WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Longwood women's tennis team fell, 7-0 to William & Mary at McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center Saturday.
 
The Tribe, playing its spring season opener, took the doubles point by winning on courts three and one, respectively. First, Kensie Cricchio and Mila Mejic defeated Nina Hederich and Sophia Marchetta, 6-2, on three. Then, Yu Chen and Emma Fernald topped Karina Rizvanova and Feline van Eijkelenburg, 6-2, on one.
 
"Today's match started out a bit tough for us," said Longwood head coach Carlos Lora. "In the doubles point, we started off very slow and missing very early in the points. We picked it up though level-wise and energy-wise when we started the singles and had several close matches where we had a few chances to maybe run away with some of those matches. Looking forward to this week where we go to Coppin State and have our home opener against UNCW."
 
Alexis Broderick lost to Yaelle Vaissaud, 6-0, 6-1, on court six to begin singles action. William & Mary went up, 3-0, with Chen's 6-0, 6-0 win over Oriana Izarra at No. 2.
 
Kashmira Manohar dropped her match with Francesca Davis, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5, while William & Mary made it 5-0 with Hedda Gurholt's 6-3, 6-2 win against van Eijkelenburg on No. 1.
 
 Ine Stange won on court three over Marchetta, 6-2, 7-5.
 
Rizvanova battled at No. 4 singles against Fernald. The W&M player took the first set, 7-6, prevailing in a tiebreak, 7-4. Fernald finished off the dual with a 6-4 triumph in the second set.
 
Longwood (0-4) is back in action Thursday at Coppin State. First serve is slated for noon.