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Miha Lisac
by Joe Swan
2019-20 SEASON REVIEW
7-3/0-3 BIG 12
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» WVU’s spring season was cut short on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. » WVU compiled a combined record of 63-37 (42-24 in singles, 21-13 in doubles) through five tournaments during the fall » Junior Anne-Sophie Courteau led the
Mountaineers with an overall record of 19-10 » Courteau and sophomore Anastasiia
Bovolskaia tied for the team lead in singles wins during the fall with 10 » Courteau also led the team in doubles wins, with nine, while junior
Giovanna Caputo led the team in win percentage (.700) » Bovolskaia (16), Caputo (14),
Courteau (19) and freshman Kat
Lyman (14) posted at least 10 wins during the fall » Courteau and Lyman’s appearance in the quarterfinals of the 2019
ITA Regional marked WVU’s first appearance in the fourth round since 2013, when Kaja Mrgole and Oana
Manole represented West Virginia against William & Mary’s Maria
Belaya and Jeltje Loomans » Bovolskaia’s appearance in the round of 16 at the 2019 ITA Regional marked WVU’s first appearance in the third round since 2017, when Lyn
Yuen Choo reached the round of 16 after upsetting No.14-seed Ines
Milosevic of Penn State, 6-0, 6-3 » West Virginia began the spring by winning seven consecutive matches.
The Mountaineers’ 7-0 start to the 2020 campaign marked the best start to a season since 1986, when WVU began the year 12-0 » Lyman paced the Mountaineers in singles wins during the spring with seven. Lyman, Courteau and senior
Sofia Duran each had five doubles victories in the spring with five » Sophomore Nicole Roc posted a team-best 2-1 singles record in Big 12 play and held a two-match win streak at season’s end » Lyman led West Virginia with a record of 12-6 during the spring » When pairing with each other during the spring, Courteau and Lyman compiled a team-best 5-4 record in doubles play, primarily playing in the
No. 1 slot » Courteau led WVU with a record of 29-17 during 2019-20 » Bovolskaia Caputo, Courteau and
Roc were Academic All-Big 12 First
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2019-20 STATISTICS/RESULTS
OVERALL RECORD: 7-3 » BIG 12: 0-3 » REGION: 0-0 » HOME: 5-1 » AWAY: 2-2 » NEUTRAL: 0-1 VS NATIONAL RANKED: 0-1 » VS REGIONAL RANKED: 0-0
VS RANKED LAST SINGLES OVERALL DUAL TOUR BIG 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 NAT’L REG’L STRK 10
Anastasia Bovolskaia 4-4 4-4 0-0 0-3 3-4 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 L3 4-4 Giovanna Caputo 6-3 6-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 3-0 3-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 6-3 Anne-Sophie Courteau 5-3 5-3 0-0 0-3 2-0 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 5-3 Sofia Duran 5-2 5-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 L2 5-2 Christina Jordan 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 3-3 Kat Lyman 7-2 7-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 5-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 7-2 Nicole Roc 5-2 5-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 W2 5-2
Totals 37-19 37-19 0-0 4-14 5-4 7-3 5-4 8-2 5-4 7-2 0-1 0-0 Percentage .661 .661 .000 .222 .556 .700 .556 .800 .556 .778 .000 .000
VS RANKED LAST DOUBLES TEAMS OVERALL DUAL TOUR BIG12 1 2 3 NAT’L REG’L STRK 10
Anne-Sophie Courteau/Kat Lyman 5-4 5-4 0-0 0-2 5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 5-4 Sofia Duran/Christina Jordan 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 3-1 Anastasia Bovolskaia/Giovanna Caputo 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 L1 2-1 Sofia Duran/Nicole Roc 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 2-0 Anastasia Bovolskaia/Christina Jordan 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1 Anastasia Bovolskaia/Sofia Duran 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 0-3
Christina Jordan/Nicole Roc 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 1-0
Giovanna Caputo/Nicole Roc
Totals
1-2 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 L2 1-2
16-12 16-12 0-0 1-6 5-4 5-4 6-4 0-0 0-0
Percentage .571 .571 .000 .143 .556 .556 .600 .000 .000
DATE OPPONENT SCORE OVERALL BIG12 NATION REGION
1/31/20 Towson 2/2/20 Toledo 2/27/20 Buffalo 7-0 0-0 7-0 2-0 5-2 3-0
2/8/20
George Washington 5-2 4-0 2/15/20 at Seton Hall 6-0 5-0
2/16/20 at Akron 5-2 6-0
2/23/20 Cornell 4-0 7-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
3/1/20 Iowa State * 2-5 7-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
3/6/20 at #6 Texas * 1-6 7-2 0-2 0-1 0-0
* Big 12 match Remainder of season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic