West Virginia Splits Doubleheader

Saturday, February 26

Morgantown, W.Va.

10 a.m.

West Virginia University

George Washington

February 26, 2022 08:31 PM | Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 GWU Results Toledo Results

By: Reghan Bailey

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (6-4, 0-0 Big 12) split the day, 1-1, as they played host to George Washington and Toledo, topping the Colonials, 5-2, before falling short to the Rockets, 4-3, in Morgantown at the Summit Tennis Academy.

"It was a tough doubleheader for our team today," Mountaineer coach Miha Lisac said. "We battled well, but we lacked taking care of business in some of our matches. There were a lot of things that worked against us today, but we were still able to come out on top against George Washington.

Unfortunately, that didn't happen in the second match and we will use the lessons from today to help us get better, improve and prepare for the upcoming matches next weekend."

Doubles Recap (v. George Washington)
Sunday morning's competition began with doubles play against George Washington, where senior Anastasiia Bovolskaia and freshman Tatiana Lipatova began the Mountaineers doubles sweep, as the pair defeated Stella Wiesemann and Katarin Marinkovikj, 6-1.

Freshemen pair Kendall Kovick and Michaela Kucharova claimed the doubles point, 6-3, over Lindsay Thompson and Alezandr Vesikallio. Followed by, freshman Camilla Bossi and junior Ting-Pei Chang rounding out the sweep, as they topped Stella Wiesemann and Katarin Marinkovikj, 4-6, before heading into singles play.

Singles Recap (v. George Washington)
During singles play, in the No. 4 spot, Kucharova defeated Thompson, 6-1, 6-1, to give the Mountaineers a 2-0 lead over the Colonials.

GWU went on a 2-0 run, starting with Marinkovikj topping Chang, 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 2 spot. Next up, Wiesemann and Kovick battled it out in three sets, before the Colonials tied up the match 2-2, with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Kovick.

The Mountaineers swept the rest of singles play against George Washington. Bossi led the sweep, after dominating Ramirez in two-straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.

The next two wins came from seniors, Bovolskaia and Penny Hsieh, as they battled through three sets, but ultimately came out on top. Bovolskaia's (6-2, 4-6, 6-4) victory over Vesikallio secured the match for West Virginia, before Hsieh wrapped up competition against the Colonials.

Hsieh fell in the first set, 7-6, before bouncing back to claim the second 7-5, to force the tie-breaker. The senior outlasted McNaughten 10-1 in the final set of the matchup against GWU.

Doubles Recap (v. Toledo)
To start off competition against Toledo, Bovolskaia and Lipatova's match against Sloane Teske and Patricia Panta, went unfinished, due to retirement from the Mountaineers side, giving the Rockets a point.

Bossi and Hsieh dominated UT's pair, Shalini Tallamraju and Chrissy Fuller, 6-0, leaving the doubles point up to freshmen pair, Kovick and Kucharova.

West Virginia fell to Toledo in doubles matches, leaving room to bounce back in singles play.

Singles Recap (v. Toledo)
In the No. 2 slot, Kovick started singles play off strong by defeating the Rockets' Julia Kuszynski, 6-1, 6-1, to put the Mountaineers on the board.

Toledo's Teske topped Lipatova, 7-5, 6-3, in the No. 2 spot, before West Virginia won the next two to tie up the match, three all.

Kovick, in the No. 1 spot, topped Alcala in two-straight matches (6-2, 6-4), before Bossi defeated Tallamraju 7-5, 6-4.

In the final matchup of the night, Hsieh fell to Panta, 6-7, 2-5, which secured the match for Toledo.

George Washington Doubles Results

Camilla Bossi/Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Stella Wiesemann/Katarin Marinkovikj (GWU), 6-4
Kendall Kovick/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Lindsay Thompson/Alexandr Vesikallio (GWU), 6-3
Anastasiia Bovolskaia/Tatiana Liptova (WVU) def. Alejandra Ramirez/Lara McNaughten (GWU), 6-1

George Washington Singles Results

Wiesemann (GWU) def. Kovick (WVU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
Marinkovikj (GWU) def. Chang (WVU), 6-2, 6-2
Bovolskaia (WVU) def. Vesikallio (GWU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Kucharova (WVU) def. Thompson (GWU), 6-1, 6-1
Bossi (WVU) def. Ramirez (GWU), 6-1, 6-0
Penny Hsieh (WVU) def. McNaughten, 6-7, 7-5, 10-1

Toledo Doubles Results

Cassie Alcala/Julia Kuszynski (UT) def. Kendall Kovick/Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-1
Sloane Teske/Patricia Panta (UT) v. Anastasiia Bovolskaia/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 1-2 (ret.)
Camilla Bossi/Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) def. Shalini Tallamraju/Chrissy Fuller (UT), 6-0

Toledo Singles Results

Kovick (WVU) def. Alcala (UT), 6-2, 6-4
Teske (UT) def. Lipatova (WVU), 7-5, 6-3
Kucharova (WVU) def. Kuszynski (UT), 6-1, 6-1
Bossi (WVU) def. Tallamraju (UT), 7-5, 6-4
Panta (UT) def. Hsieh (WVU), 7-5, 6-2

Looking Ahead
WVU returns to action on March 5-6, as the Mountaineers play host to Penn on Saturday and Delaware on Sunday. First serve against Penn is set for 12 p.m. ET, at Summit Tennis Academy, while competition against the Blue Hens begins at 9 a.m.

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