Mountaineers Come Up Short in Tight Match Against No. 35 Arizona

Saturday, March 21

Morgantown, W.Va.

10:00 a.m.

West Virginia University

Arizona

Mountaineers Come Up Short in Tight Match Against No. 35 Arizona

March 21, 2026 03:17 PM | Tennis

Box Score

By: Jaret Dyer

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team (6-9, 0-8 Big 12) dropped a tightly contested 4-1 decision to No. 35 Arizona (13-8, 4-3 Big 12) on Saturday morning at the Summit Tennis Academy.

Despite the final score, the Mountaineers pushed the Wildcats across the lineup, with multiple matches extending deep into deciding sets and several courts left unfinished at the time of the clinch.

Arizona secured the doubles point with wins on courts two and three, while the match on court one was nearing completion before going unfinished.

Doubles Results
Audrey Moutama/Julie Bousseau vs. Ciara Moore/Zoya Chulak (UA), 5-6 unfinished
Josie Usereau/Maria Garcia (UA) def. Laura Villanueva Morillo/Lucia Tognoni, 6-3
Martyna Ostrzygalo/Tanvi Narendran (UA) def. Lyla Byers/Sosanna Malaak, 6-3

West Virginia picked up its point in singles play on court one, where Audrey Moutama earned a convincing straight-set victory. On court three, Julie Bousseau battled to a three-set match, while Lyla Byers held a lead in the third set on court four before play was halted. Sosanna Malaak also led her match at the time of the clinch.

Singles Results
Audrey Moutama def. Martyna Ostrzygalo (UA), 6-2, 6-1
Josie Usereau (UA) def. Laura Villanueva Morillo, 6-3, 6-2
Ciara Moore (UA) def. Julie Bousseau, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Lyla Byers vs. Tanvi Narendran (UA), 3-6, 7-5, 3-0 unfinished
Maria Garcia (UA) def. Lucia Tognoni, 6-2, 6-0
Sosanna Malaak vs. Zoya Chulak (UA), 6-4, unfinished

WVU returns to action on Saturday, March 28, when the Mountaineers host Cincinnati at 10 a.m. The match location is to be determined.

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