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Chiricosta Breaks Another Record as Falcons Dismantle Ball State
April 02, 2011 | Women's Tennis
Senior sets school mark for career doubles wins in BGSU's 6-1 victory
Bowling Green State University tennis senior Christine Chiricosta added to her record collection, leading the Falcons to a 6-1 win over Ball State University Saturday afternoon (April 2). The Mid-American Conference match was held at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for post-match interviews with Katie Grubb, Maddy Eccleston & Christine Chiricosta
With the victory, the Falcons improved to 11-5 overall and 2-2 in MAC matches on the season. The Cardinals dropped to 6-12 and 0-4, respectively.
Chiricosta, who already held the BGSU career records for singles wins and combined victories, teamed up with sophomore Maddy Eccleston for an 8-3 victory at the top doubles flight on Saturday afternoon, moving into sole possession of first place on the doubles list as well. Chiricosta now has 85 career doubles wins, breaking the mark of 84 originally set by Jenny Cheung (1995-98).
Chiricosta made quick work of Georgina Thomson at the top singles flight, increasing her career totals to 85 singles wins and 170 overall victories at BGSU. The senior co-captain did not lose a single game in her sweep of Thomson.
Sophomore Mary Hill also posted a pair of shutouts in her fourth-flight win over Dena Boulieris, with her match concluding several minutes before Chiricosta's. Eccleston and freshmen Nikki Chiricosta and Emily Reuland each won their respective singles matches in two sets.
As mentioned, Christine Chiricosta and Eccleston won at the top doubles flight, opening up a 3-0 lead en route to the win over Kylee Johnson and Kristel Sanders. Sophomores Katie Grubb and Jade Johnson won by an 8-4 outcome at the second flight, winning their last three games to pull away from Boulieris and Thomson.
In third-flight action, Hill and Nikki Chiricosta also won by an 8-4 score, topping the BSU duo of Sarah Hebble and Lauren Pickrel.
When singles play began, it didn't take long for Hill and Christine Chiricosta to close out their matches. Hill quickly downed Boulieris at the fourth level, while Chiricosta swept Thomson. Soon after Chiricosta's match ended, her sister wrapped up a victory at flight number three. Nikki Chiricosta lost only two total games in her win over Hebble, with that win giving the Brown and Orange the fourth point to clinch the match victory.
Reuland picked up a win soon afterward, as she dropped a total of only three games against the Cardinals' Paola Rodriguez. BSU did pick up a point at the sixth flight, as Pickrel eked out a win over junior Jessica Easdale. Pickrel captured the first set by a 6-1 count, before Easdale came roaring back for a 6-2 victory in the second set. With the Falcons having clinched the overall match win, Pickrel and Easdale played a tiebreaker, with the BSU sophomore taking a 10-5 decision.
In the final match to finish, Eccleston downed Sanders, 7-5, in a lengthy opening set at the second flight, then won the first five games of the next set on the way to a 6-1 victory.
The Falcons hit the road for a pair of matches next weekend, beginning with a Friday (April 8) dual at Western Michigan. Then, the Brown and Orange will step outside of conference play for Saturday morning's (April 9) match against UIC in the Windy City.
BGSU 6, BALL STATE 1
Sat., April 2 - Perrysburg Tennis Center - Perrysburg, Ohio
SINGLES
1 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Georgina Thomson 6-0, 6-0
2 - Maddy Eccleston (BGSU) def. Kristel Sanders 7-5, 6-1
3 - Nikki Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Sarah Hebble 6-0, 6-2
4 - Mary Hill (BGSU) def. Dena Boulieris 6-0, 6-0
5 - Emily Reuland (BGSU) def. Paola Rodriguez 6-1, 6-2
6 - Lauren Pickrel (BSU) def. Jessica Easdale 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 5, 6, 2
DOUBLES
1 - C.Chiricosta/Eccleston (BGSU) def. Sanders/Kylee Johnson 8-3
2 - Jade Johnson/Katie Grubb (BGSU) def. Boulieris/Thomson 8-4
3 - N.Chiricosta/Hill (BGSU) def. Hebble/Pickrel 8-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
RECORDS
Ball State 6-12, 0-4 MAC
BGSU 11-5, 2-2 MAC
FALCON NOTES
* The Falcons and Ball State are now tied, 17-17, in the all-time series ... BGSU has won five consecutive matches over the Cardinals.
* While Christine Chiricosta has broken all three BGSU career wins records, Nikki Chiricosta currently tops the Falcons in wins this season ... Nikki has 44 combined victories in this, her freshman campaign ... that total ties her for seventh on the BGSU records list.
* With at least six matches remaining, four different Falcons have won at least 40 total matches this season ... last season, only two BGSU players won as many as 40 matches ... Nikki Chiricosta, as mentioned, leads the 2010-11 Falcons with 44 total wins ... Christine Chiricosta and Mary Hill have 42 combined victories apiece, while Maddy Eccleston has 41.
* The doubles team of Nikki Chiricosta and Hill is now 4-0 in MAC matches ... that duo has gone 6-0 in dual-match play and 13-3 this season to date.
* Christine Chiricosta and Eccleston have gone 3-1 in MAC doubles matches ... that duo is 12-4 since the start of dual-match play ... they went 20-8 as a team last year, and are currently 20-8 in all matches this season.
* Hill and Emily Reuland each are 3-1 in MAC singles matches in their first season with the Falcons ... Hill is 4-1 since being moved to the fourth singles flight, while Reuland now has a 6-1 record at flight number five.
* Christine Chiricosta has 21 singles wins and 21 doubles wins this season to date ... in her career, she has 85 singles victories and 85 doubles wins.
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