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Wesleyan tennis teams earn sweep over Davis & Elkins

WVWC Tennis

BUCKHANNON — Both of West Virginia Wesleyan College’s tennis teams secured spots in the Mountain East Conference tennis tournament, Saturday in Buckhannon.

The men defeated Davis and Elkins College 6-1 and the women squeezed by with a 4-3 victory over the Senators. For the women, it will be the first time the team has made it to the tournament since 2019.

In further action on Sunday, the women visited Seton Hill University and won 4-3 to stretch its record to 12-5 (4-1 MEC).

Both teams travel to Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia on Thursday, Apr. 18 for matches beginning at 3 p.m.

WVWC Men 6; Davis and Elkins 1
April 13, 2024

Singles

1: Kihiro Karasawa defeated Duarte Correia 6-3, 6-1

2: Gianluca Gerndt defeated Santiago Ordonez 6-1, 6-1

3: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Vinicius Azeredo 6-1, 6-2

4: Mika Kreisel defeated Mauro Cupelli 6-0, 6-1

5: Ricardo Starosta defeated Kyle Hawthorne 7-5, 6-2

6: Jed Platts lost to Anthony Martins 7-6, 0-6, 14-16

Doubles

1: Karasawa/Platts lost to Correia / Sean Maphosa 6-2

2: Gerndt/Kreisel defeated Azeredo / Julian Tamburini 6-4

3: Kobayashi/Starosta defeated Hawthorne / Filippo Buffo 6-3

WVWC Women 4; Davis and Elkins 3
April 13, 2024

Singles

1: Dominique Jansen defeated Chavana Sreenath 7-5, 6-1

2: Omolade Aderemi lost to Erin Laubscher 4-6, 4-6

3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Liebe Oosthuizen 6-4, 6-1

4: Hailey Banda defeated Eloise Hutton 6-3, 7-5

5: Cayley Symons lost to Karen Saucedo 4-6, 4-6

6: Emily Lybarger defeated Golac 6-7, 6-0, 7-5

Doubles

1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi defeated Sreenath / Andrea Semeano 6-1

2: Aderemi / Symons lost to Hutton / Laubscher 2-6

3: Banda / Lybarger lost to Ella Oosthuizen / Wies Kerstholt 2-6

WVWC Women 4; Seton Hill 3
April 14, 2024

Singles

1: Dominique Jansen defeated Carissa Shepard 6-1, 6-1

2: Omolade Aderemi defeated Maria Pereda 6-2, 6-1

3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Kasey Storkel 6-4, 6-2

4: Hailey Banda defeated Kaylee Kanuka 6-1, 6-1

5: Emily Lybarger defeated Sophia Solomon 6-2, 3-6, 10-7

6: Marisa Lauffer lost to Kendall McCluskey 3-6, 5-7

Doubles

1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi defeated Shepard / Storkel 7-5

2: Aderemi / Banda defeated Pereda / McCluskey 6-1

3: Lauffer / Lybarger lost to Solomon / Kanuka 1-6

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