West Virginia Takes Down Tennis, 6-1
3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - The Seton Hall tennis team lost to West Virginia, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon. The Pirates (3-10, 0-4) will travel to Pittsburgh for a 10:00 a.m. match against the Panthers to wrap up the weekend road swing.
Freshman Pui Wing Sher (Shui Wai, Hong Kong) continued her strong play, topping the Mountaineers top singles player, Melis Tanik in straight sets.
SHU almost came away with team points in the No. 2 and No. 6 singles slots, but senior Belfin Sunbul (Izmir, Turkey) and sophomore Karina Cordero (Maracay Estado Aragua, Venezuela) fell in three sets.
The Pirates' top doubles pair of Sher and freshman Rocio Portela (Demetrio Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) were narrowly edged by WVU's duo of Mary Chupa and Emily Mathis in a tiebreak.
Seton Hall 1, West Virginia 6
Singles
1. Pui Wing Sher (SHU) def. Melis Tanik (WVU) 7-5, 6-3
2. Emily Mathis (WVU) def. Belfin Sunbul (SHU) 6-0, 5-7, 7-5
3. Mary Chupa (WVU) def. Rocio Portela (SHU) 6-3, 7-5
4. Veronica Cardenas (WVU) def. Elizabeth Verow (SHU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Ashley Pilsbury (WVU) def. Courtney Kilarski (SHU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Anna Rodionova (WVU) def. Karina Cordero 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
Doubles
1. Chupa/Mathis (WVU) def. Sher/Portela (SHU) 8-7 (5)
2. Cardenas/Catie Wickline (WVU) def. Verow/Sunbul (SHU) 8-4
3. Tanik/Pilsbury (WVU) def. Cordero/Michelle Weerasinghe (SHU) 8-4
