Tennis: Mountaineers Capture First Win

By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
January 30, 2009

james madison 3, west virginia 4
greenbrier hotel and resort
white sulphur springs, w.va.

Singles Results

Results

Pate

< 6-2, 7-5

LaFortune

Erickson

6-3, 6-0 >

Elkin

Nimitz

< 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

Burton

Khoor

6-4, 7-5 >

Pilsbury

DeMasters

< 5-7, 7-5 (3-10)

Pantovic

Maxwell

6-2, 6-2 >

Cardenas

Doubles Results

Results

Benson
Nimitz

8-5 >

Blaskovicova
Pilsbury

Khoor
Pate

8-2 >

LaFortune
Burton

DeMasters
Donner

8-3>

Elkin
Cardenas

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Olga Elkin	Ashley Pilsbury

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - The West Virginia University tennis team captured its first win of the season in a 4-3 match against James Madison this evening at the Greenbrier Hotel and Resort.

"I am very proud of the girls tonight,” Coach Marc Walters says. “We did everything tonight that we could not do against Akron last weekend. All of the 4-3 and 5-4 sets, we were able to come back or bring it back to a point where we were in control when we needed it. I like the fact that if we won the first set, we closed out the match.”

The Mountaineers started the evening off taking the doubles point and sweeping all three matches. In No. 1 doubles play, Gabriela Blaskovicova and Ashley Pilsbury defeated JMU’s Kristin Nimitz and Benson 8-5, while Stephanie LaFortune and Monique Burton defeated Anna Khoor and Kinsey Pate 8-2 in the No. 2 spot.

Also capturing a win was Olga Elkin and Veronica Cardenas, who defeated Leah DeMasters and Barrett Donner 8-3 in No. 3 doubles. The win gives Elkin and Cardenas a 3-0 record this season.

In singles play, the Mountaineers took three of six matches to win the competition. In the No. 2 doubles spot, Elkin defeated the Duke’s Rebecca Erickson 6-3, 6-0. Pilsbury also captured a win in the No. 4 spot over Khoor, with a score of 6-4, 7-5.

Cardenas improved to 2-1 on the season with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Kelly Maxwell.

The Mountaineers conclude their trip to the Greenbrier with a 3 p.m. match against Richmond on Saturday, Jan. 31.

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