BUCKHANNON — After a season finale against the Atlantic Region’s No. 4 men’s team and No. 7 women’s team, Fairmont State University, the Bobcats earned a split Saturday. The Wesleyan men (Atlantic Region No. 5) knocked off the Falcons in a tightly contested set of matches 4-3, while the women (Atlantic Region No. 9) dropped its sets 5-2 to the Falcons.
Both teams will now compete in the upcoming MEC Tournament.
WVWC Men 4 Fairmont State 3
Singles
1: Kihiro Karasawa lost to Elia Barozzi 5-7, 7-5, 3-6
2: Gianluca Gerndt lost to Kan Watanabe 3-6, 2-6
3: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Alexandre Pages 6-4, 6-3
4: Mika Kreisel defeated Seena Saadevandi 6-3, 6-3
5: Ricardo Starosta defeated Hugo Massoni 7-6, 6-4
6: Jed Platts lost 2-6, 1-6
Doubles
1: Karasawa/Platts defeated Watanabe / Pages 6-4
2: Gerndt/Kreisel lost to Barozzi / Saadevandi 4-6
3: Kobayashi/Starosta defeated Massoni / Alex Stacy 6-2
Fairmont State Women 5 WVWC 2
Singles
1: Dominique Jansen lost to Maria Fonseca 4-6, 5-7
2: Omolade Aderemi defeated lost to Hope Backx 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Jada Mae Okoye 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
4: Hailey Banda lost to Laura Maciel 6-4, 4-6, 6-7
5: Cayley Symons lost to Lara Smith 0-6, 3-6
6: Emily Lybarger lost to Karla Liegle 3-6, 2-6
Doubles
1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi lost to Backx / Smith 3-6
2: Aderemi / Symons lost to Fonseca / Okoye 4-6
3: Banda / Lybarger lost to Maciel / Liegle 1-6
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