Bowling Green State University
CINCINNATI
Falcons Blank Bearcats, 7-0, in Queen City
February 24, 2008 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 23, 2008
CINCINNATI, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University tennis team remained undefeated with a dominant 7-0 victory over the University of Cincinnati Saturday evening (Feb. 23). The non-conference dual match was held at the Queen City Racquet and Fitness Club.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 8-0 on the season, while the Bearcats drop to 3-8 in dual-match play.
BGSU swept the three doubles matches, with no result closer than 8-4. The third-flight team of sophomores Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel had the most lopsided result, blanking their Bearcat opponents, 8-0.
At the number-one flight, the duo of junior Kelsey Jakupcin and freshman Christine Chiricosta won an 8-3 outcome, while senior co-captains Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle were victorious, 8-4, at the second level.
In singles action, BGSU again won every match, with five of the six matches requiring just the minimum two sets. Falcon competitors lost a total of just 14 games in the eight sets at flights three through six.
Jakupcin downed UC's Alizee Paradis at the top flight, running her record to 7-1 in dual matches, while Chiricosta battled past Jennifer Keiner at the second level, in the lone match to require a tiebreaker. Keiner won a narrow 7-6 first set, before Chiricosta came back for a 6-0 win in the second set. The BG freshman then captured the tiebreaker, 10-3, to win the match.
Babina won her third-flight match by identical 6-3 scores, while Kintzel dropped a total of just four games in her fourth-flight sweep.
Junior Stefanie Menoff lost only three games in her win over Valeriya Dandik at the fifth level, while Nussbaum dropped only one game in her defeat of Abigail Mayo at the sixth flight.
BGSU remains in the Queen City for a Sunday (Feb. 24) match, taking on Xavier University. XU enters Sunday with a 7-3 dual record on the year. That match is scheduled to begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. at Mercy Healthplex.
NOTES
* The Falcons' 8-0 start is the second best in school history ... the BGSU record for best start to a season is 10-0, set by the 1973-74 team.
* BGSU now leads Cincinnati, 16-10, in the all-time series between the teams, but UC had captured six of the last seven matches prior to Saturday.
* The Falcons' doubles teams have enjoyed success in dual-match play ... at the top flight, freshman Christine Chiricosta and junior Kelsey Jakupcin are now 7-1 in dual play and 9-1 overall this season.
* The duo of senior co-captains Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle has a 6-2 mark at the second flight since the start of dual-match play.
* BG's two sophomores, Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel, have teamed for a 6-1 dual-match record at the third doubles flight ... they have an overall mark of 8-1 this year to date.
* Jakupcin, as mentioned, is now 7-1 at the top singles flight in the dual season ... Chiricosta is 6-2 at the second flight.
* Junior Stefanie Menoff played at the fifth flight for the first time in dual play this year ... Menoff is 7-0 in duals (1-0 at the fourth flight, 5-0 at the sixth) and has a team-leading 14 overall singles wins this season.
* Menoff has a stellar singles record of 55-12 in her career ... she is ranked 15th on the BGSU career singles list ... Jakupcin's Saturday victory was her 49th singles win as a Falcon, moving her into sole possession of 17th place on that chart.
* Volle's doubles win was her 52nd at BG, moving her into sole possession of 15th ... Nussbaum now has 51 doubles victories, tying her for 16th.
* Jakupcin now has 95 overall wins at the school, the 17th-highest total in school history ... Nussbaum is 18th with 93 wins, while Volle is tied for 19th with a total of 90 victories as a Falcon.
BOWLING GREEN 7, CINCINNATI 0
Sat., Feb. 23, 2008 - Queen City Racquet and Fitness Club
SINGLES
1 - Kelsey Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Alizee Paradis 7-5, 6-1
2 - Christine Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Jennifer Keiner 6-7 (6), 6-0, 1-0 (10-3)
3 - Katia Babina (BGSU) def. Elizabeth Young 6-3, 6-3
4 - Samantha Kintzel (BGSU) def. Jennifer Rowan 6-3, 6-1
5 - Stefanie Menoff (BGSU) def. Valeriya Dandik 6-2, 6-1
6 - Jenna Nussbaum (BGSU) def. Abigail Mayo 6-1, 6-0
DOUBLES
1 - Chiricosta/Jakupcin (BGSU) def. Keiner/Rowan 8-3
2 - Nussbaum/Andrea Volle (BGSU) def. Young/Dandik 8-4
3 - Babina/Kintzel (BGSU) def. Paradis/Ashley Hale 8-0
