FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Fairmont State women's tennis defeated Walsh 4-3 on Saturday. The Falcons won the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2 and split singles, taking points at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5.
Prior to the match, the team honored senior
Luiza Parreira as she graduates this coming December.
The Falcons earned the doubles point with wins at the top two positions.
Lara Smith and
Hope Backx defeated Olesia Ivashchuk and Taira Abildayeva 6-3 at No. 1 doubles, and
Alara Akgul and
Stephanie Gopar clinched the point with a 7-5 victory over Margara DeVillar and Aleksandra Chmir at No. 2. The Cavaliers took No. 3 doubles, where Liv-Grete Laarmann and Eliza Verstappen defeated
Jessica Johnson and Deline Blania Lööf 6-4.
The Cavaliers pulled even to start singles as Abildayeva defeated Backx 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 at No. 1 singles, then moved ahead 2-1 when DeVillar beat Gopar 7-5, 6-4 at No. 2. The Falcons answered at No. 3, where
Laura Maciel defeated Chmir 6-3, 6-2 to tie the dual at 2-2.
Smith put the Falcons back in front with a 2-6, 7-5, 10-3 win over Ivashchuk at No. 4 singles, and Akgul clinched the dual at No. 5 with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Verstappen. After the clinch, Laarmann defeated
Sena Sakai 6-4, 5-7, 11-9 at No. 6, setting the final margin at 4-3 for the Falcons.
Fairmont State will conclude its Fall portion of the schedule at the ITA Regional Championships in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The tournament starts on Friday, October 16.
