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Friday, April 23
Bowling Green, OH
1:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
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vs
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Akron
Freshman Katie Grubb was victorious at doubles, and was the lone Falcon to win a set in Friday's singles action
Zips Sweep Singles Matches for 6-1 Win over Falcons
April 23, 2010 | Women's Tennis
BGSU captures doubles point, but MAC preseason favorites rally for victory
The Bowling Green State University tennis team captured the doubles point, but the visiting University of Akron responded by winning all six singles contests for a 6-1 win over the Falcons Friday afternoon (April 23). The Mid-American Conference match was held at Keefe Courts on the BGSU campus.
BGSU-Akron Photo Gallery | BGSU-Akron Match Program - PDF
With the win, the Zips improve to 17-2 overall and 6-1 in MAC play. Akron was picked to win the league's regular-season and tournament titles in the preseason coaches poll, and Akron is listed 73rd in the nation in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. The Falcons fall to 12-8 and 2-5, respectively.
Entering the final day of the regular season, the Falcons still could finish anywhere from the fifth to the seventh seed for the MAC Championships, which begin next week.
On Friday, the Falcons battled the Zips through doubles play, with the hosts capturing two of the three matches to earn the initial point. Junior Christine Chiricosta teamed with freshman Maddy Eccleston to pick up an 8-3 win over twins Angelina and Angelika Jogasuria at the top flight.
Akron's second-flight team of Zara Harutyunyan and Anya Baronayte had posted an 8-3 win of their own, downing senior co-captains Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel, but the Falcons led from start to finish in the third-flight match, closing out that win to capture the doubles point.
In that third-flight contest, Falcon sophomore Jessica Easdale and freshman Katie Grubb broke out to an early lead, winning the first four games. UA's duo of Prang Pantusart and Carolina Castro Cota won four-straight games to cut a 7-1 deficit to 7-5, but Easdale and Grubb closed out the win with a victory in the next game.
In singles play, however, the Zips won all six matches, including five in straight sets. Pantusart downed Easdale at the fourth flight, while Harutyunyan topped Chiricosta in first-flight action. Harutyunyan, now 18-1 in dual-match singles play this season, is currently the 113th-ranked singles player in the nation, according to this week's ITA rankings.
Angelina Jogasuria closed out her third-flight win over Babina, while Angelika Jogasuria was able to eke out a victory over Kintzel at the fourth flight. Kintzel gave her UA foe a battle before falling by identical 6-4, 6-4 scores. That fourth-flight decision gave Akron the fourth point needed to win Friday's match.
At the sixth flight, Grubb was BGSU's lone singles player to win a set, downing Jeremie Benjamin by a 7-6 score in the opening set. But, Benjamin rebounded for a 6-2 win in the second set, then eked out a victory in the third-set 'super tiebreaker.' Benjamin won by a 10-7 result.
Eccleston and Baronayte, like their sixth-flight counterparts, battled through a 7-6 opening set, but this time it was the Zips who came out on top. Baronayte took a one-set lead with the narrow win, then downed Eccleston, 6-2, in the second set.
The Falcons close the regular-season schedule with a Saturday (April 24) match against the University at Buffalo. Saturday's contest is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at Keefe Courts, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, the match would be held later in the afternoon at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
Following the UB match, BGSU will prepare for next weekend's MAC Championships, which will be held from Thursday through Sunday (April 29-May 2) at Western Michigan University's Sorenson Courts.
A win over Buffalo on Saturday would put the Falcons and Bulls into a tie for fifth place in the final regular-season standings, with BGSU earning the fifth seed for the MAC Championships by virtue of the head-to-head results. A BG loss to Buffalo would leave the Falcons in a sixth-place tie with either Eastern Michigan or Ball State, and the sixth or seventh seed for the conference tourney. A BG loss and a Ball State win would make BG the sixth seed, while a Falcon loss and EMU win would drop the Brown and Orange to the seventh seed. The MAC standings, Friday's results and Saturday's schedule can be found below.
AKRON 6, BOWLING GREEN 1
Friday, April 23 - Keefe Courts - Bowling Green, Ohio
SINGLES
1 - Zara Harutyunyan (UA) def. Christine Chiricosta 6-2, 6-1
2 - Angelina Jogasuria (UA) def. Katia Babina 6-4, 6-1
3 - Angelika Jogasuria (UA) def. Samantha Kintzel 6-4, 6-4
4 - Prang Pantusart (UA) def. Jessica Easdale 6-1, 6-2
5 - Anya Baronayte (UA) def. Maddy Eccleston 7-6 (6), 6-2
6 - Jeremie Benjamin (UA) def. Katie Grubb 6-7 (2), 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)
DOUBLES
1 - Chiricosta/Eccleston (BGSU) def. Jogasuria/Jogasuria 8-3
2 - Harutyunyan/Baronayte (UA) def. Babina/Kintzel 8-3
3 - Easdale/Grubb (BGSU) def. Pantusart/Carolina Castro Cota 8-5
ORDER OF FINISH
Doubles - 2,1,3
Singles - 4,2,1,3,6,5
NOTES
* Despite Friday's loss, BGSU still holds a 25-4 lead in the all-time series with Akron ... the Zips have won two-straight matches with the Falcons, after BG had reeled off 16 consecutive wins over UA.
