By: Justin DeWeese
MISHAWAKA, Ind. - The Goshen tennis teams suffered defeats to the Bethel Pilots on Wednesday in Mishawaka. The Bethel men won 5-2, and the women swept Goshen 7-0 to move to 5-1 overall this season.
Pedro Scattolon fought back to win in three hard-fought sets at #3 singles 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(10).
Insee Akarapan also came out on top in a challenging match at #5 singles, winning 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Scattolon and
Matija Margetic nearly came through with a win at #2 doubles, but Bethel won the team point 3-0.
Blanka Bodo lost her first singles match of the year, falling to Julieta Gonzalez in straight sets. Bodo is now 5-1 in singles competition this season.
Sude Aytekin and
Carmen Aliaga lost a tight one in #2 doubles, as Kaavya Palani and Ariadni Korovla won 7-5.
Goshen hosts Saint Francis on Saturday, September 16, at 10:00 am. These matches were initially slated for 9:00 am but moved back an hour later. They are being played at the Goshen Jr. High School.
Men's Tennis — Bethel 5, Goshen 2
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 at Bethel
Doubles — Bethel won team point 3-0
1. Victor Bonsergent/Luka Morkovic (BU) def.
Filippo Gallo/
Insee Akarapan 6-3
2. Santiago Flores/Daniel Jancic (BU) def.
Matija Margetic/
Pedro Scattolon 7-6(5)
3. Wicolo Marchetti/Adriano Andrade (BU) def.
Mario Gomez/
Brandon Lomas 6-2
Singles
1. Bonsergent (BU) def. Gallo 7-5, 7-5
2. Morkovic (BU) def. Margetic 6-4, 6-2
3. Scattolon (GC) def. Flores 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(10)
4. Marchetti (BU) def. Gomez 6-3, 7-6(0)
5. Akarapan (GC) def. Andrade 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6. Jancic (BU) def. Lomas 6-4, 6-3
Women's Tennis — Bethel 7, Goshen 0
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 at Bethel
Doubles — Bethel won team point 3-0
1. Szilvi Fevenczy/Klya Heckaman (BU) def.
Szofia Kallai/
Blanka Bodo 6-4
2. Kaavya Palani/Ariadni Korovla (BU) def.
Sude Aytekin/
Carmen Aliaga 7-5
3. Kyla Steyn/Julieta Gonzalez (BU) def.
Naomi Lapp Klassen/
Morgan Priebe 6-0
Singles
1. Palani (BU) def. Aytekin 6-1, 6-1
2. Fevenczy (BU) def. Kallai 6-3, 6-2
3. Gonzalez (BU) def. Bodo 6-1, 7-6(4)
4. Sharaf (BU) def. Priebe 6-0, 6-0
5. Heckaman (BU) def. Lapp Klassen 6-1, 6-0
6. Pena (BU) def. Gamboa 6-2, 6-0