MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women’s tennis team (4-0) picked up a pair of victories on Saturday, defeating Temple (0-3), 4-1, before closing the day with a 7-0 sweep of Cleveland State (0-3) in a doubleheader at the Summit Tennis Academy.
 
The day also marked the Mountaineer debut for Lily Harper, who earned her first collegiate victory in the second match of the doubleheader.
 
Match One
WVU 4, Temple 1
West Virginia secured the doubles point with wins on courts two and three. The match on court one was left unfinished.
 
Doubles Results (Temple)
Julie Bousseau/Zuzana Kudlackova vs. Thamara Kawaratani/Maria Martinez, 4-4 (unfinished)
Audrey Moutama/Lyla Byers def. Irmak Ozturk/Tianni Zhou, 6-1
Laura Villanueva Morillo/Lucia Tognoni def. Marianthi Christoforidou/Yasmin Costa, 6-2
 
The Mountaineers clinched the match in singles play, earning four victories before both coaches agreed to play out the rest of the match with courts five and six only playing one set matches.
 
Singles Results (Temple)
Audrey Moutama def. Marianthi Christoforidou, 6-2, 6-4
Irmak Ozturk def. Julie Bousseau, 7-5, 6-3
Laura Villanueva Morillo def. Tianni Zhou, 6-1, 6-2
Zuzana Kudlackova def. Thamara Kawaratani, 6-1, 6-0
Lucia Tognoni vs. Yasmin Costa, 6-3 (unfinished)
Lily Harper vs. Nina Andreoni, 2-6 (unfinished)
 
Match Two
WVU 7, Cleveland State 0
West Virginia carried its momentum into the afternoon match, sweeping the doubles point with wins on all three courts. The Mountaineers completed the sweep with six singles victories. Harper earned her first collegiate win in her Mountaineer debut, rallying for a three-set victory on court six.
 
Doubles Results (CSU)
Julie Bousseau/Zuzana Kudlackova def. Ella Franz/Melliz Mustafa, 6-3
Audrey Moutama/Lyla Byers def. Jenna Redmile/Sofia Sergieva, 6-3
Laura Villanueva Morillo/Lucia Tognoni def. Anna Mancino/Leah Geisz, 6-4

 

Singles Results (CSU)

Audrey Moutama def. Ella Franz, 6-4, 6-3

Laura Villanueva Morillo def. Laura Tapia, 6-1, 7-5

Julie Bousseau def. Jenna Redmile, 6-4, 6-2

Lyla Byers def. Anna Mancino, 7-6, 6-3

Lucia Tognoni def. Sofia Sergieva, 6-2, 6-2

Lily Harper def. Leah Geisz, 3-6, 6-0, 1-0

Next up, the Mountaineers will face Indiana on the road on Feb. 6, marking its first road match of the season.

 

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