MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women's tennis team began the 2025 season by sweeping Duquesne and Morgan State at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown on Saturday.


 
West Virginia (2-0) battled with Duquesne, pulling out a narrow, 4-3, victory. In the win, Morgantown native, freshman Lyla Byers, earned her first career win in the No. 6 singles match to secure the win for WVU.
 
Senior Mille Haagensen picked up right where she left off in the fall, winning the No. 3 doubles match with Byers and defeating Duquesne's Jasa Roka in the No. 1 singles match, 6-4, 6-2.
 
Redshirt junior Maja Dodik posted an impressive performance, defeating Alexandra O'Brien, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
 
The Mountaineers followed up the win over Duquesne with a dominant performance against Morgan State as they did not lose a match to win, 7-0.
 
Doubles Results (DUQ)

• Maja Dodik/Julie Bousseau (WVU) def. Kaya Rand/Alexandra O'Brien (DUQ), 6-2
• Laura Villaneuva Morillo/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) vs. Jasa Roka/Mila Badics (DUQ), 4-3 (unfinished)
• Mille Haagensen/Lyla Byers (WVU) def. Sofia Serrano/Taisia Yakunina (DUQ), 6-2

Singles Results (DUQ)

• Mille Haagensen (WVU) def. Jasa Roka (DUQ), 6-4, 6-2
• Mila Badics (DUQ) def. Julie Bousseau (WVU), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Kaya Rand (DUQ) def. Michaela Kucharova (WVU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Alexandra O'Brien (DUQ), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Taisia Yakunina (DUQ) def. Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU), 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Lyla Byers (WVU) def. Sofia Linares Perez (DUQ), 6-4, 6-4

Doubles Results (MSU)

• Mille Haagensen/Lyla Byers (WVU) def. Hannah Smith/Aleksandra Evdokimova (MSU), 6-1
• Michaela Kucharova/Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU) def. Lauryn Hall/Roua Limem (MSU), 6-1
• Maja Dodik/Susannah Su (WVU) vs. Tyler Williams/Jula Jeffrey (MSU), 5-1 (unfinished)

Singles Results (MSU)

• Mille Haagensen (WVU) def. Hannah Smith (MSU), 6-0, 6-3
• Julie Bousseau (WVU) def. Lauryn Hall (MSU), 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Jula Jeffrey (MSU), 6-1, 6-3
• Maja Dodik (WVU) def. Tyler Williams (MSU), 6-3, 7-5
• Susannah Su (WVU) def. Roua Limem (MSU), 6-1, 6-4
• Lyla Byers (WVU) def. Marta Serra Carles (MSU), 6-3, 6-4

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