
Bulls Drop 5-2 Decision At Bowling Green
3/19/2021 4:41:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BOWLING GREEN, OH – The University at Buffalo women's tennis dropped its Mid-American Conference opener on Friday at Bowling Green, 5-2. It was UB's first loss of the year.
The Falcons took all three matches in doubles to claim the early 1-0 lead and then won four of the six matches in singles.
Junior Hsin-Yuan Shih came away with a straight sets victory at fourth singles, 6-4, 6-4, while senior Gabriella Akopyan had the other win at second singles. She lost her first set 6-1, but then came back with a 7-6 win in set two and a 10-6 win in the third.
Buffalo returns to action tomorrow when they remain in northwest Ohio for a neutral site contest with Northern Illinois.
SINGLES
1 - Margarita-Sophia Tavpash (BGSU) def. Pia Schwarz (UB), 6-3, 6-4
2 - Gabriella Akopyan (UB) def. Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU), 1-6, 7-6, 10-6
3 - Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU) def. Ambre Amat (UB), 6-2, 6-2
4 - Hsin-Yuan Shih (UB) def. Yulia Kapitanova (BGSU), 6-4, 6-3
5 - Selina Karg (BGSU) def. Lolina Schietekat Sedas (UB), 6-2, 6-1
6 - Marta Bettinelli (BGSU) def. Matiana Carvajal Torres (UB), 6-1, 6-4
DOUBLES
1 - Tavpash/Silveira (BGSU) def. Antoniou-Karademitrou/Akopyan (UB), 6-2
2 - Sasaki/Tsadari (BGSU) def. Schwarz/Amat (UB), 6-2
3 - Bettinelli/Karg (BGSU) def. Shih/Schietekat-Sedas (UB), 6-2
The Falcons took all three matches in doubles to claim the early 1-0 lead and then won four of the six matches in singles.
Junior Hsin-Yuan Shih came away with a straight sets victory at fourth singles, 6-4, 6-4, while senior Gabriella Akopyan had the other win at second singles. She lost her first set 6-1, but then came back with a 7-6 win in set two and a 10-6 win in the third.
Buffalo returns to action tomorrow when they remain in northwest Ohio for a neutral site contest with Northern Illinois.
SINGLES
1 - Margarita-Sophia Tavpash (BGSU) def. Pia Schwarz (UB), 6-3, 6-4
2 - Gabriella Akopyan (UB) def. Ioanna Tsadari (BGSU), 1-6, 7-6, 10-6
3 - Ayumi Sasaki (BGSU) def. Ambre Amat (UB), 6-2, 6-2
4 - Hsin-Yuan Shih (UB) def. Yulia Kapitanova (BGSU), 6-4, 6-3
5 - Selina Karg (BGSU) def. Lolina Schietekat Sedas (UB), 6-2, 6-1
6 - Marta Bettinelli (BGSU) def. Matiana Carvajal Torres (UB), 6-1, 6-4
DOUBLES
1 - Tavpash/Silveira (BGSU) def. Antoniou-Karademitrou/Akopyan (UB), 6-2
2 - Sasaki/Tsadari (BGSU) def. Schwarz/Amat (UB), 6-2
3 - Bettinelli/Karg (BGSU) def. Shih/Schietekat-Sedas (UB), 6-2
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