BGSU Tennis Sweeps Bellarmine For First Win Of The Season

Saturday, February 13

Bowling Green, OH

4:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Bellarmine

Photo by: Isaiah Vazquez/BGSU Athletics

February 13, 2021 | Women's Tennis

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University tennis program came away with their first win of the season after topping Bellarmine 7-0 on Saturday (Feb. 13) in the team's home opener. The Falcons saw a win on each court and didn't lose a set over the course of the day. Hannah Neuman also picked up her first collegiate singles win while Selina Karg did the same in doubles. The win moves the Falcons to 1-1 early in the season. They'll now look ahead to a match on the road against Xavier next Saturday (Feb. 20), set for a 4:30 p.m. start.

BGSU Results
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 - Perrysburg, Ohio

SINGLES
1 - Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU) def. Aubrey Smith (BEL), 6-3, 6-1
2 - Yulia Kapitanova (BGSU) def. Maja Kozerski (BEL), 6-1, 6-1
3 - Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU) def. Morgan Whitlock (BEL), 6-4, 6-1
4 - Hannah Neuman (BGSU) def. Channing Varnum (BEL), 6-3, 6-4
5 - Laura Silveira (BGSU) def. Ava Ratcliff (BEL), 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
6 - BGSU won via forfeit by Bellarmine

DOUBLES
1 - Tavpash/Kapitanova (BGSU) def. Smith/Ratcliff (BEL), 6-4
2 - Bettinelli/Karg (BGSU) def. Varnum/Whitlock (BEL), 6-0
3 - BGSU won via forfeit by Bellarmine

Making Of The Match

Beginning the match with doubles play, the Falcons quickly picked up the first point of the match. With BGSU taking the No. 3 doubles by forfeit, they only needed one more doubles win to secure the point. However, the Orange and Brown were able to capture victories at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to secure the 1-0 early advantage.
In singles play, the Falcons picked up a point before play began with No. 6 singles being a forfeit by Bellarmine.
As for individual singles play, all five Falcons on the court picked up the win in consecutive sets, including freshman Hannah Neuman with her first collegiate win.

Falcon Stat Facts

The doubles win at No. 2 doubles was the first of Selina Karg's collegiate career. She was joined in the feat by Hannah Neuman who registered her first singles win as a Falcon at No. 4 singles.
Picking up a doubles win, Marharita-Sophia Tavpash tallied her 132nd career victory overall with the Falcons, moving her up to a tie for 15th all-time with Katie Grubb (2010-13).
With a singles win, Ayumia Sasaki now has 101 combined wins over her career with Bowling Green, needing just three more to crack the Top 30 all-time.

Quote From Coach

"We felt a little nervous in the beginning of each match, but we found our rhythm quickly. It's just great to be back competing after 11 months off and even better that we won on all courts in singles and doubles today!"

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