WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Winners of three in a row, the William & Mary women's tennis team returns home to face Big Ten counterpart Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 10. The match carries a 1 p.m., start time from the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
 
The match with Maryland marks the Tribe's fifth this season against a Power Five opponent and second versus the Big Ten. W&M was originally slated to host Wake Forest on Sunday, Feb. 11, but the match has been rescheduled for April 2. The Demon Deacons won their ITA Kick-Off Weekend Regional in January and earned a spot in the ITA National Indoor Championships, which are set for Feb. 9-12 in Madison, Wis.
 
New to Tribe tennis in 2018, fans can watch the all action at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center via PlaySight. The advanced sports video and analytics technology provides fans with six fully automated HD cameras for live streaming. Fans can watch the action on TribeAthletics.com/TennisLive.
 
Scouting the Tribe
The Tribe ran its win streak to three matches with a pair of wins at Dartmouth last weekend. The Green and Gold topped ACC foe Boston College, 4-3, on Saturday, before blitzing the host and reigning Ivy League champion Big Green, 6-1, on Sunday. The Tribe claimed its sixth win against the ACC under head coach Tyler Thomson thanks to a quartet of singles wins. Senior Olivia Thaler (No. 6) and juniors Clara Tanielian (No. 2) and Lauren Goodman (No. 5) posted straight-sets wins, before sophomore Natalia Perry clinched the team victory with a three-set triumph at No. 4. On Sunday, the Tribe won the doubles point for the second time this season thanks a clinching victory from Tanielian and freshman Vitoria Okuyama at No. 2. In singles, senior Ekaterina Stepanova (No. 3), Perry (No. 4), Goodman (No. 5) and Thaler (No. 6) each notched straight-sets wins. Sophomore Rosie Cheng rounded out the dominating performance with her second nationally-ranked triumph of the dual-match season, downing No. 78 Kristina Mathis in three sets. On Wednesday, both Cheng and Tanielian earned ITA National Singles Rankings. Cheng garnered the first national ranking of her career at No. 68, while Tanielian was ranked for the second poll in a row coming in at No. 120. Thaler leads the Tribe in singles wins with 14, while both Perry and Tanielian own 13. Goodman has won four-straight contests and leads the team with a 5-2 dual-match record. W&M owns 18 wins over Power Five Conference opponents under head coach Tyler Thomson. The Tribe has won eight of its last nine matches against the Big Ten since 2012, including seven of those wins under Thomson.
 
Scouting Maryland
The Terrapins enter the match-up at 1-2 on the season. Maryland opened the season with a 5-2 home win over Harvard on Jan. 21, before dropping both matches of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Terps fell to host and No. 6 Pepperdine, 4-0, before dropping another 4-0 decision to Rice. Eva Alexandrova and Ekaterina Tour have split time at the top two singles spots. Alexandrova is 1-1 at No. 1, while Tour is 1-1 in duals at No. 1 and No. 2. Alexandrova and Zoe Kulkarni lead the Terps with eight singles wins each. Millie Stretton, who is 13-3 individually in doubles, and Alexandrova are 1-1 at top doubles post. In the win over Harvard, Maryland won the doubles point and then received singles wins from Alexandrova (No. 1), Tour (No. 2), Stretton (No. 3) and Kulkarni (No. 6).
 
Series History: W&M vs. Maryland
The Green and Gold leads the all-time series with Maryland at 27-5, including a 13-1 mark in Williamsburg. The Tribe has won seven of the last eight meetings, including all three under head coach Tyler Thomson. Last season, W&M topped the Terps, 4-3, in College Park, Md., thanks to singles wins from Ekaterina Stepanova, Natalia Perry and Rosie Cheng.
 
Up Next
The Tribe hits the road to take on a pair of top-40 teams and NCAA Tournament participants from last season in Oregon and Kansas. Both matches will take place in Lawrence, Kan. The Green and Gold meets the Ducks in a neutral site match on Saturday, Feb. 17, before taking on the homestanding Jayhawks on Sunday, Feb. 18. Each tilt carries a noon start time.