BG Tennis Opens MAC Play with Close 4-3 Loss to Buffalo
OWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Tennis (9-5, MAC 0-1) team dropped a hard-fought match to the Buffalo Bulls (14-2, MAC 1-0) by a score of 4-3. In the loss, three Falcons: Qianyu Liu, Leticia Fonseca and Lucia Gaio all picked up wins in singles in tiebreakers.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Tennis (9-5, MAC 0-1) team dropped a hard-fought match to the Buffalo Bulls (14-2, MAC 1-0) by a score of 4-3. In the loss, three Falcons: Qianyu Liu, Leticia Fonseca and Lucia Gaio all picked up wins in singles in tiebreakers.
The Falcons started the match dropping the doubles point and No 1, No. 2 and No. 4 singles. For BGSU, the bright spots of the match came in No. 3 and No. 5 – No.6 singles. Notably, in No. 6 singles Lucia Gaio came back from dropping a close first set to force a tie breaker and picked up the come from behind win.
Doubles
- Esmee Andresen/Maria Glowacka (BUF) def. Tia Clemens/Bella Baker (BGSU), 6-3
- Jagmeet Kaur/Marta Giglio vs. Qianyu Liu/Konstantina Adamopolou (BGSU), 4-3 (DNF)
- Liv Roestel/Blanca Bereges (BUF) def. Leticia Fonseca/Lucia Gaio (BGSU), 6-3
Singles
- Andresen (BUF) def. Clemens (BGSU), 6-4, 6-4
- Glowacka (BUF) def. Baker (BGSU), 6-4, 7-5
- Liu (BGSU) def. Kaur (BUF), 6-3, 6-7 (10-8)
- Julia Laspro (BUF) def. Adamopolou (BGSU), 6-2, 6-4
- Fonseca (BGSU) def. Bereges (BUF), 6-3, 1-6 (10-6)
- Gaio (BGSU) def. Roestel (BUF), 6-7, 6-3 (10-7)
Up Next
The Falcons will continue MAC play with two weekend matches on the road against Miami (OH) and Toledo.
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