WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis team continued its incredible start to the season with a 7-0 sweep of Longwood on Wednesday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
 
The Tribe clinched the doubles point with wins at No.1 and No. 3, before dominating the singles matches. Without dropping a single set, the team moved to 3-0 on the young season with the commanding win. Seniors Hedda Gurholt and Ine Stange combined to clinch the doubles point with a win the top spot and each tallied singles victories as well in the triumph. Junior Emma Pell also made her season debut in the Tribe lineup, winning at No. 6 singles.
 
How It Happened
- Early breaks for the Tribe pairings of Gurholt and Stange (No. 1) and freshman Mira Kernagis and senior Emma Fernald (No. 3) resulted in W&M comfortably capturing the doubles point. Kernagis and Fernald topped the Longwood (1-3) pairing of Oriana Izarra and Elizaveta Gnilozubova, 6-2, at No. 3 for their third-straight win. The duo improved to 5-3 on the year.
- Gurholt and Stange clinched the initial point of the match with a 6-3 victory over Phoebe Mitchell and Karina Rizvanova. The Tribe seniors upped their season mark to 2-1 at the top spot.
- Senior Alessandra Anghel swept the first set, 6-0, against Longwood's Karina Rizvanova on the way to a straight-sets wins at No. 2. She pushed her record to 10-6 overall with her second-straight win on line two.
- Like Anghel, Pell also swept the first set against her opponent Alexandra Magia,  before nearly pulling it off again winning, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6. Playing her first dual-match of the season, Pell moved to 6-3.
- Sophomore Francesca Davis remained undefeated in dual-match competition, dropping just four games in a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 5 over Elizaveta Gnilozubova. She extended her team-best singles ledger to 13-3.
- Senior Hedda Gurholt also increased her winning streak to three matches with a clinical, 6-2, 6-2, victory over Feline van Eijkelenburg at the top spot. The reigning CAA Player of the Week won her ninth singles match of the season.
- At No. 3, junior Sia Chaudry used an early break to take the opening set, 6-3, over Longwood's Oriana Izarra. She tallied a matching 6-3 win in the second to record her fifth singles win of the season.
- Finally, Stange claimed a hard-fought tiebreaker, 7-6 (2), in the opening set and proceeded to take the second, 6-3, against Phoebe Mitchell round out the Tribe sweep. Stange tallied her eight singles victory this year.
 
Up Next
The Tribe hits the road for the first time when it makes the short trek to Old Dominion on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m.
 
William & Mary 7, Longwood 0
Singles
No. 1 – Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Feline van Eijkelenburg (LU) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – Alessandra Anghel (W&M) def.  Karina Rizvanova (LU) – 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 – Sia Chaudry (W&M) def. Oriana Izarra (LU) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 – Ine Stange (W&M) def. Phoebe Mitchell (LU) – 7-6 (2), 6-3
No. 5 – Francesca Davis (W&M) def. Elizaveta Gnilozubova (LU) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 – Emma Pell (W&M) def. Alexandra Magia (LU) – 6-0, 6-1
Finishing Order: 2, 6, 5*, 1, 3, 4
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Gurholt/Stange (W&M) def. Rizvanova/Mitchell (LU) – 6-3
No. 2 – Davis/Anghel (W&M) vs. van Eijkelenburg/Magia (LU) – DNF, 3-4
No. 3 – Kernagis/Fernald (W&M) def. Izarra/Gniluzobova (LU) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 1*