* Saturday's Buffalo match will be 'Senior Day,' as fourth-year Falcons Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel will be recognized in ceremonies prior to the match.
* Junior Christine Chiricosta and freshman Maddy Eccleston have combined to go 16-4 in dual-match doubles play this season ... that duo is 6-1 in MAC play, and 20-6 overall this season.
* Sophomore Jessica Easdale and freshman Katie Grubb are a perfect 3-0 in doubles together, with all three matches coming in MAC play ... Easdale and Grubb have played together in each of the last three contests, vs. Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois and UA.
* BGSU has won the doubles point in each of the last four matches, in five of the seven MAC contests and in 14 of this year's 20 dual matches.
* Two former Falcon greats, sisters Ashley and Kelsey Jakupcin, were in attendance at Friday's match ... Kelsey finished her BGSU career last spring with a total of 141 career wins, tying her for sixth in school history ... Kintzel also currently has 141 wins heading into tomorrow's match vs. Buffalo.
* Ashley Jakupcin had 131 wins during her Falcon career (2004-07), ranking her 10th in school history ... she has ties to both of Friday's competing teams, having been a member of Akron's coaching staff upon her graduation from BGSU.
FRIDAY'S MAC RESULTS
Akron 6, at Bowling Green 1
at Western Michigan 4, Buffalo 3
Miami 6, at Eastern Michigan 1
at Toledo 7, Ball State 0
SATURDAY'S MAC MATCHES
Buffalo at Bowling Green
Akron at Western Michigan
Miami at Toledo
Ball State at Eastern Michigan
MAC STANDINGS (through Friday)
School -- MAC (Overall)
1. Miami -- 7-0 (14-6)
2. Akron -- 6-1 (17-2)
Western Mich. -- 6-1 (14-9)
4. Toledo -- 5-2 (12-5)
5. Buffalo -- 3-4 (7-8)
6. Bowling Green -- 2-5 (12-8)
7. Ball State -- 1-6 (7-13)
Eastern Mich. -- 1-6 (7-13)
9 . Northern Ill. -- 1-7 (7-11)
BGSU-Akron Photo Gallery | BGSU-Akron Match Program - PDF
With the win, the Zips improve to 17-2 overall and 6-1 in MAC play. Akron was picked to win the league's regular-season and tournament titles in the preseason coaches poll, and Akron is listed 73rd in the nation in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. The Falcons fall to 12-8 and 2-5, respectively.
Entering the final day of the regular season, the Falcons still could finish anywhere from the fifth to the seventh seed for the MAC Championships, which begin next week.
On Friday, the Falcons battled the Zips through doubles play, with the hosts capturing two of the three matches to earn the initial point. Junior Christine Chiricosta teamed with freshman Maddy Eccleston to pick up an 8-3 win over twins Angelina and Angelika Jogasuria at the top flight.
Akron's second-flight team of Zara Harutyunyan and Anya Baronayte had posted an 8-3 win of their own, downing senior co-captains Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel, but the Falcons led from start to finish in the third-flight match, closing out that win to capture the doubles point.
In that third-flight contest, Falcon sophomore Jessica Easdale and freshman Katie Grubb broke out to an early lead, winning the first four games. UA's duo of Prang Pantusart and Carolina Castro Cota won four-straight games to cut a 7-1 deficit to 7-5, but Easdale and Grubb closed out the win with a victory in the next game.
In singles play, however, the Zips won all six matches, including five in straight sets. Pantusart downed Easdale at the fourth flight, while Harutyunyan topped Chiricosta in first-flight action. Harutyunyan, now 18-1 in dual-match singles play this season, is currently the 113th-ranked singles player in the nation, according to this week's ITA rankings.
Angelina Jogasuria closed out her third-flight win over Babina, while Angelika Jogasuria was able to eke out a victory over Kintzel at the fourth flight. Kintzel gave her UA foe a battle before falling by identical 6-4, 6-4 scores. That fourth-flight decision gave Akron the fourth point needed to win Friday's match.
