Bowling Green State University
Youngstown State
Falcons Blank Penguins, 7-0
January 26, 2008 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 26, 2008
TOLEDO, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University tennis team moved to 2-0 on the young season with a 7-0 victory over Youngstown State University Saturday afternoon (Jan. 26). The non-conference dual match was held at the Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Toledo.
The Falcons won two of the three doubles matches to take the doubles point, then swept all six singles contests to close out the victory.
"I was pleased with the way we played today," said Falcon head coach Penny Dean. "We really battled the whole match, and I think we were able to outfight them."
In doubles action, the team of junior Kelsey Jakupcin and freshman Christine Chiricosta picked up an 8-4 win at the top flight, while the sophomore duo of Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel won by an 8-3 outcome at flight number three.
In singles play, BGSU won all six matches in straight sets, with YSU winning more than two games only once in 12 sets.
Jakupcin dropped only two total games in a top-flight win over Anna Volkova (6-2, 6-0), while Chiricosta did not lose a single game in her dismantling of Tanisha Welch at the second flight.
"Kelsey played lights-out today," said Dean. "She lost to Volkova at our invite in the fall (BGSU Invitational; Sept. 15-16), and was very motivated to turn that result around."
Babina participated in the closest singles match of the day, as the Penguins' Emily Thayer took her to a first-set tiebreaker at the third flight. Babina won that tiebreaker, 8-6, then went on to a 6-2 win in the second set.
"Katia had a tough match against a very steady player in Emily Thayer," said Dean. "She did a very nice job of battling to win the tiebreaker and then close out her match."
BGSU dropped a total of just six games among the six sets in flights 4-6. Kintzel lost just one game in her fourth-flight win over Irena Lanc (6-1, 6-0), while senior Jenna Nussbaum made quick work of Kelly Culbertson at flight number five, with a 6-1, 6-2 victory.
Junior Stefanie Menoff picked up a win at the sixth flight -- the 50th singles win of her career -- with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Hannah Patton.
The Falcons will continue a six-match homestand with a Sunday (Jan. 27) match vs. Wright State University at Shadow Valley. First serve is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.
NOTES
* The Falcons are now a perfect 10-0 in the all-time series with Youngstown State, including wins over the Penguins in each of the last six seasons.
* BGSU has won nine consecutive dual matches at Shadow Valley, and the Falcons are 23-1 at the facility over the last three-plus years ... BG went 6-0 at Shadow Valley in the 2004-05 season, 8-1 in '05-06 and a perfect 8-0 last year.
* Junior Stefanie Menoff's win vs. YSU was the 50th singles win of her collegiate career ... she is the Falcons' active career leader in that category, and is an impressive 50-12 in singles play.
* Junior Kelsey Jakupcin's two wins on Saturday give her a total of 85 overall victories in her Falcon career ... she is the active career leader in that category, although seniors Jenna Nussbaum (84) and Andrea Volle (80) and Menoff (76) are close behind.
* Sophomore Samantha Kintzel leads BGSU in overall wins this season, having moved to 20-7 with her two victories vs. the Penguins ... freshman Christine Chiricosta is right behind with 19 wins (19-5), while Menoff (17-6) and Babina (17-7) each have 17 total victories this season.
BOWLING GREEN 7, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 0
Sat., January 26, 2008 - Shadow Valley; Toledo
SINGLES
1 - Kelsey Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Anna Volkova 6-2, 6-0
2 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Tanisha Welch 6-0, 6-0
3 - Katia Babina (BGSU) def. Emily Thayer 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
4 - Samantha Kintzel (BGSU) def. Irena Lanc 6-1, 6-0
5 - Jenna Nussbaum (BGSU) def. Kelly Culbertson 6-1, 6-2
6 - Stefanie Menoff (BGSU) def. Hannah Patton 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES
1 - Chiricosta/Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Volkova/Thayer 8-4
2 - Culbertson/Welch (YSU) def. Nussbaum/Andrea Volle 8-2
3 - Babina/Kintzel (BGSU) def. Lanc/Patten 8-3
