Four Seniors Lead Bgsu Tennis into Action

The Bowling Green State University tennis team is set to play 22 matches this season with ten of them being Mid-American Conference contests. Bowling Green will be hosting eight of the matches.

Indoor matches will be held at Perrysburg Tennis Center and outdoor matches at Keefe Courts on BGSU campus. Admission is free for all matches.

“This year’s squad is made up of four seniors, and four freshmen, which makes for a weird and interesting dynamic,” said BGSU coach Mike Bonnell.

“We want to give the seniors their proper sendoff, while at the same time, give the freshmen the chance to make their mark on the program.

“We hit the ground running in a couple of weeks with out of conference play, followed by spring break in sunny Florida, and then come home to tough conference MAC play. We are excited to get this season underway.”

Team members are freshman Isabella Baker (Halifax, Nova Scotia/Citadel), freshman Brynn Chaffee (Sylvania Northview), freshman Tia Clemens (Cleveland St. Joseph), sophomore Leticia Fonseca (Caxias do Sul, Brazil), senior Lucy Furness (Cleguerec, France/Stephen F. Austin), senior Hannah Neuman (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley), senior Eloise Saraty (London, England/Liberty), and senior Ioanna Tsadari (Athens, Greece).

The Falcons begin the season Saturday, January 20 at 4 p.m. against Dayton. The following day Sunday, January 21 they will play against University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima at 2 p.m. Wrapping up the January matches, the Falcons will host Western Illinois in Perrysburg Tennis Center on Saturday, January 27 at 2:30 p.m.

Bowling Green will compete in six matches in February starting on the third, when they host University of Illinois Chicago in Perrysburg.

They will then travel to Youngstown for a weekend competition beginning with Slippery Rock on February 10 followed by Youngstown State on February 11 at 2 p.m. The Falcons will continue the travel on Friday, February 16 when they compete against Cleveland State at 2 p.m.

The final competition will take place in Indiana for a weekend matchup. Friday, February 23 Bowling Green will compete against Indiana Tech and the following day at Holy Cross in Notre Dame Tennis Center.

BGSU will spend Spring Break in Orlando, Florida where they will compete against University of Mary on March 4. The following day on March 5, the Falcons will match up against NC A&T where they will close out their trip down south.

The following week, the Falcons will open MAC play when they host Buffalo on Friday, March 15 and compete in a non-conference match on Sunday, March 17 against Oakland.

The last nine matches will be the Falcons’ MAC portion of the schedule, with four of them being scheduled for home. All the MAC matches will begin at 1 p.m. except for the Northern Illinois match that will take place in DeKlab, Illinois and will begin at 3 p.m. EST/2 p.m. CST.

The regular season concludes with a matchup against Eastern Michigan at home. The MAC Championships are set for April 26-27 in Toledo.