Women's Tennis Bows Out in A-10 Semifinals

Friday, April 26

Orlando, Fla.

7:00 PM

George Washington University

University of Richmond

4/26/2019 10:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Colonials fall to Richmond, 4-1

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The George Washington women's tennis team put up a fight in Friday evening's semifinal against No. 6 seed Richmond, but came up short in a 4-1 setback that ended the Colonials' season.

The squad dropped the early doubles point to start their evening. Despite a win from the No. 2 duo of Sara Grubac and Katarina Marinkovikj, GW fell at Nos. 1 and 3 to go down by one heading into singles action.

Melis Bayraktaroglu gave the Buff and Blue its first point of the day, defeating Dessi Zlaeteva in a straight set 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 2 to close the overall score to 2-1. The Spiders responded with a win at No. 1, but the Colonials continued to battle and pushed each of the final three matches to a third set. A Richmond win at No. 5 stifled the Colonials' comeback as the Spiders notched the decisive fourth victory to finish the night on top.

GW graduates a trio of seniors in Maria Siopacha, Grubac, and Victoria Kogan and will return Bayraktaroglu, Marinkovikj, and Xenia de Luna next season.

No. 6 Richmond 4, No. 2 GW 1
Doubles
1. Kiana Marshall / Emily Dunbar def. Maria Siopacha / Melis Bayraktaroglu 6-1
2. Sara Grubac / Katarina Marinkovikj def. Dessi Zlaeteva / Lea Owens 6-2
3. Lydell Giffenig / Adrienne Haynes def. Victoria Kogan / Xenia de Luna 6-4

Singles
1. Emily Dunbar def. Maria Siopacha 6-4, 6-1
2. Kiana Marshall def. Sara Grubac 6-1, 6-2
3. Melis Bayraktaroglu def. Dessi Zlaeteva 6-2, 6-3
4. Katarina Marinkovikj vs. Lea Owens 5-7, 7-6(6), 3-0 DNF
5. Helene Heiberg def. Xenia de Luna 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
6. Anna Ramirez vs. Victoria Kogan 6-3, 7-6(6)