Comella, Tavpash Capture Singles Crowns to Complete BGSU Invitational

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Bowling Green State University tennis standouts Paula Comella and Marharita-Sophia Tavpash captured singles titles on Monday (Sept. 17), officially completing the BGSU Invitational. The season-opening invite saw Falcon competitors win four of the five overall singles titles.

Comella, a senior, downed classmate Polina Radeva for the Orange Bracket title. Tavpash, a junior, topped fellow junior Ayumi Sasaki to win the Brown Bracket championship.

BGSU INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS
SINGLES
Orange Bracket - Paula Comella, BGSU
Brown Bracket - Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, BGSU
White Bracket - Chrissy Fuller (Toledo)

DOUBLES
Freddie Falcon Bracket - Comella/Tavpash (BGSU)
Frieda Falcon Bracket - Marta Bettinelli (BGSU)/Fuller (Toledo)

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• Next weekend, the Falcons take a break from competition, but the team will be hosting the Falcon Pro-Am on Saturday, Sept. 22.
• Then, the team's next action will be the Detroit Invitational in the Motor City on Sept. 28-29.

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BGSU INVITATIONAL
SINGLES
ORANGE BRACKET
PAULA COMELLA
• def. Anais Geslin (Tiffin) 6-0, 6-1
• def. Eileen Carney (Toledo) 6-4, 6-4
• def. Polina Radeva (BGSU) 6-1, 6-4 -- CHAMPION

POLINA RADEVA
• def. Iris Thious (Detroit Mercy) 7-5, 6-1
• def. Abbie Jade Riley (Tiffin) 6-4, 6-4
• lost to Paula Comella (BGSU) 6-1, 6-4 -- RUNNER-Up

BROWN BRACKET
VANESA PARDO
• def. Larissa Wieser (Ashland) 6-2, 6-2
• lost to Koko Chishaki (Toledo) 6-4, 7-6(5)
• def. Lauren Prince (Tiffin) 8-2
• def. Anna Hart (Ashland) 8-1
• lost to Thalita Rodrigues (Toledo) 7-5 in back-draw championship

AYUMI SASAKI
• def. Thalita Rodrigues (Toledo) 7-5, 6-2
• def. Kiersten Carlson (Toledo) 7-5, 7-5
• lost to Marharita-Sophia Tavpash (BGSU) 6-1, 6-3 -- RUNNER-UP

MARHARITA-SOPHIA TAVPASH
• def. Chelsea Apawti (Detroit Mercy) 6-1, 6-1
• def. Koko Chishaki (Toledo) 6-3, 6-3
• def. Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU) 6-1, 6-3 -- CHAMPION

WHITE BRACKET
LAURA SILVEIRA
• def. Lydia Bice (Ashland) 7-5, 6-4
• lost to Ksenia Providokhina (Detroit Mercy) 6-3, 6-4
• lost to Milah Ryland (Tiffin) 8-0

MARTA BETTINELLI
• def. Hazuki Ogino (Ashland) 6-1, 6-1
• lost to Chrissy Fuller (Toledo) 7-5, 6-1

DOUBLES
FREDDIE FALCON BRACKET
COMELLA/TAVPASH
• def. Sirgant/Prince (Tiffin) 6-0
• def. Carlson/Chishaki (Toledo) 6-3
• def. Radeva/Silveira (BGSU) N/A -- CHAMPIONS

RADEVA/SILVEIRA
• def. Riley/Geslin (Tiffin) 6-1
• def. Leenabanchong/Rodrigues (Toledo) 6-4
• lost to Comella/Tavpash (BGSU) -- RUNNER-UP FINISH

FRIEDA FALCON BRACKET
SASAKI/PARDO
• def. Wiedner/Meyer (Tiffin) 6-0
• def. Thioux/Providokhina (Detroit Mercy) 7-5
• lost to Bettinelli (BGSU)/Fuller (UT) 6-4 -- RUNNER-UP FINISH

BETTINELLI/FULLER ^
• def. Ryland/Foster (Tiffin) 6-0
• def. Aleck/Carney (Toledo) 6-2
• def. Sasaki/Pardo (BGSU) 6-4 -- CHAMPIONS

^ Toledo's Christina Fuller

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