Tennis: Mountaineers Fall to Troy

By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
March 20, 2009

west virginia 2, troy 5
tennis center
hattiesburg, miss.

Singles Results

Results

Elsisi

< 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 1-0 (11-9)

LaFortune

De Bakker

< 6-1, 6-1

Haught

Guijt

6-2, 7-5, 1-0 (10-2) >

Cardenas

Vieira

< 6-1, 6-4

Burton

Joaunin

< 6-2, 6-3

Pilsbury

Veiga

< 6-2, 6-0

Blaskovicova

Doubles Results

Results

Elsisi
Guijt

< 8-5

Blaskovicova
Haught

Vieira
Joaunin

8-3 >

Burton
LaFortune

De Bakker
Veiga

9-7 >

Elkin
Cardenas

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Veronica Cardenas	Olga Elkin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University tennis team fell to Troy, 5-2, this afternoon in its first of three matches this weekend at the Tennis Center in Hattiesburg, Miss.

“I was proud and thought that the girls competed well today against a good team,” Coach Marc Walters says. “Tomorrow is going a good showdown for us against the host team, so we are going to go out and see how we compete.”

Despite the loss, the Mountaineers saw several tough matches, including freshman Veronica Cardenas’ third-set tiebreaker victory, 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-2), over Troy’s Leonie Guijt at the No. 3 spot.

Junior Stephanie LaFortune also posted a good match as she fell to Rawia Elsisi 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 1-0 (11-9) at the No. 1 spot.

The Mountaineers also took the double point for the second-straight match as LaFortune and junior Monique Burton defeated Stephanie Vieira and Caroline Joaunin 8-3 at the No. 2 spot, while Cardenas and junior Olga Elkin defeated Mirte De Bakker and Stephanie Vieira 9-7 at the No. 3 spot.

The Mountaineers are set to return to action with a 2 p.m. match against Southern Miss on Saturday, March 21, at the Tennis Center. WVU will complete the weekend with a 9 a.m. match with Lamar on Sunday, March 22.

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