Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 71 West Virginia University tennis team lost to No. 62 UCF, 5-2, at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown on Sunday.
 
West Virginia (13-6, 2-5 Big 12) battled in doubles with the Knights but was unable to earn the point. The pairing of junior Michaela Kucharova and senior Momoko Nagato lost, 6-2, in the No. 1 spot while graduate student Ting-Pei Chang and junior Tatiana Lipatova won, 6-2, in the No. 3 seed match.
 
The pairing of freshman Maya Bordereau and redshirt sophomore Maja Dodik fought back after falling behind, 4-2, in the No. 2 seed match. Unfortunately, UCF rallied to win the set and the doubles point to lead, 1-0.
 
In singles play, the Mountaineers were unable to find any momentum. Bordereau was defeated in the No. 2 spot, 6-3, 6-0, and Dodik lost in the No. 4 seed match, 6-2, 6-3, as WVU quickly fell behind, 3-0.
 
UCF locked up the win when West Virginia's Love-Star Alexis lost in the No. 1 seed match, 6-4, 6-3.
 
Doubles Results

• Noel Saidenova/Anique Kattenberg (UCF) def. Michaela Kucharova/Momoko Nagato (WVU), 6-2
• Jantje Tilbuerger/Sophia Biolay (UCF) def. Maya Bordereau/Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-4
• Ting-Pei Chang/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Donatella Guarnieri/Olivia Lincer (UCF), 6-2

Singles Results

• Noel Saidenova (UCF) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-4, 6-3
• No. 119 Sophia Biolay (UCF) def. Maya Bordereau (WVU), 6-3, 6-0
• Jantje Tilbuerger (UCF) def. Momoko Nagato (WVU), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Anique Kattenberg (UCF) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-2, 6-3
• Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Donatella Guarnieri (UCF), 6-0, 6-1
• Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Anya Ambarish (UCF), 6-1, 6-1

Up next, West Virginia will hit the road to face No. 1 Oklahoma State on Thursday, March 28, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Kansas State on Saturday, March 30, in Manhattan, Kansas.
 
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