PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The West Liberty University women's tennis team came out on the short end of a 9-0 score here Saturday night in a non-conference match against No. 11-ranked Carnegie Mellon University at the Alpha Tennis and Fitness Center.
    The nationally-ranked Tartans (10-4) took control early against Coach Heather Gallagher's youthful Hilltoppers (6-3) by sweeping all three doubles matches and never looked back.
    Emma Arnal and Daria Shchoma fell by an 8-3 tally at No. 1 doubles with Gemma Cliffe and Evelina Martirosyan dropping an 8-2 decision in the No. 2 slot. Jacquelina Pena-Aceves and Nathalia Valencia pushed CMU's No. 3 tandem of Zoe Angell and Simran Bedi to the brink only to lose by an 8-6 count.
    Carnegie Mellon won all six singles matches in straight sets.
    The West Liberty women return to Mountain East Conference action on Tuesday with a 4 p.m. match against Fairmont State at the Washington Park courts in Washington, Pa.
  Cornwall/Zheng (CMU) d. Arnal/Shchoma, 8-3
Wu/Zhou (CMU) d. Cliffe/Martirosyan, 8-2
Angell/Bedi (CMU) d. Valencia/Pena-Aceves, 8-6 Yang (CMU) d. Arnal, 6-3 6-4
Zhou (CMU) d. Martirosyan, 6-4 6-0
Cornwall (CMU) d. Cliffe, 6-0 6-3
Zheng (CMU) d. Valencia, 7-5 6-3
Angell (CMU) d. Shchoma, 6-1 6-4
Chang (CMU) d. Pena-Aceves, 7-6(2) 6-1