MORGANTOWN, W.V. - Despite singles wins from both Nicole Shakhnazarova and Barbora Vasilkova, the Towson University women's tennis fell short to West Virginia, 5-2, Sunday afternoon from the Summit Tennis Academy.

After dropping the doubles point, the Tigers got their first point of the match when Shakhnazarova battled to win the first set in a tie break, 7-5, and used the momentum to ease to a 6-1 victory in the second set.  Vasikova recorded the second point for the Tigers as she was leading 5-4 in the second set when her opponent retired at No. 5 singles.

Doubles
No. 1. Christina Jordan/ Sofia Duran (West Virginia) def. Renate van Oorschodt/A.J. Gomer (Towson) 6-1
No. 2. Lyn Yuen Choo/ Paula Goetz (West Virginia) def. Lucy Williams/ Yevgeniya Shusterman (Towson)  6-2
No. 3. Anne-Sophi Courteau/Giovanna Caputo def. Barbora Vasilkova/Lucy Gloninger (Towson)  7(7)-6(5) 

Singles
No. 1 - Nicole Shakhnazarova def Christina Jordan 7-6(5), 6-1
No. 2 - Anne- Sophie Courteau def. Lucy Williams 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 - Lyn Yuen Choo def. A.J. Gomer 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 - Lindsay Miller def. Yevgeniya Shusterman 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 - Barbora Vasilkova def. Paula Goetz 1-6, 5-4 (retired)
No. 6 - Sophia Durnan def. Renate van Oorschodt 4-6, 6-2, 10-8

Up Next for Towson
Towson returns home to take on James Madison on Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m., inside Coppermine Racquet and Fitness.