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Falcons Sweep Wright State, 7-0, to Remain Unbeaten
January 27, 2008 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 27, 2008
TOLEDO, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University tennis team make quick work of Wright State University Sunday (Jan. 27), winning at every flight en route to a 7-0 win. The non-conference match was held at the Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Toledo.
"We had a pretty dominant effort today," said Falcon head coach Penny Dean, who saw her team improve to 3-0 in dual-match play this season. "We stayed focused in every match and played well."
The Falcons got off to a successful start by winning all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. The top-flight team of freshman Christine Chiricosa and junior Kelsey Jakupcin lost just one game in their win, while sophomore Katia Babina and junior Stefanie Menoff blanked their WSU opponents, 8-0, at the third flight.
The Falcons' second-flight doubles duo of senior co-captains Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle rounded out the sweep with an 8-5 win.
In singles play, none of the six BGSU players was strongly challenged, as the Falcons lost no more than two games in any set. BG singles players dropped a total of just 11 games in the 12 total sets.
Jakupcin dropped just three games in her win over Jessica Lee (6-2, 6-1) at the first flight, while Chiricosta and soph Samantha Kintzel each lost only one total game at the second and third flights, respectively. Both players beat their Raider foes by 6-0, 6-1 scores.
Nussbaum and Volle were winners at flights four and five, respectively, with Nussbaum losing three total games and Volle one. Junior Libby Harrison dropped just two games in her win over Kelly Lybrook at the sixth level.
The Falcons are idle from competition until Feb. 9. On that date, BG will continue a six-match homestand with a 2:00 p.m. match vs. UIC at Shadow Valley.
NOTES
* The Falcons are now a perfect 19-0 all-time in dual matches vs. Wright State, including wins over the Raiders in each of the last seven seasons.
* With her two wins on Sunday, junior Kelsey Jakupcin has moved into the BGSU top 20 for combined career wins ... Jakupcin now has a total of 87 wins (45 singles, 42 doubles) as a Falcon ... she is tied for 18th place with Brenda Conley (1987-90) and Lisa Maloney (2001-04), each of whom had 87 total wins during their respective BGSU careers.
* Senior Jenna Nussbaum also had a pair of wins on Sunday, and is on the doorstep of the BGSU career top-20 list ... Nussbaum has a total of 86 wins (39 singles, 47 doubles), and is one win behind Jakupcin, Conley and Maloney.
* Senior Andrea Volle is not too far away from the top-20 list herself ... Volle now has a career total of 82 combined victories in the Brown and Orange.
* Jakupcin now has 45 career singles wins, moving her into a tie for 19th place on that Falcon list ... she is tied with Andrea Meister (2003-06) on that chart ... junior Stefanie Menoff, who picked up a singles win Saturday vs. Youngstown State, was not in the singles lineup on Sunday ... she has 50 career singles wins, tying her for 15th on the school list.
* BGSU has won 10 consecutive dual matches at Shadow Valley, and the Falcons are 24-1 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.
BOWLING GREEN 7, WRIGHT STATE 0
Sun., January 27, 2008 - Shadow Valley; Toledo
SINGLES
1- Kelsey Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Jessica Lee 6-2, 6-1
2 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Christa Ames 6-0, 6-1
3 - Samantha Kintzel (BGSU) def. Karina Presti 6-0, 6-1
4 - Jenna Nussbaum (BGSU) def. Kenisha Webb 6-1, 6-2
5 - Andrea Volle (BGSU) def. Jackie Garrett 6-0, 6-1
6 - Libby Harrison (BGSU) def. Kelly Lybrook 6-0, 6-2
DOUBLES
1 - Chiricosta/Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Lee/Webb 8-1
2 - Nussbaum/Volle (BGSU) def. Ames/Presti 8-5
3 - Babina/Menoff (BGSU) def. Lybrook/Miles 8-0
