Women's Tennis Drops Mid-Week Match to Delaware

Thursday, March 5

Washington, DC

1:00pm

George Washington University

University of Delaware

3/5/2020 5:14:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Colonials host Howard on Thursday, Match 12

WASHINGTON -- In its return to the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC), the George Washington women's tennis team dropped its match to Delaware, 5-2, on Thursday afternoon.

After GW notched the early doubles point, the Blue Hens battled back in singles play, securing five victories to finish the day on top. First-year Sarah Bodewes was the lone Colonial to top her opponent in singles action, defeating Viva Laas at No. 5, 6-3, 6-3.

ROAD AHEAD: The Colonials will face local foe Howard on Thursday, March 12 at the SETLC before making the short trip to College Park, Md., two days later to go head-to-head with Maryland at noon.

Delaware 5, GW 2
Doubles
1. Katarina Marinkovikj / Melis Bayraktaroglu def. Eliza Askarova / Sarah Whited 6-2
2. Sarah Bodewes / Luciana Kunkel vs. Jojo Bach / Caragh Courtney 4-3
3. Alexandra Vesikallio / Jiaqing Mo def. Viva Laas / Bella Montana 6-4

Singles
1. Eliza Askarova def. Katarina Marinkovikj 6-3, 6-3
2. Bella Montana def. Melis Bayraktaroglu 6-0, 7-5
3. Caragh Courtney def. Alexandra Vesikallio 6-4, 6-4
4. Jojo Bach def. Luciana Kunkel 6-7, 7-1, 6-2
5. Sarah Bodewes def. Vivas Laas 6-3, 6-3
6. Sarah Whited def. Jiaqing Mo 6-4, 6-7, 6-0