Tennis: Mountaineers Fall To Richmond

By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
January 31, 2009

richmond 1, west virginia 6
greenbrier hotel and resort
white sulphur springs, w.va.

Singles Results

Results

Clark

< 6-1, 6-4

LaFortune

Tidwell

< 7-5, 6-1

Elkin

Cunningham

< 7-6, 6-0

Burton

Matuszczyk

< 6-0, 6-3

Pilsbury

Vosters

< 6-0, 6-2

Pantovic

Schneider

7-6 (15-13), 6-4 >

Cardenas

Doubles Results

Results

Clark
Duran

< 8-1

Blaskovicova
Pilsbury

Tidwell
Vosters

< 8-5

LaFortune
Burton

Crystal
Arana

8-3 >

Elkin
Cardenas

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Olga Elkin	Veronica Cardenas

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team fell to Richmond, 6-1, this evening in its last match at the Greenbrier Hotel and Resort.

“I thought that today was a very good measuring stick for where our team is going and where we need to get,” Coach Marc Walters said. “We came out and competed in the doubles like we have been, and even though we lost the doubles point, I think we saw where we failed to take advantage of the opportunities and that is part of the learning curve. Hopefully we will be able to make those better decisions next time.”

Despite failing to earn the doubles point, junior Olga Elkin and freshman Veronica Cardenas won their fourth-straight match of the season with an 8-3 victory over Richmond’s Catherine Crystal and Isabel Arana in No. 3 doubles.

Cardenas also captured the only win in singles, as she defeated Xenia Schneider in a thrilling 7-6 (15-13), 6-4 match in the No. 6 spot.

“Physically our team is not where we need to be,” Walters said. “We slowed down yesterday at the end of the long matches but those girls bounced back today with a lot of energy. With that being said we played a tough team and for us to be able to keep with them in a couple of sets shows that we have promise and we just have to put it together.“

WVU returns to the Ridgeview Racquet Club in Morgantown on Saturday, Feb. 7, for its first BIG EAST match of the season against Syracuse. First serve is set for 4 p.m.

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