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Wesleyan tennis teams drop pair of outings on spring break tour

WVWC Tennis

The West Virginia Wesleyan College men’s and women’s tennis teams faced Barton College on Saturday for the first sets of matches played during the Bobcats’ 2025 Spring Break. Both the men and women took 6-1 losses against the Bulldogs. On Sunday, both the Bobcat men and women lost to the University of Mount Olive 5-2.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Barton College, L 1-6
March 1, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Takuya Kobayashi lost to Felipe Mioch 3-6, 4-6
#2: Mika Kreisel defeated Hannes Tylehed 6-7, 6-3, 10-5
#3: Ricardo Starosta lost to Daniel Lopez 2-6, 2-6
#4: Mathis Blary lost to Guillem Busquets 0-6, 5-7
#5: Nicola Bottelberghs lost to Johan Holgersson 6-7, 2-6
#6: Jed Platts lost to Sebastian Sevilla 4-6, 4-6
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts lost to Holgersson / Fredrik Foss 2-6
#2: Starosta / Giovani Pinhati lost to Tylehed / Busquets 0-6
#3: Kreisel / Blary lost to Lopez / Mioch 5-7
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Barton College, L 1-6
March 1, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Tilde Howeler 4-6, 4-6
#2: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Silvia Fernandez-Trabadelo 5-7, 1-6
#3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Ruya Mavi 6-3, 6-1
#4: Gabby Dooling lost to Alexandra Saez 3-6, 3-6
#5: Hailey Banda lost to Irma Granstam 1-6, 0-6
#6: Emilie Bergmann lost to Claudia Zaratiegui 5-6, 0-6
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann lost to Howeler / Granstam 2-6
#2: A. Jansen van Vuuren / Sundaraneedi lost to Fernandez / Saez 0-6
#3: Banda / Andrea Martinez Garrido lost to Mavi / Isabella Pita 4-6
 
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Mt. Olive, L 2-5
March 2, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Takuya Kobayashi lost to Kristoffer Dalbak 5-7, 2-6
#2: Mika Kreisel lost to Niklas Gruenefeldt 2-6, 2-6
#3: Ricardo Starosta defeated Joao Matias Sonaglia 7-6, 6-3
#4: Nicola Bottelberghs lost to Luke Oosthuizen 3-6, 6-0, 4-6
#5: Mathis Blary llost to Hiroma Nishikata 7-5, 4-6, 8-10
#6: Jed Platts defeated Viggo Lindstrup 6-4, 6-4
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts lost to Dalbak / Philip Peter Carstensen 4-6
#2: Starosta / Blary lost to Bram Poel / Gruenefeldt 0-6
#3: Kreisel / Takuya Kobayashi defeated Sonaglia / Oosthuizen 6-3
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Mt. Olive, L 2-5
March 2, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Lara Stamereilers 6-3, 4-6, 2-6
#2: Sneha Sundaraneedi lost to Victoria Calle 2-6, 2-6
#3: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Simone Szovan 5-7, 2-6
#4: Gabby Dooling lost to Nina Bernier 0-6, 1-6
#5: Hailey Banda lost to Julie Jagiella 1-6, 0-6
#6: Emilie Bergmann defeated Sandra Riecken 7-6, 3-6, 10-4
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann defeated Bernier / Szovan 6-4
#2: A. Jansen van Vuuren / Sundaraneedi lost to Calle / Stamereilers 0-6
#3: Banda / Andrea Martinez Garrido defeated Riecken / Alina Esser 6-3

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