Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 68 West Virginia University tennis team defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats, 7-0, at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown on Friday.
With the win, West Virginia (12-5, 1-4 Big 12) earned its first Big 12 victory of the season, and just the third conference win in program history. West Virginia also has its most wins in a season since it won 17 in 2010.
West Virginia opened the day winning the doubles point. The pairing of graduate student
Ting-Pei Chang and junior
Tatiana Lipatova was dominant in the No. 3 seed match, winning 6-1.
West Virginia earned the point when the pairing of freshman
Maya Bordereau and redshirt sophomore
Maja Dodik won in the No. 2 seed match, 6-4.
After a strong performance in doubles play, the Mountaineers kept things rolling in singles.
Junior
Michaela Kucharova was dominant against Cincinnati's Sakurako Watanabe in the No. 4 seed match, winning, 6-0, 6-2. Graduate student
Love-Star Alexis earned her first singles win of Big 12 play with a 6-2, 6-4, victory in the No. 1 seed singles match.
Freshman
Maya Bordereau locked up the victory in the No. 2 seed match for the Mountaineers, winning 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Love-Star Alexis (WVU) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska (UC), 6-2, 6-4
- Maya Bordereau (WVU) def. Vic de Samucewicz (UC), 6-4, 6-2
- Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Gabrielle Guenther (UC), 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (5)
- Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Sakurako Watanabe (UC), 6-0, 6-2
- Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Callie Flanagan (UC), 6-1, 6-4
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Isabel Pacheco (UC), 6-2, 6-4
Up next, West Virginia will face the Houston Cougars on Friday, March 22, and the UCF Knights on Sunday, March 24.
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