Box Score 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
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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