All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Wesleyan tennis teams sweep Shaw

BUCKHANNON –The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcat men’s tennis team came out with a dominant performance against Shaw University at the Wood Street Tennis Courts Sunday for a 4-0 victory.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Shaw, W 4-0
March 23, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Takuya Kobayashi vs Edoardo Brustia 3-6, 6-2, 4-4 (singles clinched)
#2: Mika Alexander Kreisel defeated Eduardo Valenca 6-1, 6-0
#3: Ricardo Starosta defeated Kristian Bilojelic 6-2, 6-4
#4: Nicola Bottelberghs defeated Carlos Alcala 6-2, 6-2
#5: Mathis Blary vs Franco Vedda 7-5 (singles clinched)
#6: Jed Platts vs Andres Ayala (singles clinched)
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts defeated Brustia / Ayala 6-2
#2: Starosta / Kobayashi vs 4-4 Vedda / Bilojelic (doubles clinched)
#3: Kreisel / Seto defeated Valenca/ Alcala 6-3

BUCKHANNON — After failing to capture the match point in doubles, the West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcat women’s tennis team found new life in singles play to outlast Shaw University 4-3 Sunday at the Wood Street Tennis Courts after Emilie Bergmann took the clincher in the third set.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Shaw, W 4-3
March 23, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Prerana Koirala 6-1, 7-6
#2: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Anja Antonijevic (retired) 5-7, 5-4
#3: Gabby Dooling lost to Serena Teluwo 1-6, 4-6
#4: Hailey Banda defeated Marija Ristanovic 6-4, 6-3
#5: Emilie Bergmann defeated Eni Anic 6-2, 0-6, 6-3
#6: Emma Rusiecki lost to Camilla Angiani-Mortino 1-6, 0-6
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann vs Antonijevic/ Ristanovic 5-2 (doubles clinched)
#2: Dooling / Banda lost to Koirala/ Teluwo 1-6
#3: A. Jansen van Vuuren / Andrea Martinez Garrido lost to Anic/ Mortino 1-6

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