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Sunday, October 4
Cincinnati, OH
9:00 AM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Queen City Invitational
Grubb Wins Flight Championship at Queen City
October 04, 2009 | Women's Tennis
Bowling Green State University tennis freshman Katie Grubb won a flight championship Sunday (Oct. 4), as the Falcons concluded play at the Queen City Invitational. The three-day, eight-team tournament was hosted by the University of Cincinnati.
Grubb capped her weekend by losing just one game in a straight-sets win -- 6-0, 6-1 -- over Lauren Pickrel of Ball State, capturing the D flight title in the process.
Two other Falcons had advanced to the finals of their respective singles flights, but were defeated in the championship match on Sunday. At the B flight, freshman Maddy Eccleston was downed by Toledo's Ashley Frey. In the C flight final, sophomore Jessica Easdale lost to Caitlin O'Gara of host UC.
Other singles action on Sunday included back-draw wins by both senior Katia Babina and junior Mary-Catherine Beck. Babina picked up a straight-sets victory over West Virginia's Ashley Pilsbury, winning both sets by identical 6-4 scores at the B flight.
In the D flight, Beck downed UT's Jacque Weir to conclude her weekend's play.
In doubles action, two BGSU teams squared off in the back draw at the B flight. The duo of Grubb and fellow freshman Jade Johnson defeated the Beck/Easdale tandem by an 8-2 outcome.
No team scores were kept at the tourney, which was held at the Queen City Racquet Club. But individual champions were crowned in each of four singles and two doubles flights.
The Falcons of head coach Penny Dean and assistant Cindy Yonker went a combined 3-3 in singles action and 1-1 in doubles play on day three of the tourney. Overall, BGSU singles competitors went 21-8, while Falcon doubles teams were 6-5 (with one of those losses, obviously, coming to a fellow BGSU team) at the Queen City Invite.
Participating schools in the Queen City Invitational included BGSU, UC, Ball State, Bradley, Dayton, Toledo, West Virginia and Xavier.
The Falcons will participate in one more tournament before the end of the fall schedule. BGSU will travel to Nashville, Tenn., to compete in the Belmont Invitational on Oct. 23-24.
BGSU's complete results from the Queen City Invitational are below.
QUEEN CITY INVITATIONAL
BGSU'S RESULTS (final)
A-SINGLES
CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA
Def. Loni Dickerhoof (Dayton
Def. Elise Woulfe (Cincinnati
Lost to Maha Guirguis (Toledo
SAMANTHA KINTZEL
Def. Lindsey Lonergan (Cincinnati
Def. Katie Haught (West Virginia
Lost to Katie Pleiman (Xavier) 6-0, 6-2
B-SINGLES
KATIA BABINA
Def. Gabriela Blaskovicova (West Virginia
Lost to Jill Ducro (Xavier) 6-4, 6-4
Def. Katherine Rist (Ball State) 6-1, 6-2
Def. Ashley Pilsbury (West Virginia) 6-4, 6-4
MADDY ECCLESTON
Def. Hayley Hall (Ball State
Def. Kaitlynn Zinn (Xavier) 6-2, 6-2
Def. Nadia Zoubareva (Toledo
Lost to Ashley Frey (Toledo) 6-2, 6-1
C-SINGLES
JADE JOHNSON
Def. Kelly O'Connel (Dayton
Lost to Kally Alkire (Xavier) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Def. Natalie Handler (Xavier) 6-2, 6-0
Lost to Sarah Hebble (Ball State) 7-5, 6-4
JESSICA EASDALE
Def. Liv Pettersson (West Virginia
Def. Sarah Hebble (Ball State
Def. Missy Reynolds (Toledo
Lost to Caitlin O'Gara (Cincinnati) 6-2, 6-2
D-SINGLES
KATIE GRUBB
Def. Anna Nelke (Cincinnati
Def. Jacque Weir (Toledo
Def. Paola Rodgriguez (Ball State
Def. Lauren Pickrel (Ball State) 6-0, 6-1 -- WON FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
MARY-CATHERINE BECK
Def. Sara Smith (Dayton
Lost to Lauren Pickrel (Ball State
Bye
Def. Jacque Weir (Toledo) 6-0, 3-6, 10-5
A-DOUBLES
BABINA/KINTZEL
Def. Hebble/Thomson (Ball State
Lost to Kinnard/K. Pleiman (Xavier) 8-6
CHIRICOSTA/ECCLESTON
Def. Buterbaugh/Donohue (Bradley) 8-0
Lost to Frey/Zoubareva (Toledo
B-DOUBLES
GRUBB/JOHNSON
First-round bye
Lost to Boulieris/Pickrel (Ball State
Bye
Def. Glanker/Mathews (Dayton) 8-1
Def. Beck/Easdale (BGSU) 8-2
BECK/EASDALE
Lost to O'Gara/Slynko (Cincinnati
Def. Nelke (UC)/Weir (UT) 8-5
Def. Gray/Weeks (Dayton) 8-1
Lost to Grubb/Johnson (BGSU) 8-2
Grubb capped her weekend by losing just one game in a straight-sets win -- 6-0, 6-1 -- over Lauren Pickrel of Ball State, capturing the D flight title in the process.
