Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team lost to the Baylor Bears, 4-2, in the first round of the 2024 Big 12 Tennis Tournament at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Wednesday.
 
West Virginia (14-12, 3-10 Big 12) had an impressive start to the match, earning the doubles point against the Bears. The pairing of junior Michaela Kucharova and senior Momoko Nagato jumped out to an early lead and won the No. 1 seed match, 6-4.
 
The pairing of redshirt sophomore Maja Dodik and graduate student Ting-Pei Chang fell in the No. 2 spot, 6-2. However, the Mountaineers were dominant in the No. 3 seed match as the pairing of graduate student Love-Star Alexis and junior Tatiana Lipatova won, 6-3.
 
West Virginia continued to battle with Baylor in singles play as Lipatova won in the No. 5 spot, 6-1, 6-4. After Baylor won the No. 1 seed and No. 3 seed matches, things were tied at 2-2.
 
The Mountaineers continued to compete with Baylor but were unable to regain momentum. Baylor won the final two singles matches to clinch the match.
 
Doubles Results

• Michaela Kucharova/Momoko Nagato (WVU) def. Miska Kadleckova/Danielle Tuhten (BU), 6-4
• Liubov Kostenko/Zuzanna Kubacha (BU) def. Ting-Pei Chang/Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-2
• Love-Star Alexis/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Isabella Harvison/Brooke Thompson (BU), 6-3

Singles Results

• No. 117 Miska Kadleckova (BU) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 6-2, 6-0
• Isabella Harvison (BU) vs. Momoko Nagato (WVU), 7-6 (4), 5-0 (unfinished)
• Liubov Kostenko (BU) def. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-2, 6-3
• Zuzanna Kubacha (BU) def. Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-4, 6-3
• Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Zuzanna Frankowska (BU), 6-1, 6-4
• Danielle Tuhten def. Ting-Pei Chang (WVU), 6-3, 6-3

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