Bowling Green State University Athletics
Women's Tennis To Face Michigan State, UIC This Weekend
January 24, 2000 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 24, 2000
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -
UP NEXT:
The Bowling Green women's tennis team, after beginning the dual portion of the 1999-2000 schedule on a successful note, will continue dual-match play this weekend with a pair of contests. The Falcons of coach Penny Dean will head to Michigan State for a Saturday (Jan. 29) match, scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. The following morning (Jan. 30), BG will host Illinois at Chicago, with first serve set for 10:00 a.m. at Shadow Valley in Toledo.LAST WEEK:
The Falcons opened the dual portion of the 1999-2000 slate with a 7-2 win over Butler Sunday afternoon (Jan. 23). The Falcons picked up five singles victories and two doubles wins in the match, which was held at Shadow Valley.BGSU got singles wins at all but the top flight, with juniors Abby Bratton and Meghan Rhodes, senior Deidee Bissinger, sophomore Devon Bissinger and junior Tracy Howitt picking up victories in flights two through six, respectively. Junior Erika Wasilewski suffered a loss at the #1 flight.
In doubles play, the Falcons' top team of Wasilewski and Bratton emerged victorious, as did BG's second duo, Rhodes and Deidee Bissinger. Howitt and Devon Bissinger competed at the third flight.
With her singles win, Deidee Bissinger moved into a tie for fourth place on the BGSU career list with Jenny Schwartz (1994-97), with 68. The school record for career singles wins is 79, held by Julie Weisblatt (1994-97).
1999-2000 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
(heading into the Michigan State match)
SINGLES
Deidee Bissinger____5-8 Devon Bissinger_____6-6 Abby Bratton________8-5 Kelly Dredge________2-8 Tracy Howitt________8-4 Meghan Rhodes_______5-5 Erika Wasilewski___6-10 Beth Wilson_________4-6
DOUBLES
Bissinger/Bissinger_____1-1 Dee. Bissinger/Howitt___3-3 Dee. Bissinger/Rhodes___3-1 Dev. Bissinger/Bratton__3-0 Dev. Bissinger/Howitt___0-1 Dev. Bissinger/Rhodes___2-4 Bratton/Wasilewski______6-5 Dredge/Wilson___________7-5 Howitt/Rhodes___________1-1 Howitt/Wasilewski_______2-1
