Women's Tennis | 9/26/2015 9:23:00 PM
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University women's tennis team breezed to a pair of Mountain East Conference wins on Saturday in back-to-back matches at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.
Coach Heather Gallagher's Hilltoppers (4-1, 3-0) opened with a 9-0 whitewashing of Concord (0-4, 0-4) in a morning match before handing UVA-Wise (4-5, 2-3) an 8-1 setback in the afternoon. West Liberty swept all six singles matches and the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches from each foe. UVA-Wise was able to avoid the shutout by pulling out a win at No. 3 doubles.
The Hilltoppers' busy weekend continues on Sunday when they host Slippery Rock (Pa.) in a non-conference match at noon.
WOMEN'S TENNISWest Liberty 9, Concord 0SinglesRaquel Cabero (WLU) d. Taylor Dixon, 6-0 6-0
Emily Dawson (WLU) d. Erin Johnson, 6-1 6-0
Rhiannon James (WLU) d. Amy Ahern, 6-0 6-0
Ana Berbel (WLU) d. Hannah Growe, 6-1 6-0
Kate Pinchuk (WLU) d. Elizabeth Gamling, 6-0 6-0
Lisa Nachtwey (WLU) d. Leila Suydam, 6-0 6-0
DoublesCabero/James (WLU) d. Dixon/Johnson, 8-2
Dawson/Pinchuk (WLU) d. Ahern/Growe, 8-0
Puga/
Alaina Pauley (WLU) d. Gamling/Suydam, 8-1
West Liberty 8, UVA-Wise 1SinglesRaquel Cabero (WLU) d. Dascha Tyschmenko, 6-4 6-3
Emily Dawson (WLU) d. Bailey Christaforatos, 6-2 6-1
Rhiannon James (WLU) d. Haley Thacker, 6-1 6-3
Andrea Puga (WLU) d. Marti Gay, 6-3 6-0
Ana Berbel (WLU) d. MacKenzie Lawson, 6-0 6-1
Kate Pinchuk (WLU) d. Junetta Nuckles, 6-0 6-1
DoublesCabero/James (WLU) d. Tyschmenko/Christaforatos, 8-2
Dawson/Pinchuk (WLU) d. Gay/Lawson, 8-2
Thacker/Nuckels (Wise) d. Puga/
Alaina Pauley (WLU), 8-6