LAWRENCE, Kan. – The William & Mary women's tennis team's four-match win streak came to an end on Saturday afternoon at the hands of No. 24 Oregon, 7-0, at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The Ducks pulled out a tiebreaker win at the top doubles position to secure the match's opening point and rolled to six straight-sets singles wins to record their sixth victory of the year.
The Tribe tandem of senior
Cecily Wuenscher and junior
Lauren Goodman gave W&M (5-4) the early advantage in doubles with a commanding 6-1 win over Rifanty Kahfiani and Julia Eshet at the No. 2 spot. The duo won its second straight in dual-match competition. After an Oregon win at No. 3, the balance of the doubles point came down to a tiebreaker at the top spot. The No. 10-ranked team in the country of Shweta Sangwan and Alyssa Tobita clipped sophomore
Rosie Cheng and senior
Olivia Thaler in the breaker, 7-6 (3), to give the Ducks the 1-0 lead.
Oregon (6-3) won all six singles matches in straight-sets to secure the team victory. After leading the charge to cement the doubles point, Sangwan clinched the Ducks' victory with a 6-1, 6-3 win over junior
Clara Tanielian at the No. 2 singles spot.
The Tribe wraps up its Midwest road swing at Big 12 foe Kansas on Sunday, Feb. 18. The match carries a 1 p.m. ET start time from the Jayhawk Tennis Center. Fans can catch the action with live video and stats. Click
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#24 Oregon 7, William & Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 – Alyssa Tobita (UO) def. #68
Rosie Cheng (W&M) – 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 – Shweta Sangwan (UO) def. #120
Clara Tanielian (W&M) – 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Julia Eshet (UO) def.
Ekaterina Stepanova (W&M) – 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 4 – Daniela Nasser (UO) def.
Natalia Perry (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 – Julia Lilien (UO) def.
Lauren Goodman (W&M) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 – Paiton Wagner (UO) def.
Olivia Thaler (W&M) – 6-2, 6-4
Finishing Order: 6, 5, 2*, 1, 4, 3
Doubles
No. 1 – #10 Sangwan/Tobita (UO) def. Cheng/Thaler (W&M) – 7-6 (3)
No. 2 – Goodman/Wuenscher (W&M) def. Kahfiani/Eshet (UO) – 6-1
No. 3 – Lilien/Nasser (UO) def. Perry/Tanielian (W&M) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 1*
