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Friday, April 29
Ypsilanti, Mich.
10:00 AM
Bowling Green State University
4
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Toledo (Quarterfinals)
Freshman Emily Reuland returns a shot during her singles win on Friday (photo courtesy Jonathan Knight/EMU)
BGSU Blanks Toledo, 4-0, in MAC Quarterfinals
April 29, 2011 | Women's Tennis
Falcons move on to face Miami in Saturday's semifinal round
The Bowling Green State University tennis team advanced in the Mid-American Conference Championships, rolling along to a 4-0 victory over the University of Toledo Friday morning/afternoon (April 29). The quarterfinal-round match was held at the Chippewa Club in Ypsilanti, Mich.
VIDEO: Nikki Chiricosta interview
VIDEO: Jade Johnson & Emily Reuland interview
BGSU-UT PHOTO GALLERY (photos courtesy Jonathan Knight, EMU)
With the victory, BGSU improves to 15-7 in dual-match play this season. More importantly, the fourth-seeded Falcons advance in the league tourney. BGSU moves on to face top-seeded Miami University in Saturday's (April 30) semifinal round.
The Rockets, seeded fifth for the nine-team tournament, see the season come to an end with a dual-match record of 13-10.
The teams began the day indoors at the Chippewa Club, and BGSU captured the doubles point. The Falcons never trailed in two of the three doubles matches, but one of BG's wins came in that third match. Freshman Nikki Chiricosta and sophomore Mary Hill fell behind twice in third-flight action.
That duo fell behind the Rockets' tandem of Amanda Border and Silvia Carvajal in the early going, as Toledo won two consecutive games to take a 2-1 lead. The Falcons evened the score, then saw the Rockets go ahead, 4-2, in the match. But, Chiricosta and Hill came roaring back, winning six-straight games for the 8-4 win that clinched the doubles point.
BG's first doubles win came at the second flight, as another sophomore/freshman duo picked up a victory. Soph Jade Johnson and first-year Falcon Emily Reuland started fast and finished strong en route to an 8-3 win over Ashley Frey and Alexandra Cristello. Johnson and Reuland took a 4-1 lead, saw the Rockets rally to within 5-3, then captured three games in a row for the victory.
The Falcons never trailed at the top flight, but that match was abandoned once the other two contests were completed. At the number-one flight, senior co-captain Christine Chiricosta and sophomore Maddy Eccleston held a 6-4 lead over UT's Polina Guimaraes and Kelsey Anonsen when play was halted. The top-flight contest was tied at both 1-1 and 2-2 before Chiricosta and Eccleston won the next four games. Guimaraes and Anonsen took the next two contests to get within two games before the match was stopped.
The teams moved approximately 100 yards westward for singles play, heading to the Chippewa Club's outdoor courts. BGSU won the opening set in four of the six singles matches, with three of those Falcons closing out victories to clinch the quarterfinal-round win.
The first match to finish came at the third flight, where Nikki Chiricosta downed Anonsen with stunning efficiency. Chiricosta made quick work of her UT opponent, winning six-straight games to take her opening set. She spotted Anonsen a game in the second set, then won six more games in lightning-quick fashion for the 6-0, 6-1 win.
Including her doubles match with Hill, Nikki Chiricosta won 18 of her final 19 games on Friday.
Chiricosta's doubles partner was the next winner in singles, as Hill topped Christine Coffman in straight sets at the fourth flight. The BG sophomore rallied back from a 3-2 deficit in her opening set, winning four consecutive games. Then, Hill won four-straight games to begin the second set, en route to a 6-2 victory.
Reuland provided the clinching point with a win at flight number five. The Falcon freshman downed Cristello by identical 6-4 scores. Reuland held the lead for much of her opening set, but trailed on multiple occasions in the second set before reeling off wins in the last three games to give her team the win.
Each of the other three Falcons on the court either won one set or were in the process of doing so when their respective matches were abandoned. Christine Chiricosta lost her opening set in a tiebreaker to Guimaraes at the top flight. But, the senior bounced back for a 6-3 win in the second set, and Chiricosta had won the opening game of set number three.
Eccleston had won her first set, 6-4, over Frey at the second flight, and the two players were locked in a 5-5 tie in the second set. Junior co-captain Jessica Easdale had dropped a close first set, 6-4, to Border, but Easdale was up by a 5-2 score in the sixth-flight match.
