NORFOLK, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis suffered its first loss of the 2025 dual-match campaign, falling to in-state rival and four-time defending Sun Belt Conference Champion Old Dominion, 6-1, at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on Thursday.
 
Freshman Mira Kernagis provided W&M (3-1) with its lone victory on the afternoon. The Tribe rookie won her fourth in a row, dropping  just three games in a 6-2, 6-1, victory over ODU's Marina Markina at No. 6. Kernagis upped her season mark to 11-4 overall and a perfect 3-0 in dual-match action.
 
Old Dominion (2-2) opened the match with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles positions to claim the opening point of the contest. No. 6-ranked Sofia Johnson and Victoria Matasova increased the Monarch advantage to 3-0 with straight-set singles wins at No. 1 and No. 5, respectively.
 
After Kernagis's win at No. 6 drew the Tribe within 3-1, ODU's Kira Matushkina notched the clincher, downing Alessandra Anghel at the No. 2 spot.
 
Junior Sia Chaudry battled at the No. 3 spot, but suffered a narrow setback to Lidiia Rasskouskaia. The players went back and forth into a tiebreaker in the opening set with Rasshouskaia pulling out the victory. Chaudry fought to pull even in the second, but the Monarch player eked out a 7-5 win to round out the ODU victory.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns home for a pair of matches next week. W&M welcomes George Washington to Williamsburg on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m., before hosting its first CAA match of the season vs. UNCW at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16.
 
Old Dominion 6, William & Mary 1
Singles 
No. 1 - #6 Sofia Johnson (ODU) def. Hedda Gurholt (W&M) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Kira Matushkina (ODU) def. Alessandra Anghel (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 - Lidiia Rasskouskaia (ODU) def. Sia Chaudry (W&M) - 7-6, 7-5
No. 4 - Ulyana Romanova (ODU) def. Ine Stange (W&M) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 - Victoria Matasova (ODU) def. Francesca Davis (W&M) – 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 - Mira Kernagis (W&M) def. Marina Markina (ODU) – 6-2, 6-1 
Finishing Order: 1, 5, 6, 2*, 4, 3
 
Doubles 
No. 1 - Johnson/Rasskouskaia (ODU) def. Gurholt/Stange (W&M) - 6-3 
No. 2 - Romanova/Matasova (ODU) vs. Davis/Anghel (W&M) - DNF, 5-4 
No. 3 - Markina/Matushkina (ODU) def. Fernald/Kernagis (W&M) - 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 1*