RALEIGH (NC) — The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcat tennis teams finished its run through the Carolinas with a sweep of Shaw University’s men’s and women’s teams. Wesleyan’s men’s team dominated with a 7-0 result and the Bobcat women took their matches 5-2.
Both of Wesleyan’s tennis teams jumped into the Top 50 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) national rankings. The men are ranked No. 39 while the women are ranked No. 46, the first time the Bobcat women have been ranked since 2010.
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Shaw, W 7-0
March 6, 2026
Singles
#1: Felipe Mioch defeated Kristian Bilojelic 6-3, 6-1
#2: Stefan Audrins defeated Edoardo Brustia 6-1, 3-0 (ret.)
#3: Hugo Poulin defeated Andres Ayala 6-3, 6-0
#4: Takuya Kobayashi defeated Fernando Berrocal 6-4, 6-0
#5: Jheng Huang defeated Franco Vedda 6-0, 6-3
#6: Timothe Plaza defeated Carlos Alcala 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
#1: Mioch / Huang defeated Brustia / Ayala 6-1
#2: Audrins / Daniel Podoprygora defeated Alcala / Scott Ndengoue 6-3
#3: Poulain / Arranda defeated Bilojelic / Vedda 6-3
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Shaw, W 5-2
March 6, 2026
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Tanaka Garikai 6-1, 6-3
#2: Daria Godleweska lost to Serena Teluwo 2-6, 5-6
#3: Renata Pozzobon lost to Camilla Angiani-Mortino 0-6, 4-6
#4: Yuko Sakurai defeated Halley Banda 6-0, 6-4
#5: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Veronika Phillippova 6-3, 6-1
#6: Emilie Bergmann – no contest
Doubles
#1: Jansen van Vuuren / Pozzobon defeated Teluwo / Mortino 7-5
#2: Bergmann / Andrea Martinez Garrido defeated Banda / Garikai 6-3
#3: Sundaraneedi / Sakurai – no contest
