BALTIMORE – UMBC captured the doubles point, but visiting George Washington captured four of six singles matches to edge the Retrievers, 4-3, on Feb. 5 at 40 West Racquet Club.

UMBC's Nos. 2 and No. 3 tandems led the way in doubles as freshman Maria Siopacha and senior Shannon Cleary triumphed, 6-3, at the No. 2 position and sophomores Alice Taylor and Charlotte Tonjann won, 6-2, at the No. 3 slot.

Taylor and Cleary also captured their singles matches, with the sophomore downing Nedenander, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 at the No. 4 position and Cleary taking a straight set victory over Kogan, 6-4, 6-2.

UMBC travels to Connecticut next weekend for matches versus Hartford and Fairfield.   

Doubles

No. 1 Hansen/Nedenander, GW def. Mariami Dolashvili/Madlena Kurasz, UMBC, 6-3

No. 2 Maria Siopacha/Shannon Cleary, UMBC def.Grubac/DeCamps, GW,  6-3

No. 3 Alice Taylor/Charlotte Tonjann, UMBC def. Radosavljevic/Kogan, GW, 6-2

Singles

No. 1 Radosavljevic def. Siopacha, 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 Grubac def. Kurasz, 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 DeCamps def. Dolashvili, 6-4, 6-3

No. 4 Taylor def. Nedenander, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1

No. 5 Cleary def. Kogan, 6-4, 6-2

No. 6 Hansen def. Tonjann,  6-4, 6-1