The Falcons, as mentioned, will meet Miami in Saturday's semifinal round. That match is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. at Ypsilanti High School.
BOWLING GREEN 4, TOLEDO 0
Fri., April 29, 2011 - The Chippewa Club - Ypsilanti, Mich.
MAC Championships - Quarterfinal Round
SINGLES
1 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) vs. Polina Guimaraes (UT), 6-7 (6), 6-3, 1-0, MA
2 - Maddy Eccleston (BGSU) vs. Ashley Frey (UT), 6-4, 5-5, MA
3 - Nikki Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Kelsey Anonsen 6-0, 6-1
4 - Mary Hill (BGSU) def. Christine Coffman 6-3, 6-2
5 - Emily Reuland (BGSU) def. Alexandra Cristello 6-4, 6-4
6 - Jessica Easdale (BGSU) vs. Amanda Border (UT), 4-6, 5-2, MA
Order of Finish: 3, 4, 5
DOUBLES
1 - C.Chiricosta/Eccleston (BGSU) vs. Guimaraes/Anonsen (UT), 6-4, MA
2 - Reuland/Jade Johnson (BGSU) def. Cristello/Frey 8-3
3 - N.Chiricosta/Hill (BGSU) def. Border/Silvia Carvajal 8-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3
MA - match abandoned
NOTES
* BGSU has advanced to the semifinal round of the MAC Championships for the first time in three years ... the Falcons' last quarterfinal win came in 2008, as BG downed Eastern Michigan, 4-2, in Buffalo.
* The Falcons have an overall record of 10-16 in MAC Championships matches ... BGSU is now 2-1 against Toledo in conference tourney duals.
* BGSU's total of 15 wins is just one shy of the school record ... the Falcons won a school-record 16 matches in both the 1998-99 and 2007-08 seasons.
* BG has won four-straight matches against MAC opponents, with wins over Eastern Michigan, UT and Northern Illinois to end the regular season, and Friday's win over the Rockets ... the Falcons had not won four-straight matches against conference foes in eight years, since a four-match streak in April of 2003.
* Freshman Emily Reuland avenged a pair of regular-season losses on Friday ... Reuland dropped a close match to UT's Alexandra Cristello in the teams' regular-season meeting on April 16 at the Perrysburg Tennis Center ... in the rematch, Reuland captured the win by identical 6-4 scores.
* Reuland and sophomore Jade Johnson lost to Cristello and Ashley Frey, 8-4, in doubles in the regular-season match ... Friday, the Reuland/Johnson team got out to an early lead and posted an 8-3 win.
VIDEO: Nikki Chiricosta interview
VIDEO: Jade Johnson & Emily Reuland interview
BGSU-UT PHOTO GALLERY (photos courtesy Jonathan Knight, EMU)
With the victory, BGSU improves to 15-7 in dual-match play this season. More importantly, the fourth-seeded Falcons advance in the league tourney. BGSU moves on to face top-seeded Miami University in Saturday's (April 30) semifinal round.
The Rockets, seeded fifth for the nine-team tournament, see the season come to an end with a dual-match record of 13-10.
The teams began the day indoors at the Chippewa Club, and BGSU captured the doubles point. The Falcons never trailed in two of the three doubles matches, but one of BG's wins came in that third match. Freshman Nikki Chiricosta and sophomore Mary Hill fell behind twice in third-flight action.
That duo fell behind the Rockets' tandem of Amanda Border and Silvia Carvajal in the early going, as Toledo won two consecutive games to take a 2-1 lead. The Falcons evened the score, then saw the Rockets go ahead, 4-2, in the match. But, Chiricosta and Hill came roaring back, winning six-straight games for the 8-4 win that clinched the doubles point.
BG's first doubles win came at the second flight, as another sophomore/freshman duo picked up a victory. Soph Jade Johnson and first-year Falcon Emily Reuland started fast and finished strong en route to an 8-3 win over Ashley Frey and Alexandra Cristello. Johnson and Reuland took a 4-1 lead, saw the Rockets rally to within 5-3, then captured three games in a row for the victory.
The Falcons never trailed at the top flight, but that match was abandoned once the other two contests were completed. At the number-one flight, senior co-captain Christine Chiricosta and sophomore Maddy Eccleston held a 6-4 lead over UT's Polina Guimaraes and Kelsey Anonsen when play was halted. The top-flight contest was tied at both 1-1 and 2-2 before Chiricosta and Eccleston won the next four games. Guimaraes and Anonsen took the next two contests to get within two games before the match was stopped.
