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Friday, April 22, 2016

Virginia State Defeats Bowie State Women’s Tennis 7-2 in Lady Bulldogs Home Finale

BOWIE, Md. – Visiting Virginia State University women’s tennis handed Bowie State University a 7-2 setback on Friday afternoon spoiling the Lady Bulldogs’ home finale.

Bowie State’s (7-7, 5-6 CIAA, 2-4 North) to victories came via forfeit at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.

Virginia State’s Sydney Yao (Alexandria, Va.) and Sheila James (San Bernadino, Calif.) topped BSU’s Amber Peters (Lanham, Md.) and Sharaya Dunwell (Silver Spring, Md.) 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. The Trojans rolled to an 8-1 victory at No. 2 doubles as Tamisha Richardson (Anguilla, British West Indies) beat the Bowie State duo of Antonique Johnson (Laurel, Md.) and Madeleine Ndema (Lanham, Md.).

Peters played tough at No. 1 singles but was edged 8-5 by VSU’s Yao. Dunwell her No. 2 singles match 8-2 to James and Johnson dropped an 8-1 decision to Richardson at No. 3 singles. Bowie State’s Ndema played well at No. 4 singles but lost by a score of 8-6 to Thomas. Rahwa Habtemariam (Lanham, Md.) fell short at No. 5 singles, coming up on the short end by a score of 8-5 to Virginia State’s Taylor.

With the 7-2 win, Virginia State improves to 10-3 overall, 10-3 in CIAA play and 6-2 in the North.

The Bowie State Lady Bulldogs will close out the regular season with doubleheader conference matches at Elizabeth City State University on Saturday (4/23).

Virginia State 7, Bowie State 2
Apr 22, 2016 at Bowie, MD
Singles competition
1. YAO,Sydney (VSU-W) def. PETERS,Amber (BSU-W) 8-5
2. JAMES,Sheila (VSU-W) def. DUNWELL,Sharaya (BSU-W) 8-2
3. RICHARDSON,Tamisha (VSU-W) def. JOHNSON,Antonique (BSU-W) 8-1
4. THOMAS,Majhanae (VSU-W) def. NDEMA,Madeleine (BSU-W) 8-6
5. TAYLOR,Annessa (VSU-W) def. HABTEMARIAM,Rahwa (BSU-W) 8-5
6. SLAUGHTER,Selena (BSU-W) def. No player (VSU-W), by forfeit

Doubles competition
1. YAO,Sydney/JAMES,Sheila (VSU-W) def. PETERS,Amber/DUNWELL,Sharaya (BSU-W) 8-3
2. RICHARDSON,Tamisha/THOMAS,Majhanae (VSU-W) def. JOHNSON,Antonique/NDEMA,Madeleine (BSU-W) 8-1
3. HABTEMARIAM,Rahwa/SLAUGHTER,Selena (BSU-W) def. No player/No player (VSU-W), by forfeit

Match Notes
Virginia State 10-3 (10-3 CIAA)
Bowie State 7-7 (5-6 CIAA)
NORTHERN DIVISION RECORDS: Virginia State 6-2 / Bowie State 2-4

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