Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis lost to No. 44 BYU, 4-0, in the final regular season match in Provo, Utah, on Saturday.
West Virginia (14-11, 3-10 Big 12) finished the regular season with its most wins in a season since it won 17 in 2010. The Mountaineers also won its most Big 12 matches in a single season since joining the conference.
WVU began the day battling the Cougars in doubles play. The pairing of redshirt sophomore
Maja Dodik and graduate student
Ting-Pei Chang lost in the No. 2 spot, 6-0. The Mountaineers rallied in the No. 3 seed match as freshman
Maya Bordereau and junior
Camilla Bossi won, 6-3.
In the No. 1 seed match, junior
Michaela Kucharova and senior
Momoko Nagato nearly pulled off an upset against the No. 52 doubles pairing of Emilee Astle and Kendall Kovick. However, the pairing lost the last three games of the set after leading, 5-4, to drop the match.
In singles play, the Mountaineers were unable to overcome BYU as the Cougars clinched the match after winning three singles matches. Bossi fell in the No. 1 seed match, 6-4, 6-1. Bordereau was defeated in the No. 3 spot, 6-2, 6-3.
Graduate student
Love-Star Alexis lost in the No. 2 seed match, 7-5, 6-0, as BYU took the match.
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- No. 120 Bobo Huang (BYU) def. Camilla Bossi (WVU), 6-4, 6-1
- Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 7-5, 6-0
- Kaavya Sawhney (BYU) def. Maya Bordereau (WVU), 6-2, 6-3
- Kara Wheatley (BYU) vs. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-3, 3-3 (unfinished)
- Emilee Astle (BYU) vs. Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-2, 5-2 (unfinished)
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) vs. Madison Smith (BYU), 7-5, 0-1 (unfinished)
Up next, West Virginia will compete in the 2024 Big 12 Tennis Championship at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. West Virginia's opponent has yet to be announced and will be released at a later date.
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