Sunday, April 8
Morgantown, W.Va.
12:00 p.m.
West Virginia University
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Kansas
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Mountaineers Fall to No. 16 Kansas
April 08, 2018 02:32 PM | Tennis
Morgantown, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women's tennis team fell to No. 16 Kansas, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon, at the Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.
WVU (7-9, 1-4 Big 12) began the match by dropping the doubles point, as Kansas took two of the three matches to take the early 1-0 lead. On the first court, Christina Jordan and Sofia Duran fell to No. 83 Tatiana Nikolaeva and Nina Khmelnitckaia, 6-2. The Jayhawks then claimed the doubles point with KU's Despoina Vogasari and Maria Toran-Ribes defeating Giovanna Caputo and Anne-Sophie Courteau, 6-2 at No. 3.
The match between Lyn Yuen Choo and Paula Goetz and KU's Janet Koch and Amber Policare was knotted at three-all when the match was abandoned due to clinch rules.
"Unfortunately, this was one of those days where we couldn't, and didn't, get much going," fifth-year coach Miha Lisac said. "We had some individual performances that were better, like at No. 2 doubles. We had some individual performances where the girls found ways to battle back and to stay in matches, but that wasn't consistent across the board and the result is reflective of that."
The Jayhawks would then win the first three singles matches to win the contest 4-0. At No. 4, Goetz fell to Toran Ribes, 6-2 and 6-0, and Jordan lost to No. 66 Vogasari, 6-3 and 6-0, on the first court as KU took a commanding 3-0 lead.
Koch clinched the match for the Jayhawks when she defeated Courteau, 6-3 and 6-4, on the second court to give Kansas the 4-0 win.
The match between Choo and No. 116 Khmelnitckaia was in the second set when the match was abandoned due to clinch rules. The matches at No. 5 and No. 6 were also abandoned due to clinch rules.
"Kansas came out and played sharp," Lisac said. "We are at home; this isn't the easiest situation for them to be in, especially playing without their top player, but everybody they had in the lineup was sharp today."
West Virginia will hit the road for a two-match road swing through the Lone Star State, as it takes on Baylor on Friday, April 13, and Texas on Sunday, April 15. Friday's match is slated for 6 p.m. ET, while first serve for Sunday's contest is set for 2:30 p.m. ET.
Keep up with West Virginia women's tennis on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by following @WVUtennis.
WVU (7-9, 1-4 Big 12) began the match by dropping the doubles point, as Kansas took two of the three matches to take the early 1-0 lead. On the first court, Christina Jordan and Sofia Duran fell to No. 83 Tatiana Nikolaeva and Nina Khmelnitckaia, 6-2. The Jayhawks then claimed the doubles point with KU's Despoina Vogasari and Maria Toran-Ribes defeating Giovanna Caputo and Anne-Sophie Courteau, 6-2 at No. 3.
The match between Lyn Yuen Choo and Paula Goetz and KU's Janet Koch and Amber Policare was knotted at three-all when the match was abandoned due to clinch rules.
"Unfortunately, this was one of those days where we couldn't, and didn't, get much going," fifth-year coach Miha Lisac said. "We had some individual performances that were better, like at No. 2 doubles. We had some individual performances where the girls found ways to battle back and to stay in matches, but that wasn't consistent across the board and the result is reflective of that."
The Jayhawks would then win the first three singles matches to win the contest 4-0. At No. 4, Goetz fell to Toran Ribes, 6-2 and 6-0, and Jordan lost to No. 66 Vogasari, 6-3 and 6-0, on the first court as KU took a commanding 3-0 lead.
Koch clinched the match for the Jayhawks when she defeated Courteau, 6-3 and 6-4, on the second court to give Kansas the 4-0 win.
The match between Choo and No. 116 Khmelnitckaia was in the second set when the match was abandoned due to clinch rules. The matches at No. 5 and No. 6 were also abandoned due to clinch rules.
"Kansas came out and played sharp," Lisac said. "We are at home; this isn't the easiest situation for them to be in, especially playing without their top player, but everybody they had in the lineup was sharp today."
West Virginia will hit the road for a two-match road swing through the Lone Star State, as it takes on Baylor on Friday, April 13, and Texas on Sunday, April 15. Friday's match is slated for 6 p.m. ET, while first serve for Sunday's contest is set for 2:30 p.m. ET.
Keep up with West Virginia women's tennis on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by following @WVUtennis.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
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#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Despoina Vogasari / 0 (66/-) [KU]
66
30
#2 Singles Match
12
Janet Koch / 0 [KU]
66
34
#3 Singles Match
123
Nina Khmelnitckaia / 0 (116/-) [KU]
630
23UF
#4 Singles Match
12
Maria Toran Ribes / 0 [KU]
66
20
#5 Singles Match
12
Tatiana Nikolaeva / 0 [KU]
00
0UF
#6 Singles Match
1
Amber Policare / 0 [KU]
0
UF
Order of Finish:
4,1,2
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