RICHMOND, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis closed out the regular season in style with its 11th-straight victory on Saturday afternoon. The Tribe topped in-state foe Richmond, 6-1, at the Westhampton Tennis Complex.
 
The 11 wins in a row equal the fourth-longest streak in school history as the Tribe improved to 15-5 on the year.
 
W&M captured the doubles point for the 17th time in 20 matches, before receiving singles wins from graduate students Yu Chen (No. 2) and Mila Mejic, juniors Hedda Gurholt (No. 1) and Ine Stange (No. 4) and freshman Francesca Davis (No. 6).
 
How it Happened
- The Tribe used the combination of wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to secure the initial point of the match. Mejic and Davis continued to roll on line three, winning 6-1 over Elizabeth Novak and Lainey O'Neil. The Tribe pair improved to 6-0 on the year.
- Junior Emma Fernald and Chen clinched the doubles point with a victory over Andrea Campodonico and Claire Le Du, 6-3, at No. 1. They won their second in a row to move to 11-5 at the top spot.
- In singles, the Tribe won in straight sets at the top four posts to put the match away. Chen dropped just three games in a convincing 6-3, 6-0 win over Carly Cohen at No. 2. The Tribe graduate student moved to 19-9 overall and 13-5 in dual-match play with the victory.
- Mejic ran her win streak to 10 matches at the No. 3 spot. She topped Leonor Oliveira, 6-2, 7-5, to up her ledger to 16-9 overall and 11-5 on line three.
- Gurholt and Stange each won their third matches in a row in straight sets. Gurholt rolled past Campodonico, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 1, while Stange won matching 6-3 sets over Lara Bakhaya at No. 4. Gurholt improved to an impressive 25-5 overall, including a 16-2 dual-match record. Stange pushed her mark to 18-7 on the year, including 14-4 in duals.
- Davis rounded out the Tribe victory with a three-set win at No. 6. After dropping the opening set in a tiebreaker to Polina Shitikova, the Green and Gold rookie responded with a 6-2 victory in the second and took the third-set super tiebreaker, 11-9. She improved to 18-10 overall and a remarkable 10-1 at No. 6.
 
Up Next
The Tribe heads to Elon for the 2024 CAA Championship, April 25-28. The two-time defending CAA Champion will be a top-four seed and receive an opening-round bye. The tournament seeds and draw will be released on Monday, April 22.
 
William & Mary 6, Richmond 1
Singles
No. 1 – Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Andrea Campodonico (Richmond) – 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 – Yu Chen (W&M) def. Carly Cohen (Richmond) – 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 – Mila Mejic (W&M) def. Leonor Oliveira (Richmond) – 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 – Ine Stange (W&M) def. Lara Bakhaya (Richmond) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Elizabeth Novak (Richmond) def. Emma Fernald (W&M) – 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
No. 6 – Francesca Davis (W&M) def. Polina Shitikova (Richmond) – 6-7 (4), 6-2, 11-9
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Chen/Fernald (W&M) def. Campodonico/Le Du (Richmond) – 6-3
No. 2 – Anghel/Stange (W&M) def. Bakhaya/Shitikova (Richmond) – DNF, 5-4
No. 3 – Mejic/Davis (W&M) def. Novak/O'Neil (Richmond) – 6-1