WVU Edged Out by No. 23 Oklahoma

Friday, March 31

Norman, OK

6 p.m. ET

West Virginia University

Oklahoma

March 31, 2023 09:16 PM | Tennis

Box Score

By: Fallyn Swiger

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (11-7, 1-4 Big 12) fell to No. 23 Oklahoma, 6-1, on Friday at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Stillwater.

West Virginia started Friday evening's match in Norman with doubles play. In the No. 1 slot, sophomore Michaela Kucharova and junior Momoko Nagato fell to Oklahoma's Carmen Corley and Ivana Corley, 1-6, giving the Sooner's the advantage.

The Mountaineers dropped the doubles point when redshirt freshman Maja Dodik and sophomore Tatiana Lipatova fell, 3-6, to Julia Garcia Ruiz and Dana Guzman, leaving sophomore senior pair Camilla Bossi and Ting-Pei Chang unfinished, 4-3.

Moving on to singles play, in the No. 1 slot, Bossi fell to Sleeth, 6-1, 6-2. Next up, Chang fell to Carmen Corley, 6-1, 6-3, before Kucharova fell, 1-6, 2-6, to Guzman to secure the match for the Sooners.

At No. 6 singles, Lipatova fell to Garcia Ruiz, 0-6, 5-7.

With two matches left, Dodik fell in two straight sets, 4-6, 1-6, to Sasha Pisareva, before Nagato went three sets against Emma Staker in the No. 5 slot. Staker claimed the first set, 6-4, before Nagato battled back, 6-3, to force the tie-break. In the final set, Nagato clinched West Virginia's only victory of the evening, 11-9.

Doubles Results

Carmen Corley / Ivana Corley (OU) def. Michaela Kucharova / Momoko Nagato (WVU), 6-1
Camilla Bossi / Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) vs. Layne Sleeth / Sasha Pisareva (OU), 4-3 (unfinished)
Julia Garcia Ruiz / Dana Guzman (OU) def. Tatiana Lipatova / Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-3

Singles Results

Layne Sleeth (OU) def. Camilla Bossi (WVU), 6-0, 6-2
Dana Guzman (OU) def. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-1, 6-2
Carmen Corley (OU) def. Ting-Pei Chang (WVU), 6-1, 6-3
Sasha Pisareva (OU) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-4, 6-1
Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Emma Staker (OU), 4-6, 6-3 (11-9)
Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU) def. Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 6-0, 7-5

Looking ahead
West Virginia continues its road swing in Oklahoma on Sunday, April 2, against No. 17 Oklahoma State. Competition from the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater is set to begin at 1 p.m. ET.