MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia College tennis crew begins the 2025 season with a doubleheader towards Duquesne and Morgan State at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown on Saturday, Jan. 18.
West Virginia will face Duquesne at 10 a.m. and Morgan State at 3 p.m.
The Mountaineers look to construct off an distinctive 2024 season after they superior to the semifinals of the 2024 UTR Sports activities NIT Championship earlier than shedding to the eventual champion, Tulsa.
A 15-13 end final 12 months marked the primary time WVU received 15 or extra matches in a season since 2010, and it was the primary successful season since 2010 for the Mountaineers that was not minimize quick by COVID-19.
Getting into his 12th season, head coach Miha Lisac returns a core group of gamers who look to steer this system with a mix of freshmen and transfers.
Seniors Michaela Kucharova and Tatiana Lipatova return after stellar seasons in 2024. Kucharova was one in all three gamers to complete with 30 or extra wins. In restricted motion, Lipatova completed with 21 wins on the 12 months after not enjoying within the fall.
Redshirt junior Maja Dodik was one other participant who completed the 2024 marketing campaign with 30 or extra wins. Dodik has steadily improved every season since becoming a member of West Virginia, and she or he can be a foundational piece to the crew within the upcoming season.
Lisac additionally made key additions within the offseason, including switch senior Mille Haagensen from Drake, graduate switch Julie Bousseau, freshmen Laura Villanueva Morillo, Susannah Su and Morgantown native, Lyla Byers
In three years at Drake, Haagensen completed 90-39 general, going 50-18 in singles and 43-21 in doubles play. Haagensen was the Missouri Valley Convention (MVC) Freshman of the 12 months in 2022 and was additionally named First Staff All-Convention in 2022.
In fall play, Haagensen was the 2024 Bedford Cup and WVU UTR Ladies’s Open champion.
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