WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary junior Mila Saric picked up her second nationally-ranked win of the spring season and sophomore Raffaela Alhach won convincing in singles action but the Tribe suffered a 5-2 setback to No. 35-ranked Old Dominion on Saturday afternoon.
 
Saric posted a three-set win over No. 88-ranked Holly Hutchinson for the second time this season at the top singles position. Alhach, who picked up a doubles win at No. 3 as well, dropped just four games in her win on line five.
 
How It Happened
- Old Dominion (9-4) captured the doubles point with wins at the top two spots.
- At No. 3, the Tribe duo of Elisa Van Meeteren and Alhach posted a 7-5 win over Brooke Pilkington and Alexandra Viktorovich. The sophomore duo won four of the final five games to improve to 2-1 on the year.
- After ODU increased its advantage to 3-0 with wins at No. 3 and No. 6, Alhach got the Tribe (3-8) on the board with a straight-sets win at No. 5. The Tribe sophomore dropped just four total games, winning matching 6-2 sets over Pilkington. Alhach improved to 2-0 on line five.
- The Monarchs secured the match and their seventh-straight victory with a tiebreaker win in the second set at No. 4.
- At No. 1, Saric went to three sets, before outlasting nationally-ranked Holly Hutchinson. After the ODU player won the opening set, 6-3, Saric answered with a 7-5 win in the second. In the third-set super tiebreaker, the Tribe junior won for the second time over the ranked Monarch player, 11-9. Saric ran her win streak to four matches, improving to 7-2 at the top spot.
- Graduate student Jill van den Dungen took No. 51-ranked Yulia Starodubtseva to three sets before falling in a super tiebreaker. After Starodubtseva won the opening set, 6-3, van den Dungen responded with a 6-4 win in the second. The Monarch player pulled out the third-set super tiebreaker, 10-3.
 
Up Next
The Tribe wraps up the weekend with a trip to Richmond on Sunday at 1 PM
 
#35 Old Dominion 5, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Mila Saric (W&M) def. #88 Holly Hutchinson (ODU) – 3-6, 7-5, 11-9
No. 2 – #51 Yulia Starodubtseva (ODU) def. Jill van den Dungen (W&M) – 6-3, 4-6, 10-3
No. 3 – #54 Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (ODU) def. Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 – Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. Vitoria Okuyama (W&M) – 6-0, 7-6 (2)
No. 5 – Raffaela Alhach (W&M) def. Brooke Pilkington (ODU) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Alexandra Viktorovich (ODU) def. Alisia Manolescu (W&M) – 6-1, 0-1, retire
Finishing Order: 6, 3, 5, 4*, 2, 1
 
Doubles
No. 1 – #31 Yakubovich/Starodubtseva (ODU) def. Saric/Okuyama (W&M) – 6-2
No. 2 – Hutchinson/Sasnouskaya (ODU) def. van den Dungen/Manolescu (W&M) – 6-1
No. 3 – Van Meeteren/Alhach (W&M) def. Pilkington/Viktorovich (ODU) – 7-5
Finishing Order: 2, 1*, 3