VCU FALLS TO WILLIAM & MARY IN CAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Release: 04/20/2008

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Top-seeded William & Mary blanked #2 Virginia Commonwealth University, 4-0, to capture the Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Championship on Sunday at McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The 26th-ranked Tribe swept the singles matches as Carmen Pop defeated Kateryna Malakhova, 6-2, 6-2 at number six singles, Acharya beat Kateryna Yergina, 6-0, 6-3 at number three and William & Mary wrapped up the match as Kasztelaniec topped Olena Leonchuk, 6-2, 6-4 at number four.

Sunday’s championship match, which was played indoors because of inclement weather, marked the seventh consecutive year that the two squads have battled for the title, with William & Mary winning in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 and the Rams claiming the championship in 2003 and 2006.

VCU (18-5), ranked 35th by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, will await NCAA selections, which will be announced Tuesday, April 29. The Rams are seeking their third consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.

#1 WILLIAM & MARY 4, #2 VCU 0

Doubles

1. #11 Moulton-Levy/Zoricic (W&M) d. Uvarova/Burns, 8-0

2. Kasztelaniec/Acharya (W&M) d. Konstantinova/Petrashevitch, 8-3

3. Yergina/Leonchuk (VCU) vs. Pop/Sabacinski, 6-3 - DNF
Singles

1. #8 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) vs. #43 Tatsiana Uvarova, 6-3, 1-6, 3-2 - DNF

2. Katarina Zoricic (W&M) vs. Viktoria Konstantinova, 7-5, 5-3 - DNF

3. #114 Ragini Acharya (W&M) d. Kateryna Yerginia, 6-0, 6-3

4. Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) d. Olena Leonchuk, 6-2, 6-4

5. Laura Burns (VCU) vs. Lauren Sabacinski, 7-5, 2-4 - DNF

6. Carmen Pop (W&M) d. Kateryna Malakhova, 6-2, 6-2