No. 14 Baylor Hands West Virginia Tennis Its Second Loss in As Many Days
The West Virginia University tennis team suffered their second of two losses on their Texas roadtrip, losing 4-0 to No. 14 Baylor at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.
WVU (6-7, 0-2 Big 12) lost the doubles point, as their No. 2 pairing of Julie Bousseau and Tatiana Lipatova lost 6-0 to the Baylor (11-1, 2-0 Big 12) pairing of Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu, while Millie Haagensen and Lyla Byers fell 6-2 to Sierra Berry and Na Dong.
The Bears retained their lead to start the singles with a 6-0, 6-4 victory by Nanaka Sato over Byers in the No. 5 singles. Dong scored a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Bousseau in the No. 2 matchup. BU clinched their 4-0 win in the No. 6 spot, as Berry won 6-4, 6-4 over Susannah Su.
Big 12 action resumes next week as WVU will play their conference home opener on Friday, March 7. at 2 p.m. against Oklahoma State at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown, W. Va.
Here are the full results from the match:
Doubles Results
- Sierra Berry/Na Dong (BU) def. Mille Haagensen/Lyla Byers (WVU), 6-2
- Zuzanna Kubacha/Wenfei Yu (BU) def. Julie Bousseau/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 6-0
- Maja Dodik/Susannah Su (WVU) vs. Kennedy Gibbs/Brooke Thompson (BU), 3-5
Singles Results
- Mille Haagensen (WVU) vs. Zuzanna Kubacha (BU), 1-6, 5-5
- No. 80 Na Dong (BU) def. Julie Bousseau (WVU), 6-2, 6-3
- Maja Dodik (WVU) vs. Kennedy Gibbs (BU), 3-6, 3-5
- Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU) vs. Wenfei Yu (BU), (4) 6-7, 1-3
- Nanaka Sato (BU) def. Lyla Byers (WVU), 6-0, 6-4
- Sierra Berry (BU) def. Susannah Su (WVU), 6-4, 6-4
