Jan. 20, 2008

Results

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Three quick singles victories clinched No. 7 Northwestern's victory over No. 15 William & Mary, which finished in a 7-0 rout on Sunday at the Combe Tennis Center.

Sophomores Samantha Murray (Altrincham, England/Altrincham Grammar) and Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) defeated William & Mary's No. 3 and No. 5 players, respectively, early in the singles portion. The two wins put the 'Cats up 3-0 after sweeping the doubles.

Junior Nazlie Ghazal (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) clinched the Wildcats' win shortly after with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 4.

Both top-10 ranked 'Cats went into superbreakers after the match was already clinched at 5-0. No. 2 Maria Mosolova (Moscow, Russia) crushed No. 12 Megan Moulton-Levy in the superbreaker and won the match 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3). No. 9 Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) easily won her first set, but fell in the second and then won the superbreaker 10-6.

NU swept the doubles point in three hard-fought matches, winning 8-5, 8-6 and 8-6. Lui and Murray, the seventh-ranked doubles pair in the nation, were the first to finish the Tribe off after starting the match down 2-0.

Rose and Conill put away Ragini Acharya and Magdalena Bresson, while leading for most of the match. At the No. 3 doubles, Mosolova and Ghazal were serving for match point with a lead of seven games to three, but the Tribe came back to force the 'Cats into four more games, winning 8-6.

Next up for the 'Cats is a road trip to New Mexico and then a match against the defending national champion Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Singles:
No. 1 - Maria Mosolova (NU) def. Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)
No. 2 - Georgia Rose (NU) def. Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
No. 3 - Samantha Murray (NU) def. Ragini Acharya (W&M), 6-0, 6-4
No. 4 - Nazlie Ghazal (NU) def. Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M), 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 - Lauren Lui (NU) def. Magdalena Bresson (W&M), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - Suzie Matzenauer (NU) def. Lauren Sabacinski (W&M), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:
No. 1 - Lauren Lui/Samantha Murray (NU) def. Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 8-5
No. 2 - Alexis Conill/Georgia Rose (NU) def. Ragini Acharya/Magalena Bresson (W&M), 8-6
No. 3 - Nazlie Ghazal/Maria Mosolova (NU) def. Barbara Zidek/Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M), 8-6

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