

Doubles
No. 1 - #33 Cepeda/Johnson (W&M) def. Dobrowolska/Esnal Olguin (ODU) - 8-2
No. 2 - Kargl/Mesgarzadeh (W&M) vs. Pires/Ivanova (ODU) - 5-4, unfinished
No. 3 - Loomans/Sabacinski (W&M) def. Alliueva/Belyakova (ODU) - 8-3
Finishing Order: 1, 3*