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Senior Carmen Pop won her 10th straight match in knocking off a nationally ranked opponent.
Humacao, Puerto Rico (3/9/10)  - Senior Carmen Pop continued her stellar play with an upset win over a nationally ranked singles player in the No. 65 William and Mary women’s tennis team’s 5-2 setback to No. 3-ranked Notre Dame at Palmas in Humacao, Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The Irish swept the doubles matches, before taking four of six singles positions to claim the victory. W&M falls to 5-8 on the year, while Notre Dame ups its ledger to 12-1.

Pop extended her singles winning streak to 10 matches with a straight-sets win over a nationally ranked player at the No. 3 singles slot. The Tribe senior disposed of No. 90-ranked Chrissie McGaffigan, 6-2, 6-3, for her second career win over a nationally ranked foe. With the win, Pop improved to 18-7 on the season, including a stellar 12-1 mark in dual-match competition.

Freshman Nina Vulovich claimed the College’s other point with a straight-sets win over Kristen Rafael at the No. 5 singles position. Vulovich tallied her 13th win of the season in downing Rafael, 6-2, 6-4.

The Green and Gold returns to action on Thursday, March 11, when it faces its second top 10 foe of the week in No. 7 Duke on Thursday. The match will also be played at the Villas in Humacao, Puerto Rico.

#3 Notre Dame 5, #65 William and Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 - #14 Kristy Frilling (ND) def. Ragini Acharya (W&M) 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 - #92 Shannon Mathews (ND) def. Marlen Mesgarzadeh (W&M) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Carmen Pop (W&M) def. #90 Chrissie McGaffigan (ND) 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 - Cosmina Ciobanu (ND) def. Lauren Sabacinski (W&M) 7-6, 2-0, ret.
No. 5 - Nina Vulovich (W&M) def. Kristen Rafael (ND) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 - Colleen Rielley (ND) def. Anik Cepeda (W&M) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Frilling/Mathews (ND) def. Acharya/Kargl (W&M) 8-1
No. 2 - Krisik/McGaffigan (ND) def. Cepeda/Pop (W&M) 8-3
No. 3 - Ciobanu/Rielley (ND) def. Mesgarzadeh/Sabacinski (W&M) 8-1