Falcons Stay Undefeated At Home With Win Over Indiana Tech

Friday, February 26

Perrysburg, Ohio

12:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

Indiana Tech

Photo by: Isaiah Vazquez/BGSU Athletics

February 26, 2021 | Women's Tennis

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University tennis program earned their third win of the season on Friday (Feb. 26) with a 6-1 victory over Indiana Tech. The Falcons began the day by sweeping the doubles courts before picking up five of six wins in singles as well. The win keeps Bowling Green undefeated at home while they move to 3-2 on the season. Individual accolades saw both Marharita-Sophia Tavpash and Ayumi Sasaki move up all-time lists while Hannah Neuman claimed her first doubles victory of her collegiate career with partner Laura Silveira.

BGSU Results
Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 - Perrysburg, Ohio

SINGLES
1 - Marharita-Sophia Tavpash (BGSU) def. Vero Jimenez (Ind. Tech) 6-1, 6-2
2 - Yulia Kapitanova (BGSU) def. Abigail Simms (Ind. Tech), 6-1, 6-3
3 - Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU) def. Martina Borges (Ind. Tech), 6-1, 6-1
4 - Selina Karg (BGSU) def. Marianna Murcia (Ind. Tech), 6-2, 6-0
5 - Marta Bettinelli (BGSU) def. Thaina Carvalho (Ind. Tech), 6-1, 6-1
6 - Ana Gomez (Ind. Tech) def. Florencia Fuentes (BGSU), 2-6, 7-5,10-8

DOUBLES
1 - Tavpash/Kapitanova (BGSU) def. Hrnjak/Simms (Ind. Tech), 6-3
2 - Sasaki/Karg (BGSU) def. Jimenez/Murcia (Ind. Tech), 6-1
3 - Silveira/Neuman (BGSU) def. Carvalho/Fabbri (Ind. Tech), 6-4
Exh. - Bettinelli/Fuentes (BGSU) def. Borges/Gomez (Ind. Tech), 6-1

Making Of The Match

Beginning in doubles play, the Falcons first claimed a win at No. 2 doubles seeing Ayumi Sasaki and Selina Karg pair up for a 6-1 score. The two tallied points to a 5-0 lead before concluding at 6-1.
The Orange and Brown soon picked up the doubles point with Marharita-Sophia Tavpash and Yulia Kapitanova capturing a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles to give the Falcons the early 1-0 advantage.
Capping off doubles play, Laura Silveira and Hannah Neuman picked up the No. 3 doubles win as well, finishing out a 6-4 final.
Although it didn't count towards the match, Marta Bettinelli and Florencia Fuentes played an exhibition doubles match that saw them win 6-1.
Moving to singles play, Bettinelli was the first to conclude her match, winning both sets 6-1 to give the Falcons their second point of the day. She carried 3-0 starts into each set before clinching the wins.
Just minutes after Bettinelli finished she was joined by Karg who picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win for the Falcons to move the score to 3-0. Karg started out in front 3-0 in the first set before Indiana Tech challenged with two points, however, Karg didn't give up another point the rest of the day.
Only a few more minutes passed before the next singles match went final, seeing Ayumi Sasaki pick up a win with a pair of 6-1 finals. Like Bettinelli and Karg, Sasaki began the first set up 3-0 before closing the door at 6-1. In the second set, it began closer at 2-1 but Sasaki again finished out the set strong.
The next singles match to go final saw Yulia Kapitanova add to the Bowling Green score with 6-1 and 6-3 finals. Kapitanova began both sets up 3-0. In the first she allowed the one point before surging to the 6-1 final. In the second, they two battled to the end, but the edge was enough for Kapitanova to secure the victory.
Marharita-Sophia Tavpash picked up a win just moments after Kapitanova, seeing 6-1 and 6-2 finals. In both sets Tavpash battled back from 1-0 deficits to quickly regain the lead. In the first set she scored six straight points to win and the second set wasn't much different with the 6-2 final.

Falcon Stat Facts

With the doubles win, Marharita-Sophia Tavpash tied her former doubles partner, Paula Comella, for sixth all-time in career doubles wins with 79. As for singles, Tavpash moved up the all-time list there as well with her 58th win. Moving past Jenny Cheung, Tavpash now has sole possession of 25th all-time.
Also picking up a doubles win, Ayumi Sasaki tallied the 50th of her career in the Orange and Brown, now tied for 30th on the all-time list with Heidi Romer. Sasaki also claimed a singles win that moved her into a tie with Devon Bissinger for 27th on the all-time career singles wins list with 56. The pair of wins also put Sasaki in a tie on the career combined wins list, now with 106 and tied with Jenn Nussbaum for 28th all-time.

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