Bowling Green State University
Detroit
Falcons Five, Titans Two
February 15, 2008 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 15, 2008
TOLEDO, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University tennis team remained undefeated with a 5-2 win over the University of Detroit Mercy Friday night (Feb. 15). The non-conference dual was held at the Shadow Valley Tennis Club.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 6-0 in dual-match action this spring. The Titans drop to 2-4 this year to date.
"It was a good, well-fought match," said Falcon head coach Penny Dean. "We really came out fired up and ready to go."
The Falcons captured the doubles point, winning each match. Freshman Christine Chiricosta teamed with junior Kelsey Jakupcin for a win at the top flight, and BGSU's other tandems -- the senior duo of co-captains Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle, and the sophomore class of Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel -- were victorious at the second and third flights, respectively.
Juniors Libby Harrison and Stefanie Menoff also won in doubles, in a match that did not count in the final scoring.
In singles action, the Falcons posted three straight-sets wins among the top-six flights. And, Jakupcin won at the top flight when UDM's Annie Moore was forced to retire due to injury.
At flight number two, Chiricosta rallied in impressive fashion to defeat the Titans' Svetlana Flankova. Down, 5-2, in the first set, the Falcon freshman won 11 consecutive games to win the match (7-5, 6-0).
Volle lost just three total games in her straight-sets win over Erin Weldon at the fifth flight. Menoff did her one better, losing only two total games at flight six in a win over Kelly Davis.
"It was a good win for us," said Dean. "We got off to a solid start, hitting the ball well in doubles, and used that success to carry over into singles play. Now, we will look to continue that success tomorrow afternoon."
The Falcons conclude a six-match homestand Saturday afternoon (Feb. 16), returning to Shadow Valley for a 1:00 p.m. match vs. Duquesne.
NOTES
* The Falcons' 6-0 start to the season is the best in 25 years, since the 1982-83 team also won six matches to begin the year ... the best start in school history was 10-0 by the Janet Parks-coached 1973-74 team.
* BGSU now has won 13 consecutive dual matches at Shadow Valley, and the team is 27-1 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 ... the Falcons are 5-0 at the venue this season to date.
* The Falcons now have won 24-straight non-conference dual matches at Shadow Valley ... BGSU's last loss to a non-MAC foe there came over four years ago, vs. DePaul on Feb. 6, 2004.
* The Falcons are now 5-0 in the all-time series with Detroit ... the teams have met in each of the last two years after not meeting since 1998-99.
* Stefanie Menoff's singles win was the 53rd of her career ... just a junior, she ranks 15th on thte BGSU career list.
* Another junior, Kelsey Jakupcin, is now a perfect 6-0 at the top singles flight in dual-match action this year ... Jakupcin's singles win on Friday was her 48th as a Falcon, moving her into a tie for 17th place with Cameron Benjamin (2002-05) on the BG list.
* Senior co-captains Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle teamed for a doubles victory on Friday vs. UDM ... Volle now has 50 career doubles wins, while Nussbaum has 49 ... Volle has tied Heidi Romer (2003-06) for 16th on the BG career doubles wins list, while Nussbaum is deadlocked with Carla Marshack (1989-92) for 18th on that chart.
* Jakupcin's two wins vs. UDM give her 92 in her career, tops among active Falcons ... she is 17th on the BGSU list ... Nussbaum now has 90 wins, tying her for 18th.
* Jakupcin and freshman Christine Chiricosta have an overall doubles record of 7-1 together this season, including a 5-1 mark in dual-match play ... sophomores Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel are 6-1 as a team this year, including a 4-1 record in dual play.
BOWLING GREEN 5, DETROIT 2
Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 - Shadow Valley; Toledo
SINGLES
1 - Kelsey Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Annie Moore 2-1, ret. inj.
2 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Svetlana Flankova 7-5, 6-0
3 - Aneta Maricevic (UDM) def. Katia Babina 6-3, 6-3
4 - Zeljka Minic (UDM) def. Samantha Kintzel 7-6 (3), 1-6, 1-0 (10-3)
5 - Andrea Volle (BGSU) def. Erin Weldon 6-2, 6-1
6 - Stefanie Menoff (BGSU) def. Kelly Davis 6-2, 6-0
# - Jenna Nussbaum (BGSU) def. Stephanie Hill 6-3, 6-0
DOUBLES
1 - Chiricosta/Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Moore/Minic 8-6
2 - Nussbaum/Volle (BGSU) def. Davis/Flankova 8-5
3 - Babina/Kintzel (BGSU) def. Maricevic/Weldon 8-2
# - Libby Harrison/Menoff (BGSU) def. Hill/Inman 8-1
# exhibition; not included in match scoring
