WISE, Va. – Coming off an 8-1 outing yesterday against Shepherd University the UVa-Wise women's tennis team earned another Mountain East Conference victory Sunday afternoon as they defeated Fairmont State 7-2 in foggy conditions.
 
After not being able to play the match at the original start time of 9 a.m. due to overnight rain and morning mist, the Cavaliers (3-4, 2-2 MEC) and the Falcons (4-3, 1-2 MEC) got things underway at 12:30 p.m.
 
The Cavs swept doubles to take a 3-0 lead going into singles play, however, the three doubles matches did not come easy.
 
Seniors Haley Thacker and Junetta Nuckels teamed up at No. 3 doubles for the second-straight match and came away with an 8-2 win against Fairmont State's Janay Beamer and Emily Hart. At the top doubles spot it was sophomore Daria Tyshchenko and junior Bailey Christoforatos who earned an 8-4 victory over Taylor Nichols and Harman Waraich of Fairmont State.
 
No. 2 doubles was a real battle as sophomore Marti Gay and freshman Mackenzie Lawson gutted out a tiebreaker for the 9-8 (7-5) win against the Falcons' Geena Lammertin and Mollee Brown.
 
Singles was played with eight-game pro sets in lieu of the normal best-of-three-set matches to guarantee the match was completed before any more rain moved into the area.
 
Tyshchenko improved her record at the top spot to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in MEC play after taking down Fairmont State's Nichols, 8-5.
 
Both Thacker and Nuckels had dominant 8-0 wins at the No. 3 and No. 6 singles positions, respectively, while Lawson earned an 8-1 win over Beamer of Fairmont Sate at the fifth singles spot.
 
The Rams did take two singles match off of the Cavs at No. 2 and No. 4. Fairmont State's Waraich defeated Christoforatos by a score of 8-2 at the second position as the Rams' Lammertin handed Gay an 8-1 loss.
 
"It was good to get a win on a dreary day", stated Head Coach Danny Rowland after the match. "I think we came out a little flat after our big win yesterday but we still gutted it out. It's a big win and now we have a few days to rest and get ready for our big match Saturday."
 
With the win the Cavs even their MEC record to 2-2 on the season and look forward to next weekend's match at West Liberty, which will be UVa-Wise's second MEC road match of the season.
 
The Cavs will have a six-day break before traveling to West Liberty, West Virginia for Saturday's match at 1 p.m.
 
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Full Tennis Match Results
UVa-Wise 7, Fairmont State 2
 
Singles
1. Daria Tyshchenko (WISE) def. Taylor Nichols (FS) 8-5
2. Harman Waraich (FS) def. Bailey Christoforatos (WISE) 8-2
3. Haley Thacker (WISE) def. Mollee Brown (FS) 8-0
4. Geena Lammertin (FS) def. Marti Gay (WISE) 8-1
5. Mackenzie Lawson (WISE) def. Janay Beamer (FS) 8-1
6. Junetta Nuckels (WISE) def. Alyssa Skidmore (FS) 8-0
 
Doubles
1. Daria Tyshchenko/B. Christoforatos (WISE) def. Taylor Nichols/Harman Waraich (FS) 8-4
2. Marti Gay/Mackenzie Lawson (WISE) def. Geena Lammertin/Mollee Brown (FS) 9-8 (7-5)
3. Haley Thacker/Junetta Nuckels (WISE) def. Janay Beamer/Emily Hart (FS) 8-2