Friday, March 15
Morgantown, W.Va.
1 p.m.
West Virginia University
7
vs
0
Cincinnati
No. 68 West Virginia Earns First Big 12 Win with Victory Over Cincinnati
March 15, 2024 04:49 PM | Tennis
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
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUTennis on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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
- Momoko Nagato/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) vs. Rozalia Gruszczynska/Gabrielle Guenther (UC), 5-4 (unfinished)
- Maya Bordereau/Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Vic de Samucewicz/Callie Flanagan (UC), 6-4
- Ting-Pei Chang/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Morgan Pyrz/Sakurako Watanabe (UC), 6-1
- 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
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUTennis on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Rozalia Gruszczynska / 0 [CIN]
24
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Vic deSamucewicz / 0 [CIN]
42
66
#3 Singles Match
123
Gabrielle Guenther / 0 [CIN]
560
721
#4 Singles Match
12
Sakurako Watanabe / 0 [CIN]
02
66
#5 Singles Match
12
Callie Flanagan / 0 [CIN]
14
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Isabel Pacheco / 0 [CIN]
24
66
Order of Finish:
4,1,2,3,5,6
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