Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (10-3, 1-0 Big 12) defeated Kansas State for the first time in program history, 4-2, on Friday night in Morgantown.
"This what we've been working toward, so this is huge," said head coach
Miha Lisac. "This group is really something special and this is a big step for us."
Friday evening's matchup against the Wildcats began with doubles play. Junior/sophomore pair
Momoko Nagato and
Michaela Kucharova claimed the first victory of the dual match with a 6-2 win over KSU's Rozalia Gruszczynska and Rosanna Maffei. Sophomore
Camilla Bossi and senior
Ting-Pei Chang defeated Vanesa Suarez and Manami Ukita in a tiebreaker, 7-6(3), to clinch the doubles point.
Fifth-year senior
Pei-Ju Hsieh and redshirt freshman
Maja Dodik fell to KSU's Florentine Dekkers and Aleen Quamar, 4-6.
Moving on to singles play, Kucharova defeated Suarez in two sets, 6-1, 6-4. Bossi fought through three sets to claim the point over Florentine Dekkers, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Chang fell in two sets to Maffei, 3-6, 4-6, while Dodik fell to Ukita in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6.
Sophomore
Tatiana Lipatova clinched the match for West Virginia in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, leaving Hsieh unfinished at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 1-3.
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Camilla Bossi (WVU) def. Florentine Dekkers (KSU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Rosanna Maffei (KSU) def. Ting-Pei Chang (WVU), 6-3, 6-4
- Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Vanesa Suarez (KSU), 6-1, 6-4
- Manami Ukita (KSU) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska (KSU), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) vs. Aleen Quamar (KSU), 6-4, 1-3 (unfinished)
Looking Ahead
West Virginia returns to action on Sunday, March 12, against Kansas at 11 a.m., at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.
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