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Box Score 2 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 47 West Virginia University tennis team swept a doubleheader against Navy and Mount St. Mary's on Saturday at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.
West Virginia (11-1) defeated Navy, 5-2, and beat Mount St. Mary's, 6-1. With these victories, West Virginia has its best start through 12 games since 1986 when it began the year 12-0.
This also marks the first time since the 2006 and 2007 seasons that WVU has back-to-back seasons with double-digit wins.
To begin the day, West Virginia won two of the three doubles matches against Navy to earn the doubles point. The pairing of junior
Michaela Kucharova and senior
Momoko Nagato won, 6-3. The doubles team of graduate student
Ting-Pei Chang and junior
Tatiana Lipatova won, 6-3.
In singles play, Nagato was dominant as she defeated Navy's Stella Ribaudo, 6-3, 6-2, in the No. 3 seed match. Redshirt sophomore
Maja Dodik earned the second singles victory for the Mountaineers with a 6-4, 6-2, win against Navy's Kate Lee.
Kucharova locked up the win for West Virginia as she won the No. 6 seed match against Navy's Olivia Fermo, 6-2, 6-1.
Against Mount St. Mary's, the Mountaineers took the doubles point after winning all three doubles matches.
In singles play, West Virginia was dominant from start to finish. Nagato improved to 10-1 in singles play this season with a 6-0, 6-0, win in the No. 2 seed match. Dodik followed that up with a win in the No. 3 seed match, 6-0, 6-0.
Chang finished it for WVU, winning 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 4 seed match.
West Virginia 5, Navy 2
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Emily Tannenbaum (NAVY) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-3, 6-0
- Samantha Johns (NAVY) def. Maya Bordereau (WVU), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
- Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Stella Ribaudo (NAVY), 6-3, 6-2
- Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Kate Lee (NAVY), 6-4, 6-2
- Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Parvathi Shanker (NAVY), 6-2, 6-4
- Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Olivia Fermo (NAVY), 6-2, 6-1
West Virginia 6, Mount St. Mary's 1
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Sofia Kostirko (Mt. St. Mary's) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 1-6, 7-6 (7), 1-0 (1)
- Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Margherita Trolese (Mt. St. Mary's), 6-0, 6-0
- Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Adriana Barney (Mt. St. Mary's), 6-0, 6-0
- Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Valentine Mudry (Mt. St. Mary's), 6-1, 6-1
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Stephaine Huseby (Mt. St. Mary's), 8-0
- Catherine Wassick (WVU) def. Emma Kaden (Mt. St. Mary's), 8-1
Up next, West Virginia will begin Big 12 Conference play against TCU on Friday, March 1, and Baylor on Sunday, March 3, in Morgantown.
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