Goldey-Beacom Women’s Tennis Cruises to 9-0 Victory at Bowie State

BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State women’s tennis dropped their final regular season match of the season, falling 9-0 to Goldey-Beacom College. The Lady Bulldogs will take a 6-9 record into this week’s (4/17-19) CIAA Spring Championships.

If was a rough afternoon for the home team as Goldey-Beacom’s Rocio Moreno (Sevilla, Spain) and Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany) topped Bowie State’s Amber Peters (Lanham, Md.) and Antonique Johnson (Laurel, Md.) at No. 1 doubles by a score of 8-1. BSU’s Iyabode Sodipo (Baltimore, Md.) and Channae Manning (Lanham, Md.) were shutout 8-0 at No. 2 doubles by Stephanie Robinson (Bogota, Columbia) and Maria Martinez (Santiago, Spain). The Lady Bulldogs’ No. 3 doubles tandem of Brianna Burke (Boston, Mass.) and Rahwa Habtemariam (Lanham, Md.) lost 8-0 to Gabriela Chaves (Joao Pessoa, Brazil) and Filipa Correia (Lisboa, Portugal) of the Lightning.

Goldey-Beacom’s Moreno defeated Bowie State’s Peters 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles play. BSU’s Sodipo was beaten 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles by Robinson and GBC’s Martinez defeated BSU’s Johnson 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. Manning fell to Correia 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles while Burke and Habtemariam came up short by scores of 6-1 and 6-0 respectively at No. 5 and 6 singles.