Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Jan. 20, 2024)--The Morgan State women's tennis team began the 2024 season with a 7-0 non-conference loss to West Virginia on Saturday at Summit Tennis Academy.
 
West Virginia, which began the day defeating Duquesne in its season opener, improved to 2-0 on the season, while Morgan State dropped to 0-1.
 
The Lady Bears' Iva Jankovic, playing at No. 6 singles, had a strong start jumping out to a 6-0 victory in Set 1. The Mountaineers' Catherine Wassick would regroup to earn a 7-5 victory in Set 2, before claiming the tiebreak set, 11-9.
     
Next Up: The Lady Bears will host Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. at Coppermine Bare Hills in Baltimore. It will be the home opener for Morgan State.
 
How It Happened
Singles
No. 1 – Love-Star Alexis (WVU) d. Aleksandra Edvokimova 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – Momoko Nagato (WVU) d. Hannah Smith 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 – Ting-Pei Change (WVU) d. Lauryn Hall 6-1. 6-1
No. 4 – Maya Bordereau (WU) d. Averiana Mitchell 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Maja Dodik (WVU) d. Stefania Moysiadi 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Catherine Wassick (WVU) d. Iva Jankovic 0-6, 7-5, 11-9
 
Doubles
No. 1  - Momoko Nagato/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) d. Hannah Smith/Lauryn Hall 6-0
No. 2 – Love-Star Alexis/Ting-Pei Change (WVU) d. Averiana Mitchell/Stefania Moysiadi 5-2
No. 3 – Maya Bordereau/Maja Dodik (WVU) d. Aleksandra Edvokimova/Iva Jankovic  6-1


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