MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team completed Sunday's Hokie Fall Invite tournament finale in stellar fashion, capturing seven total wins in the final day.
The doubles team of senior
Abigail Rosiello and sophomore
Anne-Sophie Courteau led the Mountaineers, earning a finals win in the Sacrifice Doubles flight.
"We progressed this weekend and got better in match play and handling competitive situations," WVU coach
Miha Lisac said.
DOUBLES RECAP
Rosiello and Courteau proved to be the highlight of the three-day, season-opening event. The duo claimed a final round, tiebreaking doubles victory, 8-7 (6), over James Madison's Diane Flament and Amanda Nord in the Sacrifice Doubles flight. The performance marked the team's lone flight win of the weekend.
Doubles play concluded with another tiebreaking victory from junior
Christina Jordan and sophomore
Giovanna Caputo, as they captured a win, 8-7 (4), over Delaware's Tayo Adetunji and Annie Jaskulski in the Loyalty Doubles flight.
Senior
Paula Goetz and freshman
Anastasiia Bovolskaia withdrew from their Brotherhood Doubles flight match with James Madison's Abby Amos and Daniela Voloh.
SINGLES RECAP
Sunday's singles action was highlighted by five WVU victories, with four Mountaineers securing their second win of the day.
Courteau claimed a two-set consolation win, 7-5, 7-5 (5), in the Duty Singles flight over Iowa State's Reggie Espindola in a tiebreaker.
Originally scheduled to compete against one another, Rosiello and fellow senior
Kirsten White went toe-to-toe against different opponents in the Service Singles flight. Rosiello and White went on to secure victories over Virginia Tech's Jade Woo and Radford's Lilly Ellick, respectively.
Finally, Caputo and Jordan claimed the sixth and seventh victory for West Virginia on Sunday. Caputo defeated Georgia Southern's Lindsay Truscott (6-3, 6-0) in the Honor Singles flight, while Jordan secured a three-set victory (6-3, 0-6, 11-9) over Radford's Malin Falk in the Ut Proism Singles flight.
A full list of Sunday's results can be found below. Following a week off from competition, the Mountaineers will be back in action when they travel to Lynchburg, Virginia, to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regionals from Oct. 12-16.
SINGLES COMPETITION
Anne-Sophie Courteau (WVU) def. Reggie Espindola (ISU) – 7-5, 7-5 (5)
Abigail Rosiello (WVU) def. Jade Woo (VT) – 7-5, 6-1
Kirsten White (WVU) def. Lilly Ellick (RU) – 6-0, 6-1
Giovanna Caputo (WVU) def. Lindsay Truscott (GSU) – 6-3, 6-0
Christina Jordan (WVU) def. Malin Falk (RU) – 6-3, 0-6, 11-9
Maria Jose Zacarias (ASU) vs.
Paula Goetz (WVU) – w/d
Anastasiia Bovolskaia (WVU) vs. Kanako Yano (VT) – w/d
DOUBLES COMPETITION
Rosiello/Courteau (WVU) def. Flament/Nord (JMU) – 8-7 (6)
Jordan/Caputo (WVU) def. Adetunji/Jaskulski (UD) – 8-7(4)
Amos/Voloh (JMU) vs. Goetz/Bovolskaia (WVU) – w/d
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