Women's Tennis Takes on Wisconsin in NCAA Tourney - William & Mary Athletics (2024)

Women's Tennis 5/2/2024 4:37:00 PM

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis heads to Chapel Hill for the 2024 NCAA Regional where it will take on No. 29-ranked Wisconsin on Friday. Matches will be played outdoors at the Chewning Tennis Center, weather permitting.

Fresh off the program's 29th CAA Championship, the Tribe makes its 26th NCAA Appearance.

Regional Schedule
Friday, May 3
3 p.m. – William & Mary vs. Wisconsin
6 p.m. – Navy vs. #4 North Carolina

Saturday, May 4
6 p.m. - Second Round

W&M's NCAA History
- The Tribe is making its 26th NCAA Tournament appearance, which ranks 18th nationally.
- The Green and Gold owns 21 wins in the NCAA Tournament, including an 18-15 mark at the regional level. The 21 NCAA wins rank 27th in the country.
- Both the Tribe's number of appearances and win total rank second, behind only Pepperdine, for a school from outside the Power Five.
- On seven occasions, W&M advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Championship, including back-to-back quarterfinal appearances in 1997 and 1998.
- Complete Tribe NCAA Tournament History

Scouting Wisconsin
- The Badgers are currently ranked No. 29 nationally. UW is making is 10th NCAA appearance overall and second straight.
- Wisconsin is 18-6 on the year, including an 8-3 mark in the Big Ten. They were the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Championship and advanced to the semifinals before falling to top seed and No. 3-ranked Michigan.
- The Badgers own ranked wins over No. 30 Notre Dame, two over No. 39 Illinois, No. 48 UCF, No. 64 Purdue, and No. 66 Iowa. All six UW losses have come to top-50 opponents.
- W&M and Wisconsin have one common opponent in Maryland. Both teams suffered 4-3 losses to the Terps.
- Maria Sholokhova is the Badgers' top player. She is currently ranked No. 82 nationally and owns a season ledger of 27-10. Sholokhova was a unanimous All-Big Ten selection.

Series History
- The Tribe leads the all-time series with the Badgers at 9-3.
- Wisconsin won the last meeting between the two teams, 4-2, in Williamsburg in February of 2020.
- Prior to that match, the Tribe had won eight in a row against the Badgers.
- The teams met once in the NCAA Tournament with the Tribe knocking off No. 34-ranked Wisconsin, 4-1, in the NCAA Regional at Clemson in 2005.

Tribe News and Notes
- The Tribe won its third-straight CAA Championship under head coach Jessica Giuggioli, 4-0, over Delaware on April 28. W&M has won 29 of the 39 all-time CAA titles.
- In the Championship victory over the Blue Hens, the Tribe captured the doubles point thanks to a win at No. 3 from freshman Francesca Davis and graduate student Mila Mejic. In singles, junior Hedda Gurholt, graduate student Yu Chen and Mejic won at the top three positions to secure the title.
- For her efforts, Gurholt was named the CAA Championship Most Outstanding Player for the second-straight year. She is the third Tribe player, joining Megan Moulton-Levy '08 and Lauren Nikolaus '98, to win the award on multiple occasions. In total, 12 Tribe players have received 16 MOP awards.
- The Green and Gold enters the NCAA Tournament on a school-record tying 14-match win streak. The Tribe has not lost a match since March 2 at Charlotte. W&M is 18-5 on the season. The 18 wins rank 11th in school history. Under Giugioli, W&M owns a 46-20 record (.697) over three seasons.
- Gurholt was the 2023 CAA Player of the Year and leads the Tribe with a 28-5 record in singles action. Her 84.8% singles winning % ranks fifth on the Tribe's single-season list. For her career, Gurholt has won 75.8% of her singles matches (72-23), which ranks fifth in W&M history.
- Gurholt is 30-6 all-time at the No. 1 singles position and 48-13 (.787) overall in dual-match play. She is 14-2 at the No. 1 position this season and 19-2 in dual-match action.
- Chen ranks second on the team at 21-9 in singles on the year and is 15-5 in dual-match play at the top two positions. Junior Ine Stange owns 20 singles wins, including an impressive 16-4 dual-match record.
- Mejic has been on a tear of late, winning 11-straight matches at the No. 3 singles position, including clinching the CAA Championship win over Delaware. On the year, she is 17-9 overall and 12-5 at No. 3.
- The Tribe has won the doubles point in 19 of its 23 matches this season, including 13 of the last 14. As a team, W&M is 40-16 (.714) in dual-match doubles play.
- Davis leads the Tribe with a 24-6 doubles mark. Her 80 winning % in doubles ranks as the fourth-best mark for a freshman in school history.
- Chen and junior Emma Fernald hold down the top doubles position for W&M and are 12-6 at the spot. Stange and junior Alessandra Anghel are 4-1 at the No. 2 spot, while Davis and Mejic play at No. 3 and are 8-1 this season.

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