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Wesleyan tennis teams sweep West Chester

WVWC Tennis

BUCKHANNON — The West Virginia Wesleyan’s men’s tennis team continued a dominant winning streak, taking its third straight, with a 7-0 shutout of West Chester University Saturday morning in Buckhannon.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs West Chester, W 7-0
March 29, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Mika Alexander Kreisel defeated Lucas Henke 6-2, 6-2
#2: Ricardo Starosta defeated Andres Urrutia 6-0, 6-1
#3: Nicola Bottelberghs defeated Brady Burns 6-0, 6-1
#4: Mathis Blary defeated Felix Weber 6-2, 6-1
#5: Jed Platts defeated Mateus DeVasconcellos 6-3, 3-6, 10-6
#6: Pedro Roschel Do Nascimento defeated Sam Robertson 6-2, 6-4
 
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts defeated Burns / Weber 6-2
#2: Starosta / Pinhati defeated Urrutia / DeVasconcellos 6-2
#3: Kreisel / Seto defeated Henke / Robertson 6-3

BUCKHANNON — For the second match in a row, the West Virginia Wesleyan Lady Bobcat tennis team failed to capture the doubles matches point but came alive in singles play, dominating West Chester University by sweeping the solo matches to win the day, 6-1.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs West Chester, W 6-1
March 29, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Delaney Tingle 7-5, 6-2
#2: Sneha Sundaraneedi defeated Ashleigh Grooms 3-6, 7-6, 6-0
#3: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Rachel Haupt 6-2, 6-3
#4: Gabby Dooling defeated Gabriella Lerario 6-2, 6-1
#5: Hailey Banda defeated Sohana Thompson 6-4, 6-2
#6: Emilie Bergmann defeated Rachel Haupt 3-6, 6-3, 12-10
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann lost to Tingle/ Cave 4-6
#2: A. Jansen van Vuuren / Banda lost to Lerario / Felicia Manful 6-7
#3: Sundaraneedi / Andrea Martinez Garrido lost to Thompson / Grooms 4-6

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