Tennis: Mountaineers Roll Pirates

By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
February 15, 2009

seton hall 2, west virginia 5
ridgeview racquet club
morgantown, w.va.

Singles Results

Results

Verow

6-5, 6-5 >

Elkin

Liebschner

<6-4, 6-4

LaFortune

Viola

6-3,6-3 >

Burton

Sunbul

<6-2, 6-1

Pantovic

Kilarski

6-2, 6-0 >

Cardenas

Weerasinghe

6-7(6)6-2, 11-9>

Pilsbury

Doubles Results

Results

Liebschner
Verow

8-3 >

LaFortune
Burton

Weerasinghe
Kilarski

8-2 >

Blaskovicova
Pilsbury

Viola
sunbul

8-2 >

Elkin
Cardenas

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Olga Elkin	Ashley Pilsbury

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University tennis team saw its first BIG EAST victory of the season this afternoon with a 5-2 win over Seton Hall at the Ridgeview Racquet Club.

“We had a good weekend after being so down from losing to Pitt on Wednesday,” Coach Marc Walters says. “It is a good thing when you see how a team bounces back from that and we definitely came back and changed things this weekend.”

Sophomore Ashley Pilsbury captured an impressive, 6-7(6), 6-2, 11-9, win over Seton Hall’s Michelle Weerasinghe in No. 6 singles, marking her first win in a tie-breaker.

Also having a good day was junior Olga Elkin who recorded her second-straight singles victory with a 6-5, 6-2 win over Elizabeth Verow in the No. 1 spot. Junior Monique Burton defeated Danielle Viola 6-3, 6-3, in the No. 3 spot, while freshman Veronica Cardenas captured a big win at the No. 5 spot, with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Courtney Kilarski.

The Mountaineers dominated in doubles as they won all three matches to win the doubles point for the fourth-straight match.

In No. 1 doubles, Burton and LaFortune defeated Verow and Denise Liebschner 8-3, while Pilsbury and junior Gabriela Blaskovicova took the No. 2 match 8-3. Elkin and Cardenas continued their winning streak with an 8-2 victory over Viola and Belfin Sunbul. The duo is now 8-0 on the season.

WVU is set to return to action on Saturday, Feb. 21, with a 2 p.m. match with Maryland-Baltimore County and a 6 p.m. match against Charleston (W.Va.). Both matches will be held at the Ridgeview Racquet Club.

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