HANOVER, N.H. - The William & Mary women's tennis team turned in a dominant performance at Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon, racing past the reigning Ivy League Champions, 6-1. The Green and Gold (4-3) claimed the doubles point for the second time in this season and won four singles matches in straight sets along with sophomore Rosie Cheng's second nationally-ranked win of the spring to claim its third-straight victory.
 
Junior Lauren Goodman and senior Cecily Wuenscher blitzed the Big Green (3-3) pair of Allison Chuang and Maddie Hwang, 6-0, at the No. 3 doubles spot to give W&M a leg up on the initial point of the match. Junior Clara Tanielian and freshman Vitoria Okuyama continued their strong pairs play, clinching the point with a 6-3 triumph over Kristina Mathis and Racquel Lyn at the second position.
 
Goodman, who won in both singles and doubles on Sunday, increased the Tribe lead to 2-0 with her fourth-straight singles win. She bounced Dartmouth's Catherine Cable, 6-2, 6-2, at the No. 5 post.

Senior Ekaterina Stepanova and Olivia Thaler cemented the Tribe's third win in a row with singles victories. Stepanova posted her second win at the No. 3 slot, topping Lyn, 6-4, 6-3, while Thaler won her third-straight singles tilt at No. 6. She clinched the team triumph with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Chuang.

Sophomore's Natalia Perry and Rosie Cheng rounded out the Tribe supremacy with singles victories. Perry posted a 6-2, 6-4 win over Abigail Chiu at No. 4 for her 13th victory of the year. Cheng rallied from a set deficit to record her second nationally-ranked win of the year. After dropping the first set, she rallied past No. 78-ranked Kristina Mathis by taking the second, 7-5, and the third-set super tiebreaker, 10-7.

Notes
The Tribe is 8-4 against the Ivy League under head coach Tyler Thomson, including wins in five of its last six since 2016 … W&M won its second straight against Dartmouth, improving to 3-1 all-time against the Big Green  …  W&M captured the doubles for the second time this season and first since the opening win over Florida Atlantic … Freshman Vitoria Okuyama and junior Clara Tanielian improved to 6-1 overall in doubles and 3-1 in dual-match competition … Senior Cecily Wuenscher and junior Lauren Goodman teamed together for just the second time and evened their mark at 1-1 … Sophomore Rosie Cheng upped her season ledger to 9-7 and is 2-2 at No. 1 … She downed her second nationally-ranked singles opponent of the spring, both in three sets, and is 2-2 against nationally-ranked competition … Senior Olivia Thaler increased her team-leading singles-wins total to 14 and moved to 4-3 in duals and 2-0 at No. 6 … Goodman won her fourth-straight match and extended her team-best dual-match record to 5-2 … She is 11-7 in singles overall … Senior Ekaterina Stepanova picked up her second singles win of the spring at No. 3 … Sophomore Natalia Perry won her third match in a row at No. 4, evening her dual-match record at 3-3 and pushing her season mark to 13-9.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to the friendly confines of the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center to take on its second Big Ten foe of the season in Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 10. The match carries a 1 p.m. start time. Fans can watch the live stream of all W&M's home matches at the indoor center via PlaySight at TribeAthletics.com/TennisLive.
 
William & Mary 6, Dartmouth 1
Singles
No. 1 – Rosie Cheng (W&M) def. #78 Kristina Mathis (Dartmouth) – 1-6, 7-5, 10-6
No. 2 – Julia Schroeder (Dartmouth) def. #68 Clara Tanielian (W&M) – 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – Ekaterina Stepanova (W&M) def. Racquel Lyn (Dartmouth) – 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 – Natalia Perry (W&M) def. Abigail Chiu (Dartmouth) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 – Lauren Goodman (W&M) def. Catherine Cable (Dartmouth) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Olivia Thaler (W&M) def. Allison Chuang (Dartmouth) – 6-3, 6-3
Finishing Order: 5, 2, 3, 6*, 4, 1
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Schroeder/Chiu (Dartmouth) def. Stepanova/Thaler (W&M) – 6-1
No. 2 – Okuyama/Tanielian (W&M) def. Mathis/Lyn (Dartmouth) – 6-3
No. 3 –Goodman/Wuenscher (W&M) def. Hwang/Chuang (Dartmouth) – 6-0
Finishing Order: 3, 1, 2*