Tennis: Mountaineers Take Down UConn

By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
April 5, 2009

west virginia 5, UConn 2
wvu tennis complex
morgantown, w.va.

Singles Results

Results

Lorusso

<6-7, 6-3, 6-1

LaFortune

Campitiello

4-6, 6-3, 6-2>

Haught

Cheung

6-4, 7-5>

Elkin

Herb

< 6-3, 6-3

Cardenas

Moritz

6-4, 7-5>

Pilsbury

Gregory

6-4, 7-5>

Burton

Doubles Results

Results

Campitiello
Cheung

<7-8 (4)

Blaskovicova
Pilsbury

Lorusso
Herb

8-3>

Burton
LaFortune

Moritz
Gregory

8-1>

Cardenas
Elkin

Top WVU Athlete


Monique Burton	Olga Elkin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (9-15, 4-3 BIG EAST) defeated Connecticut, 5-2, this afternoon at the WVU Tennis Complex, in its last regular season match

“We have built our team on being good scrappers outside and UConn’s strength is scrapping outside, so I knew they weren’t going to go away easily. All the matches were really tight all the way down line,” Coach Marc Walters says. “We played really good when we were up 5-4 or down 4-5, and in tiebreakers and close matches. That is where our team needed the most improvement and we pulled that off today.”

Junior Olga Elkin helped to clinch the match for the Mountaineers with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over BreAnne Cheung at the No. 3 spot, while freshman Kathryn Haught defeated Allison Campitiello in a tough 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 match at the No. 2 spot.

Sophomore Ashley Pilsbury and junior Monique Burton also played well today with wins at the No. 5 and 6 spots. Pilsbury posted a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Katie Moritz, while Burton captured her second win of the weekend with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Alexa Gregory.

Junior Stephanie LaFortune had a good match taking the first set 7-6 over the Huskies’ Kelly Lorusso at the No. 1 spot to give the Mountaineers momentum. LaFortune was then defeated 3-6, 1-6 in the last two sets.

The Mountaineers took the doubles point, with victories at the No. 2 and 3 spots. LaFortune and Burton recorded an 8-3 win over Lorusso and Emily Herb, while Elkin and freshman Veronica Cardenas defeated Moritz and Gregory 8-1.

WVU will now wait to hear its seed for the BIG EAST Championship, which is to be announced later this week.

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