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Wesleyan tennis teams sweep Davis & Elkins

Wesleyan’s men’s and women’s tennis teams swept Davis & Elkins College, with the women fighting through singles to earn a 4-3 win and the men extending their winning streak with a 5-2 victory.

BUCKHANNON After sweeping the incredibly tight doubles matches against Davis & Elkins College, the West Virginia Wesleyan women’s tennis team had to fight through singles play to take the match 4-3, Wednesday at the Wood Street Tennis Courts.
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Davis and Elkins, W 4-3
April 9, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Fabienne Lahn 6-1, 3-6, 3-6
#2: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Erin Laubscher 6-3, 7-6
#3: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Liebe Oosthuizen 2-6, 1-6
#4: Gabby Dooling lost to Eloise Hutton 6-7, 2-6
#5: Hailey Banda defeated Karen Saucedo 7-5, 7-5
#6: Emilie Bergmann defeated Lilly Wentzler 6-3, 6-4
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann defeated Oosthuizen / Saucedo 6-2
#2: A. Jansen van Vuuren / Banda defeated Laubscher / Hutton 7-6
#3: Sundaraneedi / Andrea Martinez Garrido defeated Lahn / Wentzler 7-6

The West Virginia Wesleyan men continued its winning streak Wednesday, toppling another Mountain East Conference foe, Davis & Elkins College, 5-2 in Buckhannon.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Davis & Elkins, W 5-2
April 9, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Takuya lost to Viktor Yanev 7-5, 3-6, 2-6
#2: Mika Alexander Kreisel defeated Duarte Correia 6-4, 7-5
#3: Ricardo Starosta defeated Philipp Fedorczuk 6-3, 6-2
#4: Nicola Bott Kobayashi elberghs defeated Christo Wirahadipoernomo 6-1, 6-0
#5: Mathis Blary defeated Santiago Ordonez 6-1, 6-0
#6: Jed Platts defeated Justus Petersilie 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts defeated Fedorczuk / Petersilie 6-4
#2: Starosta / Pinhati lost to Correia / Sean Maphosa 6-7
#3: Kobayashi / Seto lost to Yanev / Wirahadipoernomo 2-6

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