WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis senior Mila Saric rallied for a top-80 nationally-ranked singles victory in the Tribe's narrow setback to Charlotte on Saturday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
 
Trailing 4-0 in the third set to No. 79-ranked Margaux Maquet, the Tribe senior mounted a strong rally, winning seven of the final eight games to pull out the come-from-behind three-set win. It marked the fifth nationally-ranked win of her career. She improved to 14-3 overall and 4-1 at the top singles post. After dropping the opening set, 6-1, to Maquet, Saric answered with a 7-5 win in the second before the third-set rally.
 
Freshman Hedda Gurholt continued her winning way at No. 2, posting her 10th-straight triumph. She upended Ruxi Schech, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 2 to improve to 15-4 overall and 6-0 in dual-match competition. Schech finished last spring in the national top-125 and earned All-Conference USA First Team honors.
 
The 49ers took a close double point to start the match, thanks to a tiebreaker win at No. 1. After a Charlotte win on line three, the initial point of the match came down to the top two spots, which were either in a tiebreaker or looked headed for one. The 49ers No. 1 team of
Maquet and Lucia Quiterio outlasted Saric and Gurholt, 7-6 (4), to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
 
In singles, Charlotte countered Gurholt's straight-set win at No. 2 with victories at No. 5 and No. 6. The balance of the match came down to a trio of three-set tilts at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4. Saric pulled out the lone victory for the Green and Gold as the 49ers came back for wins on lines three and four.
 
Up Next: The Tribe returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 26 when it welcomes Penn to the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center at 2 p.m.
 
Charlotte 5, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Mila Saric (W&M) def. #79 Margaux Maquet (CLT) – 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
No. 2 – Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Ruxi Schech (CLT) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 – Lucia Quiterio (CLT) def. Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
No. 4 – Rocio Safont (CLT) def. Raffaela Alhach (W&M) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 – Lucie Petruzelova (CLT) def. Ine Stange (W&M)  – 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 – Kaavya Sawhney (CLT) def. Emma Fernald (W&M) – 6-4, 6-4
Finishing Order: 5, 2, 6, 4*, 1, 3
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Maquet/Quiterio (CLT) def. Gurholt/Saric (W&M) – 7-6 (4)
No. 2 – Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) vs. Sawhney/Schech (CLT) – DNF, 5-6
No. 3 – Safont/Petruzelova (CLT) def. Fernald/Stange (W&M) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 1*