West Virginia Drops Match to No. 20 Oklahoma

Sunday, March 10

Norman, Okla.

4 p.m.

West Virginia University

Oklahoma

March 10, 2024 07:00 PM | Tennis

Box Score Results

By: Charles Montgomery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team lost to No. 20 Oklahoma, 6-1, on Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

West Virginia (11-5, 0-4 Big 12) was unable to win a doubles match as Oklahoma took the point to lead, 1-0.

In singles play, West Virginia continued to battle, but Oklahoma ultimately locked up the win. Junior Tatiana Lipatova won the only match for WVU as she won the No. 6 seed singles match, 6-4, 6-4.

In the No. 1 seed singles match, graduate student Love-Star Alexis fell to Oklahoma's No. 33 Julia Garcia Ruiz, 6-3, 6-1.

In her first singles match since she faced TCU on March 1, freshman Maya Bordereau lost to OU's No. 42 Dana Guzman, 6-3, 6-1.

The Sooners secured the win after senior Momoko Nagato lost in the No. 3 seed match, 7-6, 6-1.

Doubles Results

No. 22 Roisin Gilheaney/Dana Guzman (OU) def. Michaela Kucharova/Momoko Nagato (WVU), 6-2
No. 63 Julia Garcia Ruiz/Zdena Safarova (OU) def. Love-Star Alexis/Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-3
Ava Catanzarite/Chloe Noel (OU) def. Ting-Pei Chang/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 6-2

Singles Results

No. 33 Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 42 Dana Guzman (OU) def. Maya Bordereau (WVU), 6-3, 6-1
Chloe Noel (OU) def. Momoko Nagato (WVU), 7-6 (4), 6-1
Ava Catanzarite (OU) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 7-5, 6-2
Emma Staker (OU) def. Ting-Pei Chang (WVU), 6-4, 6-3
Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Zdena Safarova (OU), 6-4, 6-4

The Mountaineers return home to play host to Cincinnati on Friday, March 15, at 1 p.m. ET in Morgantown.

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