Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team lost to No. 56 Kansas, 5-2, on Friday at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.
With the return of junior
Camilla Bossi, West Virginia (13-9, 2-8 Big 12) unveiled new doubles pairings. Bossi paired with freshman
Maya Bordereau and graduate student
Ting-Pei Chang paired with redshirt sophomore
Maja Dodik.
The pairing of Bordereau and Bossi proved fruitful as they took the No. 3 seed match, 6-4. However, that would be the only success for WVU in doubles play as Kansas took the point.
In singles play, the Mountaineers could not match up with the Jayhawks. Bossi fell in the No. 1 seed match and Bordereau lost in the No. 4 spot as WVU quickly fell behind, 3-0.
Kansas took control, winning the next two singles matches to take the match.
Doubles Results
Singles Results
- Gracie Mulville (KU) def. Camilla Bossi (WVU), 6-3, 6-3
- Maria Titova (KU) def. Love-Star Alexis (WVU), 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Heike Janse Van Vuuren (KU) def. Momoko Nagato (WVU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Kyoka Kubo (KU) def. Maya Bordereau (WVU), 6-0, 6-4
- Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Jocelyn Massey (KU), 6-3, 6-2
- Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Tamari Gagoshidze (KU), 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (9)
West Virginia will face Iowa State at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, April 7, at the Mountaineer Tennis Courts in Morgantown. The match will serve as Senior Day and the 50
th Anniversary celebration for the program.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit
WVUsports.com and follow WVUTennis on
Twitter,
Facebook and
Instagram.