Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (9-3, 0-0 Big 12) defeated Cleveland State, 5-2, Saturday afternoon before defeating Howard, 6-1, in Morgantown.
 
Saturday morning's competition against the Vikings began with doubles play. Junior Momoko Nagato and sophomore Michaela Kucharova clinched the first victory of the day over Cleveland State's Filippa Frogner and Selma Tounsi, 6-2. Sophomore Camilla Bossi and senior Ting-Pei Chang clinched the doubles point for West Virginia after a hard-fought match against Bethany Yauch and Sima Heren, winning 7-5.
 
Redshirt freshman Maja Dodik and fifth-year senior Pei-Ju Hsieh were unfinished at No. 3 doubles, 6-5.
 
During singles play, Bossi, Chang, Hsieh and sophomore Tatiana Lipatova were victorious in two sets. At No. 6 singles, Lipatova clinched the match for the Mountaineers defeating Frogner, 6-3, 6-0.
 
Kucharova fell at No. 3 singles against Cleveland State's Tereze Vevere, 1-6, 5-7. Dodik fought through all three sets and a tiebreaker against Heren, but ultimately fell short, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(1).
 
Doubles Results

• Camilla Bossi / Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Bethany Yauch / Sima Heren (CSU), 7-5
• Michaela Kucharova / Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Filippa Frogner / Selma Tounsi (CSU), 6-2
• Maja Dodik / Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) vs. Tereze Vevere / Ella Franz (CSU), 6-5 (unfinished)

 
Singles Results

• Camilla Bossi (WVU) def. Oihane Vicario (CSU), 6-2, 6-3
• Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Bethany Yauch (CSU), 6-3, 6-0
• Tereze Vevere (CSU) def. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-1, 7-5
• Sima Heren (CSU) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(1)
• Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) def. Avery Durham (CSU), 6-0, 6-1
• Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Filippa Frogner (CSU), 6-3, 6-0

 
Later in the afternoon, WVU kept the momentum going to defeat Howard. Saturday afternoon's competition against the Bison began with doubles play where two of the three doubles pairs were victorious, stopping Dodik and Hsieh at 5-2 when the Mountaineers clinched the doubles point.
 
During singles play, Dodik, Chang, Bossi, Hsieh and Nagato clinched wins for West Virginia. At No. 1 singles, Bossi clinched the match for WVU defeating Howard's Jordan Grayson, 6-4, 6-4.
 
Kucharova fought through three sets, but was defeated by Howard's Nadia Pegram, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
 
Doubles Results

• Camilla Bossi / Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Jordan Grayson / Sifa Butcher (CSU), 6-2
• Momoko Nagato / Michaela Kucharova (WVU) Nadia Pegram / Selah Stibbins (CSU), 6-3
• Maja Dodik / Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) vs Emnet Simunyola / Yemisi Ifederu (CSU), 5-2 (unfinished)

 
Singles Results

• Camilla Bossi (WVU) def. Jordan Grayson (Howard), 6-4, 6-4
• Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Sifa Butcher (Howard), 6-2, 6-3
• Nadia Pegram (Howard) def. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
• Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Yemisi Ifederu (Howard), 6-3, 6-0
• Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Alexandra Blackwell (Howard), 4-6, 6-0, (10-5)
• Pei-Ju Hsieh (WVU) def. Emnet Simunyola (Howard), 6-1, 6-0

 
Looking ahead
West Virginia continues its home stint on Friday, March 10, in Morgantown, as the Mountaineers take on Kansas State to begin Big 12 conference play. Competition is set to begin at 5 p.m. ET.
 
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