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No. 21 Women's Tennis shuts out West Virginia, 7-0
03.23.2014 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns improve to 3-1 in conference play.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 21 Texas (8-9, 3-1 Big 12) swept the doubles session and won all 12 sets of singles play on its way to a 7-0 win over West Virginia (3-13, 0-5 Big 12) Sunday at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
Pippa Horn and Juliana Gajic opened the doubles session with an 8-3 win over Irinka Toidze and Vivian Tsui at third doubles. The Horns clinched the doubles point at first doubles win behind an 8-4 win from Breaunna Addison and Elizabeth Begley over WVU's Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole. UT added a win at second doubles.
Horn gave Texas a 2-0 lead with her 6-0, 6-1 win over Tsui at fifth singles. Addison pushed the Texas cushion to 3-0 with her 6-2, 6-0 win over Hailey Barrett at first singles. Sophomore Lana Groenvynck clinched the Texas victory with her 6-2, 6-2 win over Toidze at sixth singles.
Neda Koprcina, Begley and Ratnika Batra added straight-set singles wins to close out the Texas win.
Texas resumes dual-match play April 5-6 when it visits Kansas and Kansas State.
No. 21 Texas 7, West Virginia 0
Doubles - Order of finish: 3, 1*, 2
1. Breaunna Addison/Elizabeth Begley (UT) def. Kaja Mrgole/Oana Manole (WVU) 8-4
2. Ratnika Batra/Neda Koprcina (UT) def. Hailey Barrett/Ikttesh Chahal (WVU) 8-6
3. Pippa Horn/Juliana Gajic (UT) def. Irinka Toidze/Vivian Tsui (WVU) 8-3
Singles - Order of finish: 5, 1, 6*, 4, 2, 3
1. No. 18 Breaunna Addison (UT) def. Hailey Barrett (WVU) 6-2, 6-0
2. No. 114 Elizabeth Begley (UT) def. Kaja Mrgole (WVU) 6-4, 6-3
3. No. 89 Ratnika Batra (UT) def. Oana Manole (WVU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Neda Koprcina (UT) def. Ikttesh Chahal (WVU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Pippa Horn (UT) def. Vivian Tsui (WVU) 6-0, 6-16. Lana Groenvynck (UT) def. Irinka Toidze (WVU) 6-2, 6-2
