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Falcons Best BSU, 4-3
April 12, 2003 | Women's Tennis
April 12, 2003
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - For the second consecutive match, Bowling Green State University women's tennis freshman Heidi Romer found herself on the court in the decisive singles match. And, for the second-straight match, Romer picked up a third-set victory to lead the Falcons to a 4-3 dual-match win. The latest such victory came Saturday afternoon (April 12) against Ball State University at BGSU's Keefe Courts.
With the victory, the Falcons improve to 8-10 overall and 3-4 in Mid-American Conference action. The visiting Cardinals drop to 7-11 and 1-6, respectively.
As has been the case in each of BGSU's seven MAC contests, the Falcons lost the doubles point to start the match. BSU picked up wins at each of the top two flights to claim the point, with BGSU's lone win coming courtesy of the team's two freshmen. Romer and classmate Andrea Meister combined for an 8-6 win over the Cards' Alyce Zollman and Kara Sullivan.
In singles play, the teams split the four matches that ended in the minimum two sets. Sophomore Susie Schoenberger (second flight) and senior Alyson Gabel (third flight) picked up wins in straight sets for the Brown and Orange, with Schoenberger losing a total of only three games in her win over Jenny Batty.
BSU's Melissa Roach picked up a win at the top singles flight, while Leisa Brooks claimed a win at the fifth level. With just two matches still in progress, the Falcons trailed by a 3-2 count and needed a win in each remaining match.
Junior Gaby Coello, after losing a second-set tiebreaker to BSU's Susan Kelley, trailed by a 5-4 score in the third set, but rallied to win the set, 7-5, and take their fourth-flight match. The overall match score was tied, 3-3, with only the sixth-flight match between Romer and Zollman to be completed.
Romer had dropped the opening set in a tiebreaker, but rallied for a 6-2 win in the second set. In the third set, the Falcon freshman took a 4-1 lead, then saw Zollman reel off three consecutive games to tie the set at 4-4. But, Romer took the next two games to close out the match.
Seven days earlier, Romer had posted a sixth-flight win over Miami's Maura Trauernicht as the Falcons downed the RedHawks, 4-3.
The Falcons will continue a three-match homestand to end the 2002-03 regular-season schedule, hosting Akron on Friday (April 18) before facing Buffalo the following day. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at Keefe Courts.
Bowling Green 4, Ball State 3
Singles 1 - Melissa Roach (BSU) def. Lisa Maloney 6-3, 6-3 2 - Susie Schoenberger (BGSU) def. Jenny Batty 6-0, 6-3 3 - Alyson Gabel (BGSU) def. Jill Wieman 6-2, 7-5 4 - Gaby Coello (BGSU) def. Susan Kelley 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-5 5 - Leisa Brooks (BSU) def. Cameron Benjamin 6-3, 6-2 6 - Heidi Romer (BGSU) def. Alyce Zollman 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4Doubles 1 - Brooks/Batty (BSU) def. Maloney/Schoenberger 8-5 2 - Roach/Wieman (BSU) def. Coello/Gabel 8-4 3 - Romer/Andrea Meister (BGSU) def. Zollman/Kara Sullivan 8-6
