CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Facing a roster loaded with six ranked players and a trio of nationally-ranked doubles teams, William & Mary suffered its first setback of the 2023 spring season, falling at No. 7-ranked Virginia on Sunday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
- In doubles, the Cavaliers (5-0) dropped just one game in winning the first two positions to claim the initial point of the match.
- The Tribe tandem of graduate student Sofiya Kuzina and sophomore Ine Stange led 3-2 at the No. 3 post over Virginia's Sara Ziodato and Meggie Navarro before the match was abandoned with the doubles points decided.
- In singles, UVA won all six matches in straight-sets with four of its six nationally-ranked players in the lineup.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action with a pair home matches next weekend. W&M hosts its first CAA match against Towson on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 1 p.m., before hosting Morgan State on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m.
 
#7 Virginia 7, William & Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 – #34 Julia Adams (UVA) def. Hedda Gurholt (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 – #90 Natasha Subhash (UVA) def. Sofiya Kuzina (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Sara Ziodato (UVA) def. Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 – #62 Annabelle Xu (UVA) def. Emma Fernald (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 – #77 Hibah Shaikh (UVA) def. Ine Stange (W&M) – 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 – Nicole Kiefer (UVA) def. Alisia Manolescu (W&M) – 6-4, 6-1
Finishing Order: 4, 2, 1*, 5, 3, 6
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Adams/Collard (UVA) def. Gurholt/Alhach (W&M) – 6-0
No. 2 – Subhash/Xu (UVA) def. Van Meeteren/Fernald (W&M) – 6-1
No. 3 – Stange/Kuzina (W&M) vs. Ziodato/Navarro (UVA) – DNF, 3-2
Finishing Order: 1, 2*