Norfolk, Va. – The women's tennis (6-12) fell to the #2 seed
William & Mary, 4-0, in the semifinals of the 2010 CAA championship at the
Folks-Stevens Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.
The match started with the Panthers losing two of the three
doubles matches to lose the doubles point. William & Mary took an early 1-0
lead thanks to wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. At No. 1 doubles, the match
went unfinished after the team of Katerina Gresova/Tereza Lerova were winning,
6-5.
In singles play the Tribe gained another point at No. 6
singles when Lindsay Hearn fell to Anik Cepeda, 6-0, 6-0. William & Mary
went up 2-0 thanks to the victory.
At No. 5 singles, sophomore Linda Hricistova lost in
straight sets, 6-3, 6-0, to Katie Kargl.
William & Mary clinched the match after winning at No. 3
singles when Katerina Gresova lost in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.
Two matches did go unfinished but the Panthers were winning
in both of them. At No. 4 singles, freshman Tereza Lerova won the first set,
6-4, and was winning the second set, 6-5.
Sophomore Diana Nakic, ranked No. 25 nationally, also went
unfinished after winning the first set, 6-2, and leading the second, 4-2. Nakic
finishes the season with an undefeated record of 17-0 and tied the school
record for wins in a season. She shares the honor with Lisa Teer, who set the
mark back in 1989.
“It was a tough match for us today against a really solid
William & Mary team. After we lost the doubles point, it put us in a tough
position that we just couldn't find back against. Tereza (Lerova) and Diana
(Nakic) played really well but we just couldn't step up at the other positions
in the lineup,” said head coach Miha Lisac.
After a season of ups and downs, the Panthers will finish
the season in the top three of the Colonial Athletic Association.
#2
William & Mary defeated #3 Georgia State, 4-0
Doubles
No.
1 Katerina Gresova/Tereza Lerova (GSU) vs. Ragini Acharya/Katie Kargl
(W&M), 6-5, unfinished
No.
2 Carmen Pop/Anik Cepeda (W&M) defeated Kir Kemp/Linda Hricistova
(GSU), 8-2
No.
3 Lauren Sabacinski/Marlen Mesgarzadeh (W&M) defeated Diana
Nakic/Lindsay Hearn (GSU), 8-6
Singles
No.
1 #25 Diana Nakic (GSU) vs. Ragini Acharya (W&M), 6-2, 4-2, unfinished
No.
2 Kir Kemp (GSU) vs. Marlen Mesgarzadeh (W&M), 3-6, 0-5,
unfinished
No.
3 Carmen Pop (W&M) defeated Katerina Gresova (GSU), 6-2, 6-3
No.
4 Tereza Lerova (GSU) vs. Nina Vulovich (W&M), 6-4, 6-5, unfinished
No.
5 Katie Kargl (W&M) defeated Linda Hricistova (GSU), 6-3, 6-0
No. 6
Anik Cepeda (W&M) defeated Lindsay Hearn (GSU), 6-0, 6-0
