The WVSU women's tennis team fell 5-4 to Charleston in the championship match of the Mountain East Conference tournament Sunday in Huntington.

    The regular season champion Yellow Jackets trailed 2-1 after doubles play but managed to fight back to a 4-4 tie before losing a thrilling three-set match to decide the title.

     That ended the Jackets' conference match winning streak at 51. The last time WVSU lost to a conference rival was a 5-3 decision to West Liberty on October 21, 2011, in the semifinals of the now-defunct WVIAC tournament. It was also the first lost the program has suffered against an MEC opponent ever.

      Final results:

Charleston 5, West Virginia State 4
Doubles
#1 Slusarciuc/Katipa (UC) def. Yevstakhevych/Isbey (WVSU), 8-3
#2 Dillwald/Hensley (WVSU) def. Gegeshidze/Edwards (UC), 8-3
#3 Bakos/Uyttenhove (UC) def. McKnight/Goff (WVSU), 8-4

Singles
#1 Kristine Gegeshidze (UC) def. Laura Isbey (WVSU), 6-7, 7-5, 6-3
#2 Kierstin Hensley (WVSU) def. Elise Edwards (UC), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
#3 Toni Katipa (UC) def. Marta Yevstakhevych (WVSU), 6-3, 5-1 RET
#4 Nina Dillwald (WVSU) def. Silvana Slusarciuc (UC), 6-1, 6-0
#5 Kayla McKnight (WVSU) def. Alize Uyttenhove (UC), 6-4, 6-1
#6 Jackie Bakos (UC) def. Lindsay Goff (WVSU), 6-4, 6-1