West Virginia University Athletics said its tennis team completed the Wahoowa Invitational on Sunday, Oct. 11, in Charlottesville, Virginia, finishing the three-day tournament with four singles wins and two doubles victories against Marshall, Virginia and James Madison.
WVU Athletics reported that junior Rio Maeda led the Mountaineers in singles, beating Marshall’s Isabella Walker 6-0, 3-6, 10-7 on Friday and James Madison’s Sierra Vagi 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday. The announcement also credited sophomore Lucia Tognoni with a 6-1, 6-1 singles win over Marshall’s Amelie Gomez on Friday.
In doubles, WVU Athletics said junior Laura Villanueva Morillo and Daniela Gonzales recorded both Mountaineer victories. They defeated Marshall’s Alina Mokrynska and Sarah Copley 6-4 on Friday, then beat James Madison’s Sierra Vagi and Niki Tomeljak 6-3 on Sunday, according to the announcement.
The team’s next event is the ITA Atlantic Regional Championships in Lynchburg, Virginia, scheduled for Oct. 15-19, WVU Athletics said. The announcement did not list a start time for the regional tournament.
