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Christine Chiricosta has been named the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the second time this season
Christine Chiricosta Named MAC Scholar-Athlete of Week
February 19, 2010 | Women's Tennis
Bowling Green State University junior Christine Chiricosta has been named the Mid-American Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week. The announcement was made by the conference office Friday (Feb. 19). Chiricosta earns the award for the second time this season, having also been so honored on Jan. 22.
Chiricosta, a native of Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake H.S.), earns the honor went 3-1 as the Falcons split a pair of matches last week, beating Detroit and losing at Michigan State. The Falcons downed the Titans at the Perrysburg Tennis Center and lost on the road to MSU, both by 5-2 scores.
Chiricosta was dominant in her two singles wins, defeating UDM's Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom by a 6-2, 6-1 result, then topping MSU's Michaela Silesova by a 6-1, 6-1 result. In doubles, she teamed with freshman Maddy Eccleston for an 8-6 win over UDM at the top flight. That duo lost a narrow 8-7 (4) decision at Michigan State.
Chiricosta is now 7-1 in dual-match singles play this spring, 14-3 in all singles matches this year and 56-17 in her BGSU career. Just a junior, she is tied for 18th in BGSU history in singles wins. She is deadlocked for 17th on the BG doubles wins list, with 54, and is 19th on the combined career list, with 110 wins as a Falcon.
In the classroom, Chiricosta has a perfect cumulative grade point average of 4.00 as an adolescent/young adult/secondary education major. Last spring, she was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team, becoming the first student-athlete in BGSU women's tennis history to earn such an honor. On the court, she has been named to the All-MAC Second Team in each of her first two seasons.
The MAC Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Week honor is presented to one male and one female student-athlete each week. To qualify for nomination, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically, must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and must have performed well during the prior week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.
The Falcons of head coach Penny Dean, currently 6-2 on the young dual-match season, face the University of Illinois at Chicago on Sunday (Feb. 21) at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
Chiricosta, a native of Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake H.S.), earns the honor went 3-1 as the Falcons split a pair of matches last week, beating Detroit and losing at Michigan State. The Falcons downed the Titans at the Perrysburg Tennis Center and lost on the road to MSU, both by 5-2 scores.
Chiricosta was dominant in her two singles wins, defeating UDM's Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom by a 6-2, 6-1 result, then topping MSU's Michaela Silesova by a 6-1, 6-1 result. In doubles, she teamed with freshman Maddy Eccleston for an 8-6 win over UDM at the top flight. That duo lost a narrow 8-7 (4) decision at Michigan State.
Chiricosta is now 7-1 in dual-match singles play this spring, 14-3 in all singles matches this year and 56-17 in her BGSU career. Just a junior, she is tied for 18th in BGSU history in singles wins. She is deadlocked for 17th on the BG doubles wins list, with 54, and is 19th on the combined career list, with 110 wins as a Falcon.
In the classroom, Chiricosta has a perfect cumulative grade point average of 4.00 as an adolescent/young adult/secondary education major. Last spring, she was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team, becoming the first student-athlete in BGSU women's tennis history to earn such an honor. On the court, she has been named to the All-MAC Second Team in each of her first two seasons.
The MAC Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Week honor is presented to one male and one female student-athlete each week. To qualify for nomination, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically, must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and must have performed well during the prior week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.
The Falcons of head coach Penny Dean, currently 6-2 on the young dual-match season, face the University of Illinois at Chicago on Sunday (Feb. 21) at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
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