Bowling Green Completes Doubleheader Against Notre Dame To Open Spring Play

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Bowling Green State University tennis program began their spring campaign on Sunday (Jan. 19) taking on Notre Dame in a doubleheader. The Fighting Irish took both matches on the day, winning the first 6-1 and the second 5-0. The Falcons drop to 0-2 to begin the season, but will return home this Friday to face Youngstown State at Perrysburg Tennis Center for their Home Opener. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m.

BGSU Results
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 - South Bend, Ind.

Match 1 (Began at 10 a.m.)
SINGLES
1 - Zoe Spence (ND) def. Marharita-Sophia Tavpash (BGSU), 6-3, 6-4
2 - Cameron Corse (ND) def. Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU), 6-0, 6-1
3 - Yulia Kapitanova (BGSU) def. Bess Waldram (ND), 7-6 (8), 6-2
4 - Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU), 6-1, 6-1
5 - Page Freeman (ND) def. Marta Bettinelli (BGSU), 6-1, 6-1
6 - Julia Lilien (ND) def. Laura Silveira (BGSU), 6-1, 6-1

DOUBLES
1 - Bojczuk/Freeman (ND) def.Tavpash/Bettinelli (BGSU), 6-2
2 - Waldram/Lilien (ND) def. Tsadari/Kapitanova (BGSU), 6-4
3 - Koscielski/Taylor (ND) def. Sasaki/Silveira (BGSU), 6-2

Match 2 (Began at 4 p.m.)
SINGLES
1 - Marharita-Sophia Tavpash (BGSU) vs. Cameron Corse (ND) 7-6 (7), Unfinished
2 - Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Yulia Kapitanova (BGSU), 6-2, 6-1
3 - Page Freeman (ND) def. Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU), 7-5, 6-2
4 - Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU) vs. Julia Lilien (ND), 6-7, 1-0 Unfinished
5 - Zoe Taylor (ND) def. Marta Bettinelli (BGSU), 6-3, 4-3
6 - Maeve Koscielski (ND) def. Laura Silveira (BGSU), 6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES
1 - Tavpash/Bettinelli (BGSU) def. Corse/Spence (ND), 6-1
2 - Freeman/Taylor (ND) def. Tsadari/Kapitanova (BGSU), 6-1
3 - Bojczuk/Waldram (ND) def. Sasaki/Silveira (BGSU), 6-1

Making Of The Matches

The day began with doubles play that saw the Fighting Irish capture the point. In both first and third doubles, the Falcons kept pace with Notre Dame, but the early lead for the Fighting Irish proved to be too much as Bowling Green fell short 6-2 in both.
As for second doubles, the Falcon duo of Tsadari and Kapitanova battled to take a 3-1 lead, but a surge by the Irish granted them four straight points to move the score in their favor, 5-3. Bowling Green then claimed a fourth point, but Notre Dame answered to take the set.
In the first set, Kapitanova jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but Notre Dame fought back to tie it up and send the set to extra points. Kapitanova was still able to capture the first set to claim the 1-0 advantage. She was able to roll that momentum into the second set as well to take a 6-2 victory and claim the point for the Falcons.
Beginning the second match of the day in double play, Tavpash and Bettinelli came away with a victory, but Notre Dame still was able to claim the doubles point.

Moving In The Record Book

With a doubles win in the second match of the day, Tavpash took sole possession of 12th all-time for career doubles wins with 72.
As for combined wins, Tavpash is now tied with Heidi Romer (2003-06) for 23rd all-time with 123 career wins.

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