Bowling Green State University
MIAMI (OH)
Falcons Top RedHawks, 5-2
April 06, 2007 | Women's Tennis
April 6, 2007
TOLEDO, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University tennis team improved to 3-1 in Mid-American Conference play with a 5-2 win over Miami University Friday afternoon (April 6). The MAC dual was held at Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Toledo.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 11-5 overall and -- as mentioned -- 3-1 in MAC action. Head coach Penny Dean's club has matched the conference win total for all of last season. The RedHawks drop to 8-11 and 2-3, respectively.
BGSU swept the doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead. At the top flight, junior Jenna Nussbaum and sophomore Kelsey Jakupcin put together an 8-4 win over the RedHawks' team of Katrina Lomidze and Linda Jirouskova, while the Falcons' second-flight tandem of soph Stefanie Menoff and junior Andrea Volle were 8-3 winners over the duo of Leda Pesatova and Victoria Pulido.
At the third flight, senior Ashley Jakupcin and freshman Samantha Kintzel outlasted MU's Kelly Douple and Kristen McPhillips in a tiebreaker, while senior Erica Wolfe and soph Libby Harrison won a 'fourth-flight' doubles match that was not included in the overall match scoring. The Harrison/Wolfe team won by an 8-4 result.
In singles action, the Falcons took four of the six matches, and BG was 3-0 in matches that went to three sets. Ashley Jakupcin rallied from a first-set setback for a win over Lomidze at the top flight, while Kintzel posted the Falcons' most convincing singles win of the day, losing only three total games in her win over Pesatova (6-1, 6-2) at flight number two.
Jirouskova and McPhillips picked up straight-set wins for the RedHawks at the third and fourth flights, respectively, but BGSU won three-set matches at each of the bottom two flights. Freshman Katia Babina went to a third set against Pulido at the fifth flight before pulling out the victory, while Menoff rallied back after a 6-1 first-set loss for a sixth-flight win over Douple.
The Falcons will return to action Saturday afternoon (April 7), hosting Ball State University in a 1:00 p.m. start at Shadow Valley.
FALCON TENNIS NOTES
* The Falcons, as mentioned, have matched the team's MAC win total for all of last season ... BGSU was 3-5 in conference matches in 2005-06.
* BGSU has won two consecutive matches, and the Falcons have won six of the last seven contests ... in fact, BG has won 10 of 12 dual matches since a 1-3 start.
* The Falcons' win over Miami was only BG's fourth in the history of the series ... Miami now holds a 29-4 advantage in dual matches vs. the Brown and Orange ... the RedHawks had won three-straight matches since BG's last win, in the 2002-03 season.
* Sophomore Stefanie Menoff now has a stellar 20-2 record in singles play this season, and is 38-10 in her career in singles action ... she is a perfect 4-0 in MAC singles matches this season to date.
* Menoff teamed with junior Andrea Volle for the first time in their respective Falcon careers on Friday ... the Menoff/Volle tandem, as mentioned, won by an 8-3 score at the number-two flight.
* BGSU's 3-1 MAC start is the Falcons' best in three years, since the 2003-04 team also won three of the first four conference matches of the season.
* The Falcons are now a perfect 6-0 in dual-match play at Shadow Valley this year, and BGSU is 14-1 at the facility over the last two seasons.
BOWLING GREEN 5, MIAMI 2
Friday, April 6, 2007 // Shadow Valley // Toledo, Ohio
SINGLES
1 - Ashley Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Katrina Lomidze 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
2 - Samantha Kintzel (BGSU) def. Leda Pesatova 6-1, 6-2
3 - Linda Jirouskova (MU) def. Kelsey Jakupcin 6-0, 6-2
4 - Kristen McPhillips (MU) def. Jenna Nussbaum 6-4, 6-0
5 - Katia Babina (BGSU) def. Victoria Pulido 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
6 - Stefanie Menoff (BGSU) def. Kelly Douple 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES
1 - K. Jakupcin/Nussbaum (BGSU) def. Lomidze/Jirouskova 8-4
2 - Menoff/Andrea Volle (BGSU) def. Pesatova/Pulido 8-3
3 - A. Jakupcin/Kintzel (BGSU) def. McPhillips/Douple 9-8 (5)
# - Erica Wolfe/Libby Harrison (BGSU) def. Laura Ashli Vlasek/Jessica Linden 8-4
# not included in overall match scoring
