The women’s tennis team is going for another win Wednesday against SMU, after upsetting No. 16 William & Mary this weekend. TCU defeated the Tribe 4-3 on Sunday, with the final two points of the match coming from two freshmen who stepped up when it mattered most.

“It’s not easy to close out a match,” head coach Jeff Hammond said. “Our team seems to handle pressure well, and I think it is good experience for a young player to be put in that situation.”

With three matches still left in the game, No. 33 TCU (3-2) needed to win at least two of them to seal a victory over the Tribe. On courts five and six, TCU freshmen Katariina Tuohimaa and Idunn Hertzberg came through in the clutch.

Tuohima said she felt the pressure, but made sure to keep her cool.

“I did get a little nervous when I was trying to finish out the match,” Tuohima said. “When I get nervous it is hard for me to keep my legs moving. I just calmed myself down, kept my legs and was able to get the needed win for our team.”

Hertzberg won in straight sets, 7-5 and 6-4, against William & Mary’s Carmen Pop. In the second game, Hertzberg and Pop went back and forth before Hertzberg was able to jump out to a commanding 5-2 lead.

Pop would not go quietly and was able to win two straight sets, cutting into Hertzberg’s lead. Now only up 5-4, Hertzberg was on her heels as her and Pop continued exchanging long volleys. Hertzberg had a 40-30 advantage and was looking to serve for the match. Pop returned Hertzberg’s serve, but Hertzberg was able to counter with a smash down the baseline getting the win and the Horned Frogs their third point.

With the Frogs just two more sets away from the victory, Tuohimaa answered the call and held serve for 6-2 victory, sealing the game for the Lady Frogs.

“I actually did not realize that we were only one win away from clinching the victory,” Tuohimaa said.

The Tribe got its first point of the game after William & Mary’s Megan Moulton-Levy was able to defeat sophomore Nina Munch-Soegaard in singles, 6-3, 6-4. Moulton-Levy’s victory would be followed by another victory for William & Mary.

Following Soegaard’s defeat, senior Kewa Nichols lost in three sets to Klaudyna Kasztelaniec. For the first time the Frogs were not leading, and it seemed like William & Mary was going to make a comeback.

In doubles play, TCU won two of three over William & Mary. TCU’s No. 11-ranked pair of Anna Sydorska and Macall Harkins led the way in doubles competition by beating William & Mary’s No. 26-ranked pair of Moulton-Levy and Kat Zoricic, 8-4.

TCU’s next opponent, the SMU Mustangs, is 8-2 this season and is coming off consecutive wins this past weekend.

The game is this 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.