WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - The Chowan University women's tennis team fell to West Virginia State University 7-2 on Saturday afternoon.  West Virginia State came into the match ranked 46th nationally in Division II. The Hawks move to 3-1 on the season with the loss while the Yellow Jackets improve to 11-0.

Cynthia Carrier and Angelique Gouin earned the lone doubles win for Chowan. Playing at the number two position, the duo topped Nina Dillwald and Kayla McKnight 8-4. Polina Novachuk and Victoria Smolchenkova dropped an 8-2 decision to Brittany Franco and Laura Isbey in the number one spot while Natalia Andrade and Roxana Daneshjoo were defeated 8-1 in the third position by Diana Cotoros and Brenda Cumpa.

In singles play, Jessica De Backre came back from a first set loss at the number five position to take the match 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 over McKnight, earning the lone singles win for the Blue and White.  Franco defeated Novachuk in the number one position 7-6(2), 6-2 while Isbey toppled Smolchenkova 6-3, 6-0 in the number two singles position.  Carrier lost a three set match 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 to West Virginia State's Dillwald at number three while Chowan's Gouin dropped a close match in a super tiebreaker at the number four spot with a final score of 6-3, 4-6 (10-6) against Charlotte Sandy. Rounding out the scoring, at the number six singles position Anna Makhneva fell to Cumpa 6-2, 6-3.

The Hawks return to action on February 28th when they take on Bluefield State College in Blacksburg, Virginia.