Three Falcons Win In Singles As Bowling Green Falls To Buffalo

Sunday, April 3

Perrysburg, Ohio

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Buffalo

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

April 03, 2022 | Women's Tennis

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By: by David Dietrich, BGSU Strategic Communications

PERRYSBURG, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons dropped their first home match of the month to Buffalo, 4-3. Like Friday, Selina Karg and Hannah Neuman opened the day with a win at No. 1 in doubles. The sophomores claimed a 6-4 victory to earn their third consecutive win. The duo has a 13-6 record as partners and has won three of their four MAC matches this season. The Bulls earned 6-4 victories in the No. 2 and 3 matches to take the doubles point.

In singles, Karg earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 1. It marked the 14^th singles victory of the season and 32^nd of her career. In MAC play, the Augsburg, Germany native holds a 3-2 record this season. The next match to finish was No. 2, with Ioanna Tsadari notching a three-set win. The junior cruised to a 6-1 win in the first set before dropping the next set, 6-3. In the deciding set, Tsadari built a 3-2 lead and maintained momentum for a 6-3 triumph. Her MAC record this season is a team-best 4-1, with a season record of 14-12. In total, Tsadari has 55 career wins between singles and doubles.

The final match to complete was No. 4 singles, with Annika Vetter winning in three sets. The freshman dropped the opener, 6-2, before rebounding with a 6-4 win. She outlasted Ambre Amat in the third set, tallying a 12-10 victory to give the Falcons their third point. The win marked Vetter's 12^th of the season and second in conference competition.

The loss drops BGSU to 4-12 on the season, with a 1-4 mark in MAC competition. Buffalo improves to 13-6 overall and 2-3 in the conference.

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Singles
1. Selina Karg (BGSU) def. Pia Schwarz (UB) 6-3, 6-1
2. Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU) def. Hsin-Yuan Shih (UB) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
3. Gabriella Akopyan (UB) def. Maru Poppe (BGSU) 6-3, 7-5
4. Annika Vetter (BGSU) def. Ambre Amat (UB) 2-6, 6-4, 12-10
5. Azra Deniz Comlek (UB) def. Hannah Neuman (BGSU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Mariana Carvajal Torres (UB) def. Laura Maia Silveira (BGSU) 7-6 (7), 6-4

Doubles
1. Selina Karg / Hannah Neuman (BGSU) def. Pia Schwarz / Azra Deniz Comlek (UB) 6-4
2. Ambre Amat / Lolina Schietekat Sedas (UB) def. Laura Maia Silveira / Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU) 6-4
3. Nikoleta Antoniou-Karademitrou / Gabriella Akopyan (UB) def. Annika Vetter / Maru Poppe (BGSU) 6-4

Order of finish: Singles (5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 4); Doubles (1, 3, 2)

Up Next
The Falcons play their first back-to-back weekend of the conference season. Bowling Green will host Ball State at the Perrysburg Tennis Center on Friday, April 8. BGSU remains in Northwest Ohio for this year's first edition of the Battle of I-75, taking on Toledo on Saturday, April 9. Both matches start at 1 p.m.

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