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Wesleyan tennis teams have good weekend road trip

WVWC Tennis

The West Virginia Wesleyan College men’s and women’s tennis teams went on the road to play Chowan University on Friday, Barton College on Saturday and University of Mt. Olive on Sunday. The men beat Chowan 5-2, beat Barton 4-3 and lost to Mt. Olive 6-1.

The women beat Chowan 5-2, lost to Barton 6-1 and lost to Mt. Olive 4-3.

Highlighting the weekend was head coach Kyle Hoffman’s 100th career victory with wins on Friday.

Also newsworthy was that it was only the second time in school history that the men have beaten Barton.

Wesleyan tennis heads to Francis Marion University Thursday, Mar. 7 for a 2 p.m. match.

Match Results, WVWC Men at Chowan, W 5-2
March 1, 2024

Singles

1: Kihiro Karasawa defeated Marcel Ungerboeck 6-2, 6-4

2: Gianluca Gerndt lost to Cristobal Fuentes 2-6, 2-6

3: Mika Kreisel defeated Nikola Cvetanovic 6-0, 2-6, 6-3

4: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Gabriel Gomes 6-4, 6-1

5: Jed Platts defeated Alvaro Juscamaita 6-1, 6-0

6: Ricardo Starosta defeated Huascar Urbina 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1: Karasawa/Platts defeated Fuentes / Gomes 7-5

2: Gerndt/Kreisel lost to Ungerboeck / Cvetanovic 2-6

3: Kobayashi/Starosta defeated Urbina / Juscamaita 6-0

Match Results, WVWC Women at Chowan, W 5-2
March 1, 2024

Singles

1: Dominique Jansen defeated Feidi Abreu Rodriguez 7-6, 6-3

2: Omolade Aderemi lost to Manuela Jimenez 0-6, 4-6

3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Selene Kentish 6-2, 6-1

4: Hailey Banda lost to Sreshta Puducheri 6-4, 3-6, 7-10

5: Emily Lybarger defeated Elda Getachew 6-0, 6-0

6: Marisa Lauffer defeated Dakota Long 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi defeated Jimenez / Kentish 6-0

2: Banda /Symons lost to Rodriguez / Puducheri 3-6

3: Lybarger / Aderemi defeated Ryleigh Long / Getachew 6-0

Match Results, WVWC Men at Barton, W 4-3
March 2, 2024

Singles

1: Kihiro Karasawa defeated Hannes Tylehed 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

2: Gianluca Gerndt lost to Felipe Mioch 2-6, 2-6

3: Mika Kreisel defeated Aditya Chauhan 5-7, 6-4, 6-1

4: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Brad Beck 6-2, 6-4

5: Jed Platts lost to Deni Furtado Brlenic 0-6, 2-6

6: Ricardo Starosta lost to Johan Holgersson 1-6, 2-6

Doubles

1: Karasawa/Platts defeated Wilhelm Karlsson / Tylehed 6-3

2: Gerndt/Kreisel lost to Beck / Mioch 0-6

3: Kobayashi/Starosta defeated Chauhan / Brlenic 6-4

Match Results, WVWC Women at Barton, L 1-6
March 2, 2024

Singles

1: Dominique Jansen lost to Tilde Howeler 3-6, 6-4, 6-7

2: Omolade Aderemi lost to Silvia Fernandez 5-7, 3-6

3: Sneha Sundaraneedi lost to Ruya Mavi 6-3, 2-6, 3-6

4: Hailey Banda lost to Leonie Hellum 2-6, 2-6

5: Cayley Symons lost to Claudia Zaratiegui Marquez 0-6, 7-5, 5-10

6: Emily Lybarger lost to Isabella Pita 2-6, 2-6

Doubles

1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi defeated Howeler / Howeler 6-2

2: Banda /Symons lost to Hellum / Mavi 3-6

3: Lybarger / Aderemi defeated Alexandra Saez Lozano / Pita 6-1

Match Results, WVWC Men at Mt. Olive, L 1-6
March 3, 2024

Singles

1: Kihiro Karasawa lost to Guilherme Zotin de Oliveira 3-6, 2-6

2: Gianluca Gerndt lost to Niklas Gruenefeldt 5-7, 3-6

3: Takuya Kobayashi lost to Kristoffer Dalbak 6-3, 5-7, 0-6

4: Mika Kreisel lost to Bram Poel 2-6, 1-6

5: Ricardo Starosta defeated Adam Ibrahim 6-3, 6-7, 7-4

6: Jed Platts lost to Kabir Chhabria 4-6, 4-6

Doubles

1: Karasawa/Platts defeated Zotin / Dalbak 6-4

2: Gerndt/Kreisel lost to Ibrahim / Gruenefeldt 2-6

3: Kobayashi/Starosta lost to Lenn Hoffmann / Poel 2-6

Match Results, WVWC Women at Mt. Olive, L 3-4
March 3, 2024

Singles

1: Dominique Jansen defeated Lara Stamereilers 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

2: Omolade Aderemi lost to Valeria Guerrero 6-4, 3-6, 0-6

3: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Victoria Calle 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

4: Cayley Symons lost to Simone Szovan 5-7, 4-6

5: Hailey Banda lost to Sara Gajbhiye 0-6, 4-6

6: Emily Lybarger defeated Jessica Aylward 6-2, 5-7, 7-6

Doubles

1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi defeated Guerrero / Aylward 6-4

2: Banda /Symons lost to Szovan / Calle 0-6

3: Lybarger / Aderemi lost to Alina Esser / Stamereilers 3-6

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