The teams moved approximately 100 yards westward for singles play, heading to the Chippewa Club's outdoor courts. BGSU won the opening set in four of the six singles matches, with three of those Falcons closing out victories to clinch the quarterfinal-round win.
The first match to finish came at the third flight, where Nikki Chiricosta downed Anonsen with stunning efficiency. Chiricosta made quick work of her UT opponent, winning six-straight games to take her opening set. She spotted Anonsen a game in the second set, then won six more games in lightning-quick fashion for the 6-0, 6-1 win.
Including her doubles match with Hill, Nikki Chiricosta won 18 of her final 19 games on Friday.
Chiricosta's doubles partner was the next winner in singles, as Hill topped Christine Coffman in straight sets at the fourth flight. The BG sophomore rallied back from a 3-2 deficit in her opening set, winning four consecutive games. Then, Hill won four-straight games to begin the second set, en route to a 6-2 victory.
Reuland provided the clinching point with a win at flight number five. The Falcon freshman downed Cristello by identical 6-4 scores. Reuland held the lead for much of her opening set, but trailed on multiple occasions in the second set before reeling off wins in the last three games to give her team the win.
Each of the other three Falcons on the court either won one set or were in the process of doing so when their respective matches were abandoned. Christine Chiricosta lost her opening set in a tiebreaker to Guimaraes at the top flight. But, the senior bounced back for a 6-3 win in the second set, and Chiricosta had won the opening game of set number three.
Eccleston had won her first set, 6-4, over Frey at the second flight, and the two players were locked in a 5-5 tie in the second set. Junior co-captain Jessica Easdale had dropped a close first set, 6-4, to Border, but Easdale was up by a 5-2 score in the sixth-flight match.
The Falcons, as mentioned, will meet Miami in Saturday's semifinal round. That match is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. at Ypsilanti High School.
BOWLING GREEN 4, TOLEDO 0
Fri., April 29, 2011 - The Chippewa Club - Ypsilanti, Mich.
MAC Championships - Quarterfinal Round
SINGLES
1 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) vs. Polina Guimaraes (UT), 6-7 (6), 6-3, 1-0, MA
2 - Maddy Eccleston (BGSU) vs. Ashley Frey (UT), 6-4, 5-5, MA
3 - Nikki Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Kelsey Anonsen 6-0, 6-1
4 - Mary Hill (BGSU) def. Christine Coffman 6-3, 6-2
5 - Emily Reuland (BGSU) def. Alexandra Cristello 6-4, 6-4
6 - Jessica Easdale (BGSU) vs. Amanda Border (UT), 4-6, 5-2, MA
Order of Finish: 3, 4, 5
DOUBLES
1 - C.Chiricosta/Eccleston (BGSU) vs. Guimaraes/Anonsen (UT), 6-4, MA
2 - Reuland/Jade Johnson (BGSU) def. Cristello/Frey 8-3
3 - N.Chiricosta/Hill (BGSU) def. Border/Silvia Carvajal 8-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3
MA - match abandoned
NOTES
* BGSU has advanced to the semifinal round of the MAC Championships for the first time in three years ... the Falcons' last quarterfinal win came in 2008, as BG downed Eastern Michigan, 4-2, in Buffalo.
* The Falcons have an overall record of 10-16 in MAC Championships matches ... BGSU is now 2-1 against Toledo in conference tourney duals.
* BGSU's total of 15 wins is just one shy of the school record ... the Falcons won a school-record 16 matches in both the 1998-99 and 2007-08 seasons.
* BG has won four-straight matches against MAC opponents, with wins over Eastern Michigan, UT and Northern Illinois to end the regular season, and Friday's win over the Rockets ... the Falcons had not won four-straight matches against conference foes in eight years, since a four-match streak in April of 2003.
* Freshman Emily Reuland avenged a pair of regular-season losses on Friday ... Reuland dropped a close match to UT's Alexandra Cristello in the teams' regular-season meeting on April 16 at the Perrysburg Tennis Center ... in the rematch, Reuland captured the win by identical 6-4 scores.
* Reuland and sophomore Jade Johnson lost to Cristello and Ashley Frey, 8-4, in doubles in the regular-season match ... Friday, the Reuland/Johnson team got out to an early lead and posted an 8-3 win.
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