BUCKHANNON — The West Virginia Wesleyan men’s tennis team faced some of the NCAA Division II’s best players as, in two days, it battled #45 Mercyhurst University away on Wednesday and hosted #36 Edinboro University Thursday. In both matchups, the Bobcats fell, 4-3.
The women’s team took a 6-1 victory over Edinboro Thursday at the Wood Street courts in Buckhannon.
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Edinboro, L 3-4
March 28, 2024
Singles
1: Kihiro Karasawa defeated Bruno Sabio 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
2: Gianluca Gerndt lost to Gordan Fran Mileusnic 4-6, 4-6
3: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Stanislas Noel 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
4: Ricardo Starosta defeated Thomas Buchard 6-2, 6-0
5: Jed Platts lost to Thibault Dorval 0-6, 3-6
6: Andres Valverde lost to Gustavo Martins 0-6, 0-6
Doubles
1: Karasawa /Platts lost to Mileusnic / Fabricio Sosa Pons 4-6
2: Gerndt/ Kobayashi defeated Sabio / Rocco Palombarini 7-6
3: Giovani Pinhati /Starosta lost to Dorval / Noel 4-6
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Edinboro, W 6-1
March 28, 2024
Singles
1: Dominique Jansen defeated Johanna Priedite 6-4, 6-3
2: Omolade Aderemi defeated Cecilia Carayol 6-1, 7-6
3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Luciana Ponce 7-6, 6-2
4: Hailey Banda defeated Rafaella Negrao De Almeida 6-3, 6-1
5: Cayley Symons lost to Lara Sener 5-7, 2-6
6: Emily Lybarger defeated Marina Zottele 6-2, 3-3 retired
Doubles
1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi defeated Priedite / Carayol 7-6
2: Aderemi / Symons defeated De Almeida / Ponce 6-1
3: Banda / Lybarger defeated Zottele / Maria Clara Salomao / no score
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Mercyhurst, L 3-4
March 27, 2024
Singles
1: Kihiro Karasawa lost to Danylo Rekun 4-6, 6-4, 4-6
2: Gianluca Gerndt lost to Lukas Cabue 6-7, 3-6
3: Mika Kreisel lost to Ben Davis 3-6, 3-6
4: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Colm Schultz 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
5: Ricardo Starosta defeated Mykhailo Polishchuk 6-4, 6-3
6: Jed Platts lost to Sviatoslav Koliadynski 0-6, 5-7
Doubles
