Furness and Neuman Earn Another Doubles Win in Sunday Loss to Spartans

Sunday, February 5

East Lansing, MI

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Michigan State

Photo by: Daniel Carlson, BGSU Athletics

Furness and Neuman Earn Another Doubles Win in Sunday Loss to Spartans

February 05, 2023 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Pair is 4-2 this spring, including 3-0 mark in the No. 2 spot

By: by David Dietrich, BGSU Strategic Communications

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons dropped a Sunday (Feb. 5) match to the Michigan State Spartans, 7-0. Lucy Furness and Hannah Neuman paired for a 6-3 doubles win over Charlotte Gisclon and Makenna Martinez, taking the victory at the No. 2 spot. The duo, who earned MAC Doubles Team of the Week on Jan. 26, improves to 4-2 this season. They are 3-0 when playing in the No. 2 spot. As a team, Bowling Green is 5-1 in the No. 2 singles spot, Eloise Saraty and Maru Poppe played in the No. 1 spot for the first time this season, falling 6-4 to Liisa Vehvilainen and Ayshe Can in a hard-fought match. Furness nearly knocked off Marley Lambert in No. 2 singles, answering a first-set loss with a second-set win before falling in the tiebreaker, 11-9. BGSU is now 1-5 on the season, with MSU standing at 3-2.

Results
Singles
1. Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU) def. Eloise Saraty (BGSU), 6-4, 6-1
2. Marley Lambert (MSU) def. Lucy Furness (BGSU), 7-5, 4-6, 11-9
3. Nicole Conard (MSU) def. Maru Poppe (BGSU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Juliette Nask (MSU) def. Hannah Neuman (BGSU), 6-2, 6-0
5. Charlotte Gisclon (MSU) def. Leticia Fonseca (BGSU), 6-1, 6-0
6. Tia Mukherjee (MSU) def. Diana Ivanikhina (BGSU), 6-2, 6-0

Order of Finish: 6, 4, 5, 1, 3, 2

Doubles
1. Vehvilainen / Can (MSU) def. Saraty / Poppe (BGSU), 6-4
2. Furness / Neuman (BGSU) def. Gisclon / Martinez (MSU), 6-3
3. Mukherjee / Karoub (MSU) def. Fonseca / Ivanikhina (BGSU), 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Up Next
The Falcons have a weekend off before picking back up with a home match against Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 17. First serve is set for 1 p.m. ET at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.

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