FAIRFAX, Va. --  The George Mason women's tennis team defeated the visiting Wagner Seahawks on Sunday, March 22 in a close 4-3 contest.

George Mason opened the scoring by taking the doubles point with wins by the No. 1 team of Cenan Liu and Mary Young and the No. 2 team, Brooklyn Siegel and Maya Bayat.

Young put the home team up 2-0 with a quick 6-0, 6-1 singles win at No. 4. Wagner got on the score board with a win at No. 1 singles, but that was quickly offset by a 6-3, 6-2 win by George Mason's Maya Bayat at No. 3
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The Seahawks made it 3-2 with a win at No. 2 singles, but Noelle Talarek secured the Patriot victory with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles. Wagner closed out the scoring by winning a battle at No. 6 singles when Shivaani Ganesh lost in a third-set tiebreaker.

"This was a good win for us today," commented Coach Steve Curtis. "We didn't play our best but we found a way to win against a solid Seahawk team."

Up Next
The Patriots head on the road for a two-game away stint against Saint Joseph's on Friday, April 3 in Piladelphia, Pa. and Monmouth University on Saturday, April 4 in West Long Branch, N.J.
 

George Mason 4, Wagner 3

Singles competition

1. Victoria Madail (WAG) def. Cenan Liu (GMU) 6-4, 6-4

2. Samantha Bentsianov (WAG) def. Maitree Diksha Rout (GMU) 6-3, 7-5

3. Maya Bayat (GMU) def. Alexia Estrada (WAG) 6-3, 6-2

4. Mary Young (GMU) def. Dariana Vera (WAG) 6-0, 6-1

5. Noelle Talarek (GMU) def. Claudia Lindsey (WAG) 6-3, 6-0

6. Hannah Fitzgerald (WAG) def. Shivaani Ganesh (GMU) 4-6, 6-3, 10-3
Order of finish: 4,1,3,2,5,6
 

Doubles competition

1. Cenan Liu/Mary Young (GMU) def. Victoria Madail/Dariana Vera (WAG) 6-3

2. Brooklyn Siegel/Maya Bayat (GMU) def. Claudia Lindsey/Alexia Estrada (WAG) 6-3

3. Samantha Bentsianov/Hannah Fitzgerald (WAG) def. Noelle Talarek/R. Ramanantoanina (GMU) 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1