WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis captured the doubles point for the seventh time in eight matches, but No. 21-ranked Wisconsin rallied in singles to pull out a 4-2 match on Sunday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Tribe dropped to 5-3 on the year, while the Badgers improved to 8-1.
 
How It Happened 
- All three doubles matches were decided by 7-5 score lines with the Tribe rallying to claim the point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 posts.
- After Wisconsin pulled out the No. 1 spot, the senior duo of Natalia Perry and Rosie Cheng evened things up with a win on line two. The Green and Gold tandem improved to 3-0 at No. 2 by winning the final two games for a 7-5 win over Ava Markham and Miruna Tudor.
- The initial point of the match came down to the No. 3 spot and for the second time this weekend the freshman pair of Raffaela Alhach and Elisa Van Meeteren clinched it. The duo rallied from a break-deficit at 4-2 against Wisconsin's Christina Zordani and Melissa Pick and won the five the final six games to secure the doubles point on Alhach's winner.
- Van Meeteren quickly extended the Tribe lead to 2-0 with a straight-sets win at No. 6. She dropped just three games in a 6-1, 6-2 win over Zordani. The Tribe rookie improved to 11-10 overall and 6-1 in dual-match action. Van Meeteren is 5-0 on line six.
- The Badgers responded with straight-set wins at No. 2 and No. 3 to pull even at two. The balance of the match came down three-set affairs at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5.
- At No. 4, junior Vitoria Okuyama rallied to force a third set. After Charmaine Seah claimed the opening set, 6-1, Okuyama answered with a 6-4 win in the second. Seah pulled out a 6-3 win in the third to give Wisconsin the lead, 3-2.
- Senior Charlotte Madson and Tudor split 6-3 sets to start at the No. 5 post. With the third set even at four, the Wisconsin junior won the final two games to clinch the Badgers victory.
- At the top singles spot, Cheng and Antonela Stoica split the opening two sets by match 6-4 scores. The Tribe senior led 3-2 in the third when the match was abandoned with the team results decided.
 
Up Next 
- Next up, the Tribe travels to No. 10 Duke on Sunday, March 1, at noon.
- Live video and stats will be available at GoDuke.com.
 
#21 Wisconsin 4, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Rosie Cheng (W&M) vs. Antonela Stoica (Wisconsin) – DNF, 6-4, 4-6, 3-2
No. 2 – Xinyu Cai (Wisconsin) def. Natalia Perry (W&M) – 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Ava Markham (Wisconsin) def. Mila Saric (W&M) – 6-4, 7-6 (3)
No. 4 – Charmaine Seah (Wisconsin) def. Vitoria Okuyama (W&M) – 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
No. 5 – Miruna Tudor (Wisconsin) def. Charlotte Madson (W&M) – 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 – Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Christina Zordani (Wisconsin) – 6-1, 6-2
Finishing Order: 6, 2, 3, 4, 5*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Cai/Seah (Wisconsin) def. Okuyama/Saric (W&M) – 7-5
No. 2 – Cheng/Perry (W&M) def. Markham/Tudor (Wisconsin) – 7-5
No. 3 – Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Zordani/Pick (Wisconsin) – 7-5
Finishing Order: 1, 2, 3*