MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (March 1, 2025) – The West Virginia University women’s tennis team lost to No. 14 Baylor, 4-0, on Saturday in Waco, Texas.
This marked the third straight loss for West Virginia (6-7, 0-2 Big 12) after winning four in a row.
To begin the match, Baylor rolled through doubles as it won, 6-2, in the No. 1 seed match, and 6-0 in the No. 2 spot.
In singles play, the Bears clinched the match with wins in the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 seed matches.
Freshman Lyla Byers lost in the No. 5 spot to Baylor’s Nanaka Sato, 6-0, 6-4. Graduate student Julie Bousseau lost to No. 80 Na Dong in the No 2 seed match, 6-2, 6-3.
Baylor’s Sierra Berry clinched the match with a win over Susannah Su in the No. 6 seed match.
Doubles Results
- Sierra Berry/Na Dong (BU) def. Mille Haagensen/Lyla Byers (WVU), 6-2
- Zuzanna Kubacha/Wenfei Yu (BU) def. Julie Bousseau/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU), 6-0
- Maja Dodik/Susannah Su (WVU) vs. Kennedy Gibbs/Brooke Thompson (BU), 3-5
Singles Results
- Mille Haagensen (WVU) vs. Zuzanna Kubacha (BU), 1-6, 5-5
- No. 80 Na Dong (BU) def. Julie Bousseau (WVU), 6-2, 6-3
- Maja Dodik (WVU) vs. Kennedy Gibbs (BU), 3-6, 3-5
- Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU) vs. Wenfei Yu (BU), (4) 6-7, 1-3
- Nanaka Sato (BU) def. Lyla Byers (WVU), 6-0, 6-4
- Sierra Berry (BU) def. Susannah Su (WVU), 6-4, 6-4
Photo and press release courtesy of WVU Athletics.
