WISE – History was made on the Jim & Betty Humphreys Tennis Courts Tuesday afternoon as the Highland Cavalier women's tennis team downed Tusculum 4-2. It marks the first time in the program's NCAA era that UVA Wise has defeated the Pioneers.
Prior to today the last time the Cavs won it was a 7-2 win by Clinch Valley College over Tusculum College on April 11, 1998. That team went on to go undefeated in the Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference and went to the NAIA Tournament.
This year's team will host #19 Wingate Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. on the Humphreys Courts.
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Tennis Match Results
Tusculum vs UVA Wise
3/24/2026 at Wise, VA
(Humphreys Tennis Complex)
UVA Wise 4, Tusculum 2
Singles competition
1. Yiva Frafjord Landa (TU) def.
Kenzy Abdelaal (WISE) 6-4, 6-2
2.
Andreea Onitoiu (WISE) def. Emma Kotzmannova (TU) 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-1)
3. Ginevra Moreno Villa (TU) def.
Constanca Azinhaga (WISE) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
4. Juliana Bastidas (WISE) vs. Carla Guasch (TU) 2-6, 6-4, 4-4, unfinished
5.
Lucy Cunliffe (WISE) def. Jimena Rivera (TU) 6-2, 6-0
6.
Melissa Lino Airoldi (WISE) def. Sophia Amyes (TU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Kenzy Abdelaal/
Melissa Lino Airoldi (WISE) def. Yiva Frafjord Landa/Emma Kotzmannova (TU) 7-5
2. Ginevra Moreno Villa/Jimena Rivera (TU) def.
Andreea Onitoiu/Juliana Bastidas (WISE) 6-4
3.
Lucy Cunliffe/
Constanca Azinhaga (WISE) def. Sophia Amyes/Carla Guasch (TU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Tusculum 6-8, 0-5 SAC
UVA Wise 10-6, 4-2 SAC
First win over Tusculum since April 11, 1998