Goldey-Beacom Glides Past Bowie State 9-0 in Non-Conference Tennis

WILMINGTON, Del. - The Bowie State University women's tennis team lost a non-conference match at Goldey-Beacom College by the score of 9-0 on Wednesday afternoon.

The loss evens the Lady Bulldogs’ overall record at 6-6 and snaps Bowie State’s four-match win streak. Goldey-Beacom (14-4) entered the match ranked 37^th in the nation.

Laura Moreno (Murcia, Spain) and Julia Gutierrez (Quart, Spain) rolled to an 8-0 win versus Bowie State’s junior Amber Peters (Lanham, Md.) and freshman Dainese Smothers (Washington, D.C.), Stephanie Puentes Robinson (Bogota, Colombia) and Amina Mrad (Berlin, Germany) notched an 8-2 victory at second doubles over juniors Antonique Johnson (Laurel, Md.) and Rahwa Habtemariam (Lanham, Md.) with Raquel Morais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany) posting an 8-0 win at No. 3 doubles over senior Channae Manning (Lanham, Md.) and sophomore Selena Slaughter (Hyattsville, Md.).

Moreno got a 6-1, 6-1 win over Peters at first singles, Maria Victoria (Totana, Spain) posted a 6-1, 6-1 victory vs. Smothers at second singles and Mrad got a 6-0, 6-1 triumph at No. 3 singles over Johnson.  Sengl notched a 6-0, 6-0 win at fourth singles over Manning, Francesca Beg (Westbury, England) recorded the same score over Habtemariam at No. 5 singles and Anastasia Melnikova (Vladivostok, Russia) had the same result vs. Slaughter at sixth singles.

Despite the lopsided final score, the Lady Bulldogs will look to redeem themselves on Friday, April 10th when they host the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at 1 pm.

#37 Goldey-Beacom 9, Bowie State 0April 1, 2015 at Wilmington, DE (Delcastle Tennis Center) 

Singles competition

1. Laura Moreno (GBC) def. PETERS,Amber (BSU-W) 6-1, 6-1

2. Maria Victoria (GBC) def. SMOTHERS,Dainese (BSU-W) 6-1, 6-1

3. Amina Mrad (GBC) def. JOHNSON,Antonique (BSU-W) 6-0, 6-1

4. Nina Sengl (GBC) def. MANNING,Channae (BSU-W) 6-0, 6-0

5. Francesca Beg (GBC) def. HABTEMARIAM,Rahwa (BSU-W) 6-0, 6-0

6. Anastasia Melnikova (GBC) def. SLAUGHTER,Selena (BSU-W) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Laura Moreno/Julia Gutierrez (GBC) def. PETERS,Amber/SMOTHERS,Dainese (BSU-W) 8-0

2. S. Puentes Robinson/Amina Mrad (GBC) def. JOHNSON,Antonique/HABTEMARIAM,Rahwa (BSU-W) 8-2

3. Raquel Morais/Nina Sengl (GBC) def. MANNING,Channae/SLAUGHTER,Selena (BSU-W) 8-0

Match Notes

Bowie State 6-6

Goldey-Beacom 14-4; National ranking #37