Track and Field
It was a great week for redshirt junior Annishka McDonald. McDonald earned honors after setting a new outdoor school record in the high jump at the Raleigh Relays, winning the event with a clearance of 1.85 meters. She now holds both WVU records for outdoor and indoor high jumps.
McDonald went on to deliver another record-breaking performance at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational on Friday and Saturday. She won the high jump with her personal best clearance of 1.87 meters, breaking her own WVU outdoor school record. The mark is tied for No. 2 in NCAA Division I this season.
Olivia Cress finished in fifth place in the high jump with a personal best 1.73 meters and recorded another personal best in the 100-meter hurdles (14.43) to finish at 15th.
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Lily Haught posted a personal best on the track, finishing with a time of 1:02.53 in the 400-meter hurdles to finish fifth. Aislinn Frazer led WVU in the 1,500 meters, finishing in 12th place with a time of 4:36.53. Eva Rinker followed with a 17th place finish and a time of 4:40.38.
Eva Craigie led the Mountaineers in the 100 meter sprints (12.05) and finished in eighth in the long jump (5.64m).
Sabrina Jones finished in 14th place in the long jump (5.47m).
Cate Pickering set the pace for WVU in the 200 meters (25.15) and 400 meters (58.21).
Mae Nelson finished with a personal best 26.13 in the 200 meters.
Tennis
WVU Tennis lost both their matches over the weekend, falling 0-4 to Kansas and 2-4 to Iowa State.
Match against Kansas
The Jayhawks secured the doubles point with victories on courts one and three, the match on court two was left unfinished.
Doubles results
Anna Putilina/Yerke Arystanbekova (KAN) def. Audrey Moutama/Julie Bousseau (WVU), 6-4
Laura Villanueva Morillo/Lucia Tognoni (WVU) vs. He Janse van Vuuren/Meg McCarty (KAN), 5-4 unfinished
Meriem Ben Ezzedine/Kyoka Kubo (KAN) def. Lyla Byers/Sosanne Malaak (WVU), 6-1.
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Kansas secured its victory with three singles triumphs, while three additional matches were left unfinished, giving the Jayhawks a 4-0 victory.
Singles results
Kyoka Kubo (KAN) def. Audrey Moutama (WVU), 6-3, 6-3
Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU) vs. He Janse van Vuuren (KAN), 4-6, 6-3, 2-2 unfinished
Yerke Arystanbekova (KAN) def. Julie Bousseau (WVU), 6-4, 7-5
Lyla Byers (WVU) vs. Meriem Ben Ezzedine (KAN), 4-6, 6-4, 1-1 unfinished
Meg McCarty (KAN) def. Lucia Tognoni (WVU), 6-2, 6-0
Sosanne Malaak (WVU) vs. Anna Putilina (KAN), 5-7, 4-4 unfinished.
Match against Iowa State
WVU suffered another defeat against Iowa State by a 4-2 decision. The Cyclones secured the doubles point with victories on courts one and two, the Mountaineers were able to secure a victory on court three.
Doubles results
Mari Paz Vilar/Ashlee Narker (ISU) def. Audrey Moutama/Julie Bousseau (WVU), 7-6
Julia Camblor/S. Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Laura Villanueva Morillo/Lucia Tognoni (WVU), 6-2
Lyla Byers/Sosanne Malaak (WVU) def. Alicia Dale/Gabriella Kellner (ISU), 7-6
West Virginia responded in singles play with two victories. Laura Villanueva Morillo earned a straight-set win on court two, while Julie Bousseau followed with a 6-1, 7-5 victory on court three.
The Mountaineers responded in singles play with two victories. Laura Villanueva Morillo earned a straight set win on court two, and Julie Bousseau earned a 6-1, 7-5 victory on court three.
Iowa State won the remaining singles matches to secure their victory 4-2, leaving one match unfinished following the clinch.
Singles results
Mari Paz Vilar (ISU) def. Audrey Moutama (WVU), 6-3, 6-3
Laura Villanueva Morillo (WVU) def. Ashlee Narker (ISU), 6-3, 7-5
Julie Bousseau (WVU) def. S. Shulzhenko (ISU), 6-1, 7-5
Julia Camblor (ISU) def. Lyla Byers (WVU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
Lucia Tognoni (WVU) vs. Alicia Dale (ISU), 6-2, 2-6, 2-5 unfinished
Suzanie Pretorius (ISU) def. Sosanne Malaak (WVU), 6-4, 6-1.
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