Two other Falcons had advanced to the finals of their respective singles flights, but were defeated in the championship match on Sunday. At the B flight, freshman Maddy Eccleston was downed by Toledo's Ashley Frey. In the C flight final, sophomore Jessica Easdale lost to Caitlin O'Gara of host UC.
Other singles action on Sunday included back-draw wins by both senior Katia Babina and junior Mary-Catherine Beck. Babina picked up a straight-sets victory over West Virginia's Ashley Pilsbury, winning both sets by identical 6-4 scores at the B flight.
In the D flight, Beck downed UT's Jacque Weir to conclude her weekend's play.
In doubles action, two BGSU teams squared off in the back draw at the B flight. The duo of Grubb and fellow freshman Jade Johnson defeated the Beck/Easdale tandem by an 8-2 outcome.
No team scores were kept at the tourney, which was held at the Queen City Racquet Club. But individual champions were crowned in each of four singles and two doubles flights.
The Falcons of head coach Penny Dean and assistant Cindy Yonker went a combined 3-3 in singles action and 1-1 in doubles play on day three of the tourney. Overall, BGSU singles competitors went 21-8, while Falcon doubles teams were 6-5 (with one of those losses, obviously, coming to a fellow BGSU team) at the Queen City Invite.
Participating schools in the Queen City Invitational included BGSU, UC, Ball State, Bradley, Dayton, Toledo, West Virginia and Xavier.
The Falcons will participate in one more tournament before the end of the fall schedule. BGSU will travel to Nashville, Tenn., to compete in the Belmont Invitational on Oct. 23-24.
BGSU's complete results from the Queen City Invitational are below.
QUEEN CITY INVITATIONAL
BGSU'S RESULTS (final)
A-SINGLES
CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA
Def. Loni Dickerhoof (
Def. Elise Woulfe (
Lost to Maha Guirguis (
SAMANTHA KINTZEL
Def. Lindsey Lonergan (
Def. Katie Haught (
Lost to Katie Pleiman (Xavier) 6-0, 6-2
B-SINGLES
KATIA BABINA
Def. Gabriela Blaskovicova (
Lost to Jill Ducro (Xavier) 6-4, 6-4
Def. Katherine Rist (Ball State) 6-1, 6-2
Def. Ashley Pilsbury (West Virginia) 6-4, 6-4
MADDY ECCLESTON
Def. Hayley Hall (
Def. Kaitlynn Zinn (Xavier) 6-2, 6-2
Def. Nadia Zoubareva (
Lost to Ashley Frey (Toledo) 6-2, 6-1
C-SINGLES
JADE JOHNSON
Def. Kelly O'Connel (
Lost to Kally Alkire (Xavier) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Def. Natalie Handler (Xavier) 6-2, 6-0
Lost to Sarah Hebble (Ball State) 7-5, 6-4
JESSICA EASDALE
Def. Liv Pettersson (
Def. Sarah Hebble (
Def. Missy Reynolds (
Lost to Caitlin O'Gara (Cincinnati) 6-2, 6-2
D-SINGLES
KATIE GRUBB
Def. Anna Nelke (
Def. Jacque Weir (
Def. Paola Rodgriguez (
Def. Lauren Pickrel (Ball State) 6-0, 6-1 -- WON FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
MARY-CATHERINE BECK
Def. Sara Smith (
Lost to Lauren Pickrel (
Bye
Def. Jacque Weir (Toledo) 6-0, 3-6, 10-5
A-DOUBLES
BABINA/KINTZEL
Def. Hebble/Thomson (
Lost to Kinnard/K. Pleiman (Xavier) 8-6
CHIRICOSTA/ECCLESTON
Def. Buterbaugh/Donohue (Bradley) 8-0
Lost to Frey/Zoubareva (
B-DOUBLES
GRUBB/JOHNSON
First-round bye
Lost to Boulieris/Pickrel (
Bye
Def. Glanker/Mathews (Dayton) 8-1
Def. Beck/Easdale (BGSU) 8-2
BECK/EASDALE
Lost to O'Gara/Slynko (
Def. Nelke (UC)/Weir (UT) 8-5
Def. Gray/Weeks (Dayton) 8-1
Lost to Grubb/Johnson (BGSU) 8-2
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