DES MOISES, Iowa – William & Mary women's tennis jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Iowa State rallied for a 5-2 victory on Friday night at Lifetime Fitness. Junior Vitoria Okuyama and sophomore Mila Saric picked a nationally-ranked win at the top doubles post to help W&M (3-2) to the doubles point and its initial lead.
 
How It Happened
- The Green and Gold rallied to take the doubles point thanks to a tiebreaker win at the top spot.
- After Iowa State (5-2) picked up a win at No. 2 doubles, senior Charlotte Madson and freshman Elisa Van Meeteren pulled the Tribe even with a win at No. 3. The W&M tandem notched a 6-4 win over Chie Kezuka and Margarita Timakova for its fourth victory in five dual-matches.
- Falling behind early, junior Vitoria Okuyama and sophomore Mila Saric rallied for a nationally-ranked win at the top spot in a tiebreaker, clinching the doubles point. Okuyama and Saric upended the No. 51-ranked Cyclones team of Thasaporn Naklo and Christin Hsieh, 7-6 (6), to improve to 4-2 overall and even its dual-match mark at 2-2.
- Van Meeteren ran her dual-match ledger to 4-0 with a straight-sets win at No. 6 to increase the Tribe lead to 2-0. She dropped just three total games in a 6-2, 6-1 win over Margarita Timakova to even her season record at 9-9.
- Iowa State rallied to pull out the win by claiming the final five singles matches. Saric forced the No. 72-ranked player in the country to three sets before falling. After Iowa State's Thasaporn Naklo took the opening set, 6-4, the Tribe sophomore answered with a 6-4 win in the second to force a third. The nationally-ranked singles player clinched the Cyclones victory with a 6-2 win over Saric in the decisive third set.
- At No. 2, senior Rosie Cheng jumped out to a set advantage over Maty Cacini with a 6-3 win in the first. The formally nationally-ranked Cyclone senior rallied to pick up 6-2, 6-4 wins in the final two sets to round out the ISU win.
 
Up Next
- The Tribe wraps up its trip to the Hawkeye State taking on former CAA foe Georgia State on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. CT. The match will be played at the Lifetime Fitness in Des Moises, Iowa.
 
Iowa State 5, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – #72 Thasaporn Naklo (Iowa State) def. Mila Saric (W&M) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 2 – Maty Cacini (Iowa State) def. Rosie Cheng (W&M) – 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Christin Hsieh (Iowa State) def. Vitoria Okuyama (W&M) – 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 – Ting-Pei Chang (Iowa State) def. Charlotte Madson (W&M) – 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 – Chie Kezuka (Iowa State) def. Raffaela Alchah (W&M) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 – Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Margarita Timakova (Iowa State) – 6-2, 6-1
Finishing Order: 6, 5, 3, 4, 1*, 2
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Okuyama/Saric (W&M) def. #51 Hsieh/Naklo (Iowa State) – 7-6 (6)
No. 2 – Cancini/ Chang (Iowa) def. Cheng/Alhach (W&M) – 6-1
No. 3 – Madson/Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Kezuka/Timakova (Iowa State) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 1*