WEST CHESTER, Pa.- Winners of four of six, the West Chester University men's tennis team (5-6) heads into the weekend with a pair of important matches on the slate as the Golden Rams will host West Virginia Wesleyan (12-5) at home on Friday beginning at 4 p.m. before visiting Frostburg State (6-8) on April 18 beginning at 2 p.m. in what will be the team's final road test of the season.
West Chester vs WV Wesleyan
Match Details: April 17 I 4 P.M.
Location: South Campus Courts (West Chester, Pa.)
Series: 0-3 (since 2018)
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West Chester vs Frostburg State
Match Details: April 18 I 2 P.M.
Location: FSU Tennis Courts (Frostburg, Md.)
Series: 0-3 (since 2022)
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Last Time Out
West Chester enters the weekend on a two-match winning streak after a 4-3 win over Ursinus on April 9 and a 5-2 win over UDC on April 14. Against UDC, West Chester swept doubles action as the duos of
Thomaz Joly/JP Beirana-Guzman (6-3),
Ashton Bunch/
Alessandro Melotti (6-2), and
Zack Bull/
Nico Pascale (Win by default) helped West Chester get out to an early 1-0 lead. In singles, West Chester (
Anthony Abbott) won his sixth singles match by default, while Beirana Guzman (3-6, 6-1, 10-1) took third singles, Joly took fourth singles (6-0, 6-0), and
Georgije Jovicic (6-0, 6-0) captured fifth singles to help West Chester to improve to 5-6 on the season.
The Series
Against West Virginia Wesleyan, West Chester is 0-3 against the Bobcats dating back to an April 2018 loss in Buckhannon. WVWC has not visited West Chester since an April 19, 2024 victory over the Golden Rams, which saw the Bobcats prevail by a 7-0 final.
Against Frostburg State, West Chester is 0-3 in a more limited history as the Golden Rams faced the Bobcats for the first time in 2022 after FSU made the move from Division III to Division II. West Chester will make its first visit to Frostburg State since a 4-3 loss on the road in April 2023.
Weather Report
Friday will feature a high of 80 under partly cloudy skies, while Saturday in Maryland will have a high in the low 80s with a chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Scouting West Virginia Wesleyan
West Virginia Wesleyan makes the trip north on Friday for back-to-back matches in Pennsylvania, as the Bobcats will visit West Chester on Friday afternoon before facing Jefferson on Saturday. With a record of 12-5 on the year, WVWC has won each of its last three matches, including 7-0 victories over Frostburg State and West Liberty on April 10 and 12. The Bobcats are 4-1 in their last five matches, with the lone loss coming by a 5-2 final at Charleston (W.V.) on April 4.
Scouting Frostburg State
Frostburg State heads into a match at home against West Virginia State on Friday with a record of 6-8 overall after back-to-back losses to WVWC (7-0) and Davis & Elkins (5-2) on April 10 and 15, respectively. These losses halted a modest two-match winning streak for Frostburg, which included 7-0 wins over West Liberty and UDC, which halted a four-match losing streak that had begun on March 17 with a 6-1 loss to Hampton following a 5-2 win over Millersville on March 10.
Up Next
West Chester will return home on Monday to host Bloomsburg beginning at 2 p.m. in the first of three conference matches next week to finish the regular season as the Golden Rams (1-2 in PSAC play) will host Bloomsburg (4/20; 2 p.m.), Kutztown (4/21; 3 p.m.), and Jefferson (4/25; 11 a.m.).
