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Falcons Pick Up Road Win Over NIU, 4-3
April 17, 2005 | Women's Tennis
April 16, 2005
DeKALB, Ill. - The Bowling Green State University tennis team captured the doubles point, and that initial point proved to be pivotal for the Falcons in a road win over Northern Illinois University Saturday afternoon (April 16).
With the win in the Mid-American Conference dual match, the Falcons improve to 12-7 overall, and BGSU is now 4-3 in MAC play. Saturday's win enabled the Falcons to top last year's MAC win total (BGSU already had surpassed last season's overall victory total). NIU dropped to 6-8 and 2-5, respectively.
Following doubles play, the Falcons and Huskies split the six singles contests, giving the Brown and Orange the match win.
In doubles play, all three matches ended with identical 8-3 scores. BGSU's two wins came at the bottom two flights, as the duo of sophomore Ashley Jakupcin and freshman Jenna Nussbaum was victorious at the second flight, while frosh Andrea Volle and junior Andrea Meister won at the third flight.
In singles play, the Falons got a second-flight win from Jakupcin, who outlasted Ivonne Andreade in three sets. Junior Heidi Romer lost only three total games against Daniela Martinez in Romer's straight-sets win at the fourth flight.
At the sixth flight, senior Cameron Benjamin was a winner in her match, downing Megan Brooks by identical 6-3, 6-3 scores.
The Falcons will close the regular season with a pair of road matches, taking on Miami on Friday (April 22) and Marshall the following afternoon (April 23).
Bowling Green 4, Northern Illinois 3
Singles 1 - Cassie Drake (NIU) def. Susie Schoenberger 6-3, 6-4 2 - Ashley Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Ivonne Andrade 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 3 - Christy Svetlic (NIU) def. Andrea Volle 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 4 - Heidi Romer (BGSU) def. Daniela Martinez 6-0, 6-3 5 - Doris Delgadillo (NIU) def. Andrea Meister 6-4, 6-2 6 - Cameron Benjamin (BGSU) def. Megan Brooks 6-3, 6-3Doubles 1 - Andrade/ Svetlic (NIU) def. Schoenberger/Romer 8-3 2 - Jakupcin/Jenna Nussbaum (BGSU) def. Drake/Martinez 8-3 3 - Volle/Andrea Meister (BGSU) def. Brooks/Delgadillo 8-3
