HILTON HEAD, S.C. - The West Liberty University women's tennis team finished its spring break trip to Hilton Head on Thursday. The Hilltoppers went 2-2 on the week with wins on Sunday (4-3 over Chowan) and Monday (7-0 over Clarion) before dropping the final two matches on Wednesday (0-7 to Lewis) and Thursday (2-5 to Saginaw Valley State).

Match 1: WLU (4) - Chowan (3)
Box Score
West Liberty started the week with a narrow win over Chowan (4-3). The Hilltoppers took the doubles point by winning spots #1 and #2. Emma Arnal and Gemma Cliffe led things off with a 6-3 victory, then Evelina Martirosyan and Ishika Agarwal secured the doubles point with a 6-1 win at the No. 2 spot.

Arnal (6-1, 6-1) and Martirosyan (6-2, 6-1) rolled to sweeps in the first two singles matches, before Chowan made it interesting. The Hawks won the #3 and #5 positions in tiebreak fashion and added as weep at #6 to make it 3-3. Nathalia Valencia gave the Black and Gold the match-clinching win with a 6-4, 7-5 victory at #4.

Match 2: Clarion (0) - WLU (7)
Box Score
West Liberty dominated Clarion winning all three doubles matches, as well as all six singles competitions.

Doubles teams #2 (Evelina Martirosyan and Ishika Agarwal) and #3 (Jaqueline Pena-Aceves and Elysia Beynon) shutout their opponents 6-0.

Nathalia Valencia, Pena-Aceve, and Agarwal all double bageled their opposition (6-0, 6-0) in the singles portion of the match.

Martirosyan and Benyon surrendered just one set in their singles matches winning 6-0, 6-1.

The Hilltoppers won 90 of the 97 sets in the match.

Match 3: Lewis (7) - WLU (0)
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After a day off, West Liberty struggled against Lewis dropping all nine matchups throughout doubles and singles. Evelina Martirosyan and Gemma Cliffe both forced a third set in their singles matches, at #2 and #3 respectively, but came up short.

Match 4: Saginaw Valley State (5) - WLU (2)
Box Score
West Liberty took the #1 doubles spot with a 6-4 victory by Emma Arnal and Gemma Cliffe, but Saginaw Valley State was able to bounce back with wins at #2 and #3 to take the doubles point.

Arnal got the Hilltoppers on the scoreboard with three-set win at #1. After dropping the opening set 6-4, Arnal flipped the score in set two and then battled out a 10-8 tiebreak victory to clinch the win in the top spot.

Natalia Valencia picked up the other point for West Liberty at the #3 singles position. Set one went to 16 tiebreak points and Valencia pulled out the 7-6 (9-7) victory. Her opponent came back with a 6-3 win in set two. Then, Valencia earned the match with a 10-6 third set triumph.

Up Next
West Liberty returns to conference play with a match at Frostburg State on Thursday (March 16).

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