Poppe Wins Flight, Saraty Undefeated In Singles As Falcons Conclude Spartan Invite

Friday, September 30

East Lansing, MI

9:00 AM

Bowling Green State University

Spartan Invite

Poppe Wins Flight, Saraty Undefeated In Singles As Falcons Conclude Spartan Invite

October 02, 2022 | Women's Tennis

Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap

By: by David Dietrich, BGSU Strategic Communications

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons finished their first competition of the fall, participating in the third day of the Spartan Invite on Sunday, Oct. 2. Maru Poppe and Youngstown State's Jessica Stanmore each won their singles match, securing the title in the 'D' flight. Over the weekend, the duo went 2-1 in doubles play, with Poppe winning all three of her singles matches. Poppe paired with Hannah Neuman in the 'B' flight doubles, falling in a closely contested match to NIU, 7-6 (8).

Also playing in the 'D' flight were Falcon transfers Eloise Saraty and Lucy Furness. The duo dropped a close doubles match to Marquette, 7-6 (5), but each rebounded with a singles win. Furness won 7-5, 6-1 over Nicole Hopman, then Saraty closed with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Giulia Turconi. With the win, Saraty clinched a 3-0 singles record this weekend.

Izzo Flight (B):
Dimitriev/Righi (NIU) def. Neuman/Poppe (BGSU), 7-6 (8)
Erika Dimitriev (NIU) def. Hannah Neuman (BGSU) 7-6, 6-1

Spartan Dawgs Flight (D):
Turconi/Hopman (MARQ) def. Furness/Saraty (BGSU), 7-6 (5)
Eloise Saraty (BGSU) def. Giulia Turconi (MARQ), 6-2, 6-3
Lucy Furness (BGSU) def. Nicole Hopman (MARQ), 7-5, 6-1

Weise/Kaiser (MARQ) def. Poppe/Stanmore (BGSU/YSU), 7-5
Maru Poppe (BGSU) def. Andie Weise (MARQ), 6-3, 6-2

Final Tournament Totals
Ioanna Tsadari: 1-1 in Singles
Hannah Neuman: 1-2 in Singles
Lucy Furness: 2-1 in Singles
Eloise Saraty: 3-0 in Singles
Maru Poppe: 3-0 in Singles

Neuman/Tsadari: 1-1 in Doubles
Neuman/Poppe: 0-1 in Doubles
Furness/Saraty: 1-2 in Doubles
Poppe/Stanmore (YSU): 2-1 in Doubles

Coach Bonnell's Outlook
"Great experience for the Falcon team this weekend against some of the best competition in the country. Now we take what we learned in competition and improve even more on the practice courts back home."

Up Next
The Falcons have a few weeks off before competing in the ITA Midwest Regionals. Regionals will be held at the University of Michigan from Thursday, Oct. 20 to Monday, Oct. 24.

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