Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) defeated Dayton, 7-0, Saturday afternoon in Morgantown.
Saturday morning's matchup against the Flyers began with doubles play. Junior/sophomore pair
Momoko Nagato and
Michaela Kucharova claimed the first victory of the dual match with a 6-0 sweep over Dayton's Laura Greb and Elizabeth Hamilton. Redshirt freshman
Maja Dodik and sophomore
Tatiana Lipatova defeated Erica Wojcikiewicz and Jordan Mitchell, 7-5, to clinch the doubles point for the Mountaineers.
Sophomore/senior pair
Camilla Bossi and
Ting-Pei Chang fell to Natalie Osiecki and Neena Katauskas, 3-6.
Moving on to singles play, Chang claimed the first singles victory of the day against Osiecki in three sets, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Up next, Dodik defeated Greb, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
Kucharova fought through three sets and a tiebreaker to clinch the match for West Virginia over Dayton's Katauskas, 6-3, 6-7(11), 6-2.
At No. 5 and 6 singles, Lipatova and fifth-year senior
Pei-Ju Hsieh were victorious in two sets, respectively.
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Natalie Osiecki (Dayton), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
- Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Neena Katauskas (Dayton), 6-3, 6-7(11), 6-2
- Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Elizabeth Hamilton (Dayton), 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4
- Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Laura Greb (Dayton), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Erica Wojcikiewicz (Dayton), 6-1, 6-4
- Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) def. Jordan Mitchell (Dayton), 6-2, 6-0
Looking Ahead
The Mountaineers are back on the road next weekend to continue Big 12 conference play against No. 53 Baylor on Friday, March 24, at 7 p.m. ET, before traveling to take on No. 14 Texas on Sunday, March 26, at 11 a.m.
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