BUCKHANNON — The West Virginia Wesleyan College men’s and women’s tennis teams hosted UVa.-Wise Friday at the newly surfaced Wood Street tennis courts. The men took the first set of matches 5-2, and the women lost in the late matches 6-1.
 
The men’s match set began with a 2-1 loss in doubles but in singles matches, the Bobcats found strength in each player’s endurance as four of the six matches went three sets.
 
On the women’s side, the Lady Bobcats were all but swept except for Dominique Jansen’s No. 1 singles win in two seven game sets.
 
Match Results, WVWC Men at UVA-Wise, W 5-2
September 20, 2024
 
Singles
#1: Kihiro Karasawa defeated Yi-Hsuan Chen 6-3, 7-6
#2: Takuya Kobayashi lost to Daniel Gonzalez Garza 4-6, 6-2, 2-6
#3: Ricardo Starosta defeated Miguel De Rueda 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
#4: Mika Kreisel defeated Dmitrii Semenov 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
#5: Mathis Blary defeated Hsin-Nuo Hsieh 6-1, 6-0
#6: Andres Valverde Gonzalez defeated Vanja Vojinovic 2-6, 6-3, 7-6
 
Doubles
#1: Karasawa/Platts lost to Gonzalez / De Rueda 2-6
#2: Gerndt/Kreisel defeated Chen / Semenov 6-2
#3: Kobayashi/Starosta lost to Hsieh / Arne Fassbender 3-6
 
Match Results, WVWC Women at UVA-Wise, L 1-6
September 20, 2024
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen defeated Constanca Azinhaga 7-6, 7-5
#2: Sneha Sundaraneedi lost to Christina Korakopoulou 4-6, 3-6
#3: Hailey Banda lost to Antonella Campodonico 5-7, 1-6
#4: Gabby Dooling lost to Lucy Cunliffe 2-6, 4-6
#5: Emilie Bergmann lost to Kinsey Knox 6-7, 3-6
#6: Emily Lybarger lost to Abiela Wang 4-6, 4-6
 
Doubles
#1: Jansen/ Sundaraneedi lost to Azinhaga / Korakopoulou 2-6
#2: Dooling / Emma Rusiecki lost to Cunliffe / Campodonico 2-6
#3: Banda / Lybarger lost to Ryleigh Knox / Wang 1-6