Women's Tennis | 10/3/2016 2:34:00 PM

    INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Liberty University women's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to West Virginia State Friday afternoon on the WVSU campus.
    Coach Heather Gallagher's Hilltoppers (4-2, 2-1) threw a scare into the three-time defending Mountain East Conference champions when Rhiannon James and Laura Huwe pulled out an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles but the Yellowjackets (3-0, 3-0) picked up wins at the other two doubles spots and swept the six singles matches to close out the match.
    Alaina Pauley just missed getting a win for WLU at No. 6 singles. Pauley rolled to a 6-1 win in her first set against Lindsay Goff only to see Goff square the match with a 7-5 decision in the second set. That sent the match into a tiebreaker with Pauley coming out on the short end of a 10-6 count.
    The West Liberty women will try to get back on track Monday afternoon when they host Fairmont State in a 4 p.m. match at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
W.Va. State 8, West Liberty 1
Singles
Laura Isbey (WVS) d. Rhiannon James, 6-1 6-2
Kierstin Hensley (WVS) d. Raquel Cabero, 6-1 6-0
Nina Dillwald (WVS) d. Laura Huwe, 6-0 7-5
Marta Yevstakhevych (WVS) d. Ana Berbel, 6-2 6-1
Kayla McKnight (WVS) d. Andrea Puga, 6-1 6-2
Lindsay Goff (WVS) d. Alaina Pauley, 6-1 5-7 (6)
Doubles
James/Huwe (WLU) d. Isbey/Yevstakhevych, 8-6
Hensley/Dillwald (WVS) d. Cabero/Pauley, 8-4
McKnight/Goff (WVS) d. Kate Pinchuk/Berbel, 8-5