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Wesleyan tennis teams swept by Belmont Abbey

BELMONT (NC)The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcat men’s and women’s tennis teams visited Belmont Abbey in North Carolina on March 6. The men lost 7-0 and the women lost 6-1.
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Men vs Belmont Abbey, L 0-7
March 6, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Takuya Kobayashi lost to Charlie Fremaux 3-6, 0-6
#2: Ricardo Starosta lost to Ricard Novell 5-7, 4-6
#3: Nicola Bottelberghs lost to Peru Bayo 4-6, 4-6
#4: Mathis Blary lost to Nicholas Cary 2-6, 3-6
#5: Jed Platts lost to Jackson Korta 3-6, 1-6
#6: A. Valverde Gonzalez lost to Marcus Bergelin 1-6, 0-6
 
Doubles
#1: Bottelberghs /Platts lost to Charlie Fremaux / Isaac Buerkle 2-6
#2: Starosta / Blary lost to Nicholas Cary / Marcus Bergelin 2-6
#3: Kreisel / Kobayashi lost to Jackson Korta / Noelle Andrey Ampong 0-6
 
 
Match Results, WVWC Women vs Belmont Abbey, L 1-6
March 6, 2025
 
Singles
#1: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Kaitlin Nguyen 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
#2: Sneha Sundaraneedi lost to Hanley Riner 3-6, 6-3, 6-7
#3: Angelique Jansen van Vuuren lost to Mackenzie McCarthy 4-6, 4-6
#4: Gabby Dooling lost to Elona Simonov 1-6, 5-7
#5: Hailey Banda lost to Paola Socarras 4-6, 6-7
#6: Emilie Bergmann lost to Elizabeth Vollmin 1-6, 0-6
 
Doubles
#1: D. Jansen van Vuuren / Bergmann lost to Hanley Riner / Mackenzie McCarthy 2-6
#2: Dooling / Sundaraneedi lost to Elizabeth Vollmin / Leilany Sanchez 0-6
#3: A. Jansen van Vuuren Banda / Andrea Martinez Garrido lost to Paola Socarras / Daniella Galeano 6-7

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