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June 30, 2007


William & Mary Sweeps VaSID Women's Tennis Awards

RICHMOND, Va. - Senior Megan Moulton-Levy (Monore, Mich.) of the College of William & Mary was named the Women’s Tennis - University Division – State Player of the Year Monday by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID), highlighting the Williamsburg school’s impressive haul on the VaSID All-State Team.

2007 VaSID University Division Women's Tennis All-State Team

In addition, teammate Ragini Acharya (Pulaski, Va.) earned Rookie of the Year honors, while Tribe Head Coach Kevin Epley was named Coach of the Year.

Moulton-Levy enjoyed a spectacular 2007 season, forging a 30-7 singles record and a 45-5 doubles mark that earned her All-America honors in both disciplines. Moulton-Levy, the Colonial Athletic Association’s three-time Player of the Year, qualified for the NCAA Singles Tournament, where she reached the Round of 32. Her efforts garnered the No. 12 ranking in the final ITA Singles Poll.

Additionally, Moulton-Levy received the National ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the second consecutive season, becoming the first female athlete to accomplish the feat.

Moulton-Levy was also named first team doubles with teammate Katarina Zoricic (Etobicoke, Ontario) after assembling a spectacular campaign that included the No. 2 final ranking from the ITA. In addition to a school-record 44-4 record as a pair, Moulton-Levy and Zoricic finished second at the NCAA Doubles Championships and won the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship in November.

Moulton-Levy, Zoricic and Acharya all earned VaSID First Team Singles status. Tribe sophomore Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (Krakow, Poland) received a second team citation.

Bolstered by the play of Moulton-Levy and company, Epley led the Tribe to one of the finest seasons in the school’s storied history. William & Mary finished the year 22-3 after reaching the NCAA Round of 16 for the first time since 2003. The Tribe, ranked as high as No. 9 during the season, finished the year 15th. Epley, named CAA Coach of the Year for the third time in his four seasons, also steered the Green and Gold to its 19th CAA Championship in the 23 years since the league’s inception.

Acharya burst onto the scene with a 32-5 singles mark, as well as a 25-9 doubles campaign. Her 32 wins rank third on the Tribe’s all-time freshman list, and her .865 singles winning percentage was the highest for a freshman in school history. Acharya, named CAA Rookie of the Year, also won a school-record 27 straight singles matches during the season.

Rounding out first team were Richmond sophomore Pamela Duran (Guayaquil, Equador), the Atlantic 10’s Most Outstanding Performer, as well as the Virginia Commonwealth University duo of junior Tatsiana Uvarova (Minsk, Belarus), the ITA’s 39th-ranked single, and senior Marianna Yuferova (St. Petersburg, Russia), who was 18-10 this season.

Yuferova and senior Olga Borisova (Minsk, Belarus), as well as the Old Dominion tandem of Charleen Haarhoff (Durban, South Africa) and Fernanda Luiz (Nova Lima,Brazil) rounded out first team doubles selections.

All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.