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Marshall Too Much For BGSU, 4-0
April 26, 2002 | Women's Tennis
April 26, 2002
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Bowling Green State University women's tennis team saw its season come to an end with a 4-0 loss to Marshall University Friday afternoon (April 26). The match, a quarterfinal-round contest in the Mid-American Conference Championships, was held at Cardinal Creek Tennis Center in Muncie, Ind.
With the win, Marshall, the second seed for the 10-team tournament, improves to 19-7 on the year. BGSU, the seventh seed, ends the 2001-02 campaign with a 5-18 dual-match record. The loss snapped a three-match winning streak for the Falcons.
The Thundering Herd took the doubles point with wins at each of the top two flights. MU's Anna Mitina and Lille Nzudie downed senior Devon Bissinger and freshman Susie Schoenberger, 8-3, at the top flight. At the middle level, MU's Jessica Johnson and Ashley Kroh narrowly defeated junior Alyson Gabel and sophomore Gaby Coello by an 8-6 count.
At the third flight, BGSU sophomores Lisa Maloney and Jessica Johnson trailed their Herd foes by just 7-6 when that match was halted.
In singles action, MU won at flights number two, three and six. At the top flight, Bissinger, in her final match, was battling Johnson. Bissinger dropped the opening set, but held a one-game lead early in the second set when the match was stopped.
Bissinger, the Falcons' lone senior, saw her collegiate career come to an end with a total of 126 combined wins, good for ninth on the BGSU career list. She finished with 70 doubles wins, good for seventh on that list, and ranks 12th with a total of 56 singles victories.
Gabel (flight #4) and Coello (#5) saw their matches stopped in the second set, while Maloney (#2), Schoenberger (#3) and freshman Cameron Benjamin (#6) suffered singles losses.
Each of the top seeds won in the quarterfinal round Friday, setting up Saturday's semifinal matches. Top-seeded Eastern Michigan will face #4 Northern Illinois, while the second-seeded Thundering Herd will meet #3 Western Michigan.
#2 Marshall 4, #7 Bowling Green 0
Singles 1 - Jessica Johnson (MU) vs Devon Bissinger 6-3, 1-2, DNF 2 - Anna Mitina (MU) def. Lisa Maloney 6-3, 6-0 3 - Alice Sukner (MU) def. Susie Schoenberger 6-2, 6-0 4 - Lille Nzudie (MU) led Alyson Gabel 6-4, 3-2 DNF 5 - Joelle Good (MU) led Gaby Coello 6-3, 5-1 DNF 6 - Ashley Kroh (MU) def. Cameron Benjamin 6-0, 6-0Doubles 1 - Mitina/Nzudie (MU) def. Bissinger/Schoenberger 8-3 2 - Johnson/Kroh (MU) def. Gabel/Coello 8-6 3 - Hock/Sukner (MU) led Maloney/Jessica Johnson 7-6 DNF
