WVU Tennis Continues To Falter In Loss To BYU

The West Virginia Women’s Tennis Club continues to struggle as they were defeated in their matchup against BYU Saturday Morning In Morgantown. The match was rough from the start for West Virginia as they lost two of the three doubles matches to fall behind the Cougars 1-0. In singles play, BYU continued their vigorous performance by winning three matches to seal their victory.

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Senior Mille Haagensen suffered a tough loss against Bobo Huang in the No. 1 seed match by decisions of 6-1, 6-3.  Graduate student Julie Bousseau lost in the No. 2 match and freshman Laura Villanueva Morillo came up short in the No. 5 seed match as the Mountaineers were defeated in their ninth straight match. With today’s loss the Mountaineers now have an overall record of 6-13, and are still winless (0-8) in Big 12 Conference. West Virginia currently sits in last place in the Big 12.

Doubles Results

• Mille Haagensen/Julie Bousseau (WVU) vs. Chelsea Bluestein/Kendall Kovick (BYU), 6-5 (unfinished)
• Sue Yan Tan/Bobo Huang (BYU) def. Michaela Kucharova/Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU), 6-3
• Elizabeth Tullis/Grace Levelston (BYU) def. Lyla Byers/Maja Dodik (WVU), 6-3

 Singles Results

• Bobo Huang (BYU) def. Mille Haagensen (WVU), 6-1, 6-3
• Grace Levelston (BYU) def. Julie Bousseau (WVU), 6-2, 6-1
• Michaela Kucharova (WVU) vs. Kendall Kovick (BYU), (4) 6-7, 2-3 (unfinished)
• Maja Dodik (WVU) vs. Chelsea Bluestein (BYU), 5-7, 1-2 (unfinished)
• Sue Yan Tan (BYU) def. Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU), 6-4, 6-3
• Lyla Byers (WVU) vs. Madison Smith (BYU), 6-3, 2-5 (unfinished)