Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team defeated William & Mary, 4-1, on Saturday at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.
West Virginia (9-1) began the match winning two of three doubles matches to secure the doubles point. The pairing of junior
Michaela Kucharova and senior
Momoko Nagato defeated William & Mary's Yu Chen and Emma Fernald, 6-2.
The doubles team of freshman
Maya Bordereau and redshirt sophomore
Maja Dodik improved to 8-1 on the season with a 6-4 victory.
Senior
Momoko Nagato claimed the first singles win for West Virginia, defeating William & Mary's Mila Mejic, 6-1, 6-3.
Graduate student
Love-Star Alexis fell in the No. 1 seed match, 6-4, 6-4.
Dodik was locked in a battle with William & Mary's Ine Stange in the No. 4 seed match. The pair went back and forth in the first set before Dodik pulled away to win, 7-5. Dodik took the second set, 6-4, to win the match.
Bordereau won the first set in the No. 2 seed match, 7-6 (4). In the second set, Bordereau led, 4-1, before Yu Chen rallied to win the set, 6-4. The match went unfinished in the third set with Bordereau ahead, 5-3.
Kucharova locked up the win for the Mountaineers as she defeated the Tribe's Francesca Davis, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-4, 6-4
- Maya Bordereau (WVU) vs. Yu Chen (W&M), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 5-3 (unfinished)
- Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Mila Mejic (W&M), 6-1, 6-3
- Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Ine Stange (W&M), 7-5, 6-4
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) vs. Francesca Davis (W&M), 3-6, 5-5 (unfinished)
- Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M), 6-0, 6-1
Up next, the Mountaineers will play host to Navy and Mount St. Mary's (Md.) on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Summit Tennis Academy. WVU will face Navy at 10 a.m. ET and Mount St. Mary's (Md.) at 3 p.m.
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