At the sixth flight, Grubb was BGSU's lone singles player to win a set, downing Jeremie Benjamin by a 7-6 score in the opening set. But, Benjamin rebounded for a 6-2 win in the second set, then eked out a victory in the third-set 'super tiebreaker.' Benjamin won by a 10-7 result.
Eccleston and Baronayte, like their sixth-flight counterparts, battled through a 7-6 opening set, but this time it was the Zips who came out on top. Baronayte took a one-set lead with the narrow win, then downed Eccleston, 6-2, in the second set.
The Falcons close the regular-season schedule with a Saturday (April 24) match against the University at Buffalo. Saturday's contest is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at Keefe Courts, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, the match would be held later in the afternoon at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
Following the UB match, BGSU will prepare for next weekend's MAC Championships, which will be held from Thursday through Sunday (April 29-May 2) at Western Michigan University's Sorenson Courts.
A win over Buffalo on Saturday would put the Falcons and Bulls into a tie for fifth place in the final regular-season standings, with BGSU earning the fifth seed for the MAC Championships by virtue of the head-to-head results. A BG loss to Buffalo would leave the Falcons in a sixth-place tie with either Eastern Michigan or Ball State, and the sixth or seventh seed for the conference tourney. A BG loss and a Ball State win would make BG the sixth seed, while a Falcon loss and EMU win would drop the Brown and Orange to the seventh seed. The MAC standings, Friday's results and Saturday's schedule can be found below.
AKRON 6, BOWLING GREEN 1
Friday, April 23 - Keefe Courts - Bowling Green, Ohio
SINGLES
1 - Zara Harutyunyan (UA) def. Christine Chiricosta 6-2, 6-1
2 - Angelina Jogasuria (UA) def. Katia Babina 6-4, 6-1
3 - Angelika Jogasuria (UA) def. Samantha Kintzel 6-4, 6-4
4 - Prang Pantusart (UA) def. Jessica Easdale 6-1, 6-2
5 - Anya Baronayte (UA) def. Maddy Eccleston 7-6 (6), 6-2
6 - Jeremie Benjamin (UA) def. Katie Grubb 6-7 (2), 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)
DOUBLES
1 - Chiricosta/Eccleston (BGSU) def. Jogasuria/Jogasuria 8-3
2 - Harutyunyan/Baronayte (UA) def. Babina/Kintzel 8-3
3 - Easdale/Grubb (BGSU) def. Pantusart/Carolina Castro Cota 8-5
ORDER OF FINISH
Doubles - 2,1,3
Singles - 4,2,1,3,6,5
NOTES
* Despite Friday's loss, BGSU still holds a 25-4 lead in the all-time series with Akron ... the Zips have won two-straight matches with the Falcons, after BG had reeled off 16 consecutive wins over UA.
* Saturday's Buffalo match will be 'Senior Day,' as fourth-year Falcons Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel will be recognized in ceremonies prior to the match.
* Junior Christine Chiricosta and freshman Maddy Eccleston have combined to go 16-4 in dual-match doubles play this season ... that duo is 6-1 in MAC play, and 20-6 overall this season.
* Sophomore Jessica Easdale and freshman Katie Grubb are a perfect 3-0 in doubles together, with all three matches coming in MAC play ... Easdale and Grubb have played together in each of the last three contests, vs. Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois and UA.
* BGSU has won the doubles point in each of the last four matches, in five of the seven MAC contests and in 14 of this year's 20 dual matches.
* Two former Falcon greats, sisters Ashley and Kelsey Jakupcin, were in attendance at Friday's match ... Kelsey finished her BGSU career last spring with a total of 141 career wins, tying her for sixth in school history ... Kintzel also currently has 141 wins heading into tomorrow's match vs. Buffalo.
* Ashley Jakupcin had 131 wins during her Falcon career (2004-07), ranking her 10th in school history ... she has ties to both of Friday's competing teams, having been a member of Akron's coaching staff upon her graduation from BGSU.
FRIDAY'S MAC RESULTS
Akron 6, at Bowling Green 1
at Western Michigan 4, Buffalo 3
Miami 6, at Eastern Michigan 1
at Toledo 7, Ball State 0
SATURDAY'S MAC MATCHES
Buffalo at Bowling Green
Akron at Western Michigan
Miami at Toledo
Ball State at Eastern Michigan
MAC STANDINGS (through Friday)
School -- MAC (Overall)
1. Miami -- 7-0 (14-6)
2. Akron -- 6-1 (17-2)
Western Mich. -- 6-1 (14-9)
4. Toledo -- 5-2 (12-5)
5. Buffalo -- 3-4 (7-8)
6. Bowling Green -- 2-5 (12-8)
7. Ball State -- 1-6 (7-13)
Eastern Mich. -- 1-6 (7-13)
9 . Northern Ill. -- 1-7 (7-11)
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