Women's Tennis | 5/1/2019 3:46:00 PM

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The West Liberty University women's tennis team jumped out to an early lead but couldn't hang on here Wednesday as No. 5-seeded UVa-Wise rallied past fourth-seeded WLU by a 4-2 tally in a Mountain East Conference Tournament quarterfinal at Marshall University.
    Coach Heather Gallagher's Hilltoppers got off to a strong start, winning two of the three doubles matches to claim the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead into singles play.
    Carleyah McLean and Luisa Agudelo teamed up for a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles before Laura Huwe and Alex Olson clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 nod in the No. 3 slot.
    West Liberty kept right on rolling when singles play got under way as Agudelo made short work of the Cavaliers' Olivia Dishner, breezing to a 6-2 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles for a 2-0 WLU lead but that proved to be the final point for the Black and Gold.
    UVa-Wise got on the board with a straight-set win at No. 3 singles before the Cavaliers' Akimenko twins turned momentum decisively in the Virginia squad's favor. Liza and Katya Akimenko, who had tuned up for singles action with a 6-0 win at No. 1 doubles, put UVa-Wise ahead to stay with straight-set wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles.
    Montana Hill then gave the Cavaliers their fourth and final point with a 6-1 6-3 victory at No. 4 singles, halting play with the No. 6 singles match between WLU's Olson and UVa-Wise's Lillian Morris still in progress.
  Liza Akimenko (WISE) def. Raissa Wagner (WLU), 6-2, 6-3 4
Katya Akimenko (WISE) def. Anita Ponti (WLU), 6-2, 6-1 3
Aya Melhem (WISE) def. Laura Huwe (WLU), 6-3, 6-3 2
Montana Hill (WISE) def. Carleyah McLean (WLU), 6-1, 6-3 5
Luisa Agudelo (WLU) def. Olivia Dishner (WISE), 6-2, 6-1 1
Lillian Morris (WISE) vs. Alexandra Olson (WLU) DNF L.Akimenko/K.Akimenko (WISE) def. Wagner/Ponti (WLU), 6-0
McLean/Agudelo (WLU) def. Hill/Morris (WISE), 6-4
Huwe/Olson (WLU) def. Melhem/Hall (WISE, 7-5