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Wesleyan tennis teams get swept by Charleston

The West Virginia Wesleyan men’s and women’s tennis teams both suffered losses to the University of Charleston, falling 7-0 and 6-1 respectively in Mountain East Conference play.
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BUCKHANNON — The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats dropped a Mountain East Conference match to conference-leading University of Charleston 7-0, Thursday.
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Charleston, L 0-7
April 17, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Takuya Kobayashi lost to Jorge Perez Diaz 4-6, 3-6
#2: Mika Alexander Kreisel lost to Omar Elsamahy 1-6, 1-6
#3: Ricardo Starosta lost to Louay Makke 4-6, 7-5, 8-10
#4: Nicola Bottelberghs lost to Vicente Garcia 3-6, 2-6
#5: Mathis Blary lost to Jules Alias 6-7, 3-6
#6: Pedro Roschel Do Nascimento lost to Marcelo Mifano Pinto 5-7, 6-1, 8-10
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts lost to Perez / Pinto 5-7
#2: Kobayashi / Seto lost to Elsamahy / Garcia 3-6
#3: Luiz Pimenta / Pinhati lost to Makke / Alberto Nordio 4-6

The Lady Bobcats dropped a Mountain East Conference match to the University of Charleston 6-1.
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Charleston, L 1-6
April 17, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren vs Sara Martinez 6-4, 1-6
#2: Sneha Sundaraneedi lost to Michelle Connor 3-6, 5-7
#3: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Filippa 3-6, 0-6
#4: Gabby Dooling lost to Riva Hondiashvili 0-6, 2-6
#5: Hailey Banda lost to Viola Hirzberger 6-7, 2-6
#6: Emilie Bergmann defeated Sofia Ancieta Martinez Larsson 6-7, 6-3, 10-6
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann lost to Martinez / Larsson 3-6
#2: A. Jansen van Vuuren / Banda lost to Harriet Glaves / Hondiashvili 2-6
#3: Sundaraneedi / Andrea Martinez Garrido lost to Connor / Hirzberger 6-7

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