West Virginia Falls to TCU in Big 12 Opener

Friday, March 1

Morgantown, W.Va.

5 p.m.

West Virginia University

TCU

March 01, 2024 10:40 PM | Tennis

Box Score WVU vs. TCU Results

By: Charles Montgomery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 61 West Virginia University tennis team lost to TCU, 4-0, at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown on Friday.

The match began at the Mountaineer Tennis Courts before rain forced the match to be suspended. Play resumed at Summit Tennis Academy.

West Virginia (11-2, 0-1 Big 12) fought in doubles play, but was unable to win two of three matches to earn the point. The doubles team comprised of graduate student Ting-Pei Chang and junior Tatiana Lipatova earned a win in the No. 3 seed doubles, 7-5.

In singles play, West Virginia struggled. In the No. 2 seed match, freshman Maya Bordereau lost to TCU's Isabel Pascual, 6-0, 6-1. Graduate student Love-Star Alexis was defeated in the No. 1 singles match, 6-1, 7-5.

TCU secured the victory when Chang lost to TCU's Helena Narmont, 6-0, 7-5, in the No. 5 singles match. The other three singles matches went unfinished.

Doubles Results

Yu-Chin Tsai/Chiho Mushika (TCU) def. Momoko Nagato/Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-3
Jade Otway/Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Maja Dodik/Maya Bordereau (WVU), 7-5
Ting-Pei Chang/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Destinee Martins/Raquel Caballero (TCU), 7-5

Singles Results

Jade Otway (TCU) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-1, 7-5
Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Maya Bordereau (WVU), 6-0, 6-1
Momoko Nagato (WVU) vs. Destinee Martins (TCU), 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 5-6 (unfinished)
Maja Dodik (WVU) vs. Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU), 3-6, 6-3, 5-6 (unfinished)
Helena Narmont (TCU) def. Ting-Pei Chang (WVU), 6-0, 7-5
Michaela Kucharova (WVU) vs. Chiho Mushika (TCU), 6-3, 0-1 (unfinished)

West Virginia will face Baylor on Sunday, March 3, at 10 a.m. ET, at the Mountaineer Tennis Courts in Morgantown.

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