Mountaineers Fall to No. 7 Texas

Friday, March 8

Austin, Texas

3 p.m.

West Virginia University

Texas

March 08, 2024 06:12 PM | Tennis

Box Score WVU vs. Texas Results

By: Charles Montgomery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team lost to No. 7 Texas, 7-0, at the Texas Tennis Center in Austin, Texas, on Friday.

West Virginia battled with the Longhorns in the doubles matches with the pairing of senior Momoko Nagato and junior Michaela Kucharova winning the No. 1 seed match, 6-1.

However, West Virginia did not win another doubles match as Texas earned the point to lead, 1-0, heading into singles play.

In singles play, the Mountaineers fought, but could not match the Longhorns on the court. Graduate student Love-Star Alexis fell in the No. 1 seed match, 6-0, 6-0.

Kucharova was defeated in the No. 5 seed match, 6-2, 6-1. Texas clinched the match when redshirt Maja Dodik lost, 6-0, 6-4, in the No. 3 seed singles match.

Doubles Results

Momoko Nagato/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Malaika Rapolu/Tanya Sasnouskaya (UT), 6-1
Charlotte Chavatipon/Vivian Ovrootsky (UT) def. Love-Star Alexis/Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-4
Shachf Lieberman/Taisiya Pachkaleva (UT) def. Ting-Pei Chang/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 6-2

Singles Results

No. 21 Malaika Rapolu (UT) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 39 Tanya Sasnouskaya (UT) Momoko Nagato (WVU), 6-2,6-4
Charlotte Chavatipon (UT) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-0, 6-4
Taisiya Pachkaleva (UT) def. Ting-Pei Chang (WVU), 6-0, 6-3
Vivian Ovrootsky (UT) def. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-2, 6-1
Shachf Lieberman (UT) Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (6)

West Virginia will face No. 20 Oklahoma at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, march 10, the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

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