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Sunday, November 6
East Lansing, Mich.
9:00 AM
Bowling Green State University
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Green and White Invite
After winning a doubles title on Saturday, Maddy Eccleston captured a singles crown Sunday in East Lansing
Eccleston Wins Another Title at Green & White Invite
November 06, 2011 | Women's Tennis
Junior co-captain picks up team-leading 12th singles win of the fall; Falcons post 3 Sunday wins over Big Ten foes
Junior co-captain Maddy Eccleston finished the fall schedule in style, winning a singles flight championship on Sunday (Nov. 6) at the Green and White Invitational. The three-day, six-team tournament was hosted by Michigan State University.
After defeating MSU's Kat Lingl in Saturday's semifinal round, Eccleston beat another Big Ten Conference opponent on Sunday. She downed the University of Wisconsin's Aleksandra Markovic in straight sets to win Flight B.
COMPLETE RESULTS - PDF (8 pages)
All three of Eccleston's singles victories on the weekend came in the minimum two sets, and her scoreline was similarly impressive on each day. All three matches saw Eccleston win one set by a 6-2 score and the other by a 6-3 result.
Eccleston captured a crown for the second-straight day, having won a doubles title on Saturday afternoon.
In addition to Eccleston, two other Falcons picked up wins over Big Ten foes on Sunday. In the C Draw, both junior Mary Hill and sophomore Emily Reuland beat opponents from host MSU. And, both players lost only four total games in their straight-sets victories.
Hill downed MSU's Michaela Silesova by a 6-3, 6-1 result. The win was Hill's 10th of the fall. Reuland defeated the Spartans' Julianna Gruber by a 6-1, 6-3 result on Sunday, picking up her 11th singles victory of the season.
Sophomore Nikki Chiricosta also was victorious on Sunday, besting Ball State's Courtney Wild to capture the back-draw title at Flight A. Chiricosta finished the fall with a 9-4 singles mark.
Two juniors lost in the championship match of their respective flights on Sunday. Katie Grubb lost for the first time all season, as Caroline Bauer of Wisconsin eked out a win in three sets, including a third-set tiebreaker, at Flight D. Grubb is now 9-1 in singles play this season.
Jade Johnson, after a semifinal-round win over MSU's Hilary Hager, battled to a third set in her championship match, but eventually fell to the Spartans' Dana Guentert at Flight E. Johnson finishes the fall with a 7-4 singles record.
The Falcons finished the Green and White Invitational with a combined singles record of 12-5. Eccleston went 3-0 on the weekend, while four other Falcons -- Grubb, Hill, Johnson and Reuland -- each were 2-1. Chiricosta was 1-1 as one of her weekend opponents withdrew.
In doubles, the Brown and Orange went 7-2 at the Green and White. Eccleston and Johnson won all three of their matches and captured a championship at Flight C, while the Chiricosta/Hill and Grubb/Reuland duos each advanced to the final of their respective flights before succumbing.
The Green and White Invite was BGSU's final tournament of the fall. Head coach Penny Dean's team's next action comes on Jan. 21, 2012, against Duquesne University.
GREEN AND WHITE INVITATIONAL
BGSU'S WEEKEND RESULTS
DOUBLES
Flight A - Chiricosta/Hill
def. Westerink/Mebuke (EMU) 8-6
def. Herzog/Lingl (MSU) 8-2
lost to Stracar/Trgovich (UW) 8-3
Flight B - Grubb/Reuland
def. Bhatia/Rivero (EMU) 9-7
def. Bauer/Gruber (UW) 9-7
lost to Markovic/Chupa (UW) 8-1
Flight C - Eccleston/Johnson
def. Hager/Yen (MSU) 8-4
def. Friedrichs (EMU)/Karoub (UDM) 8-6 - CHAMPIONS
def. Boulieris/Pickrel (BSU) 8-0
SINGLES
Flight A - Nikki Chiricosta
lost to Valentina Rusakova (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
def. Miriam Westerink (EMU) default
def. Courtney Wild (BSU) 6-3, 6-3
Flight B - Maddy Eccleston
def. Mariya Toncheva (EMU) 6-3, 6-2
def. Kat Lingl (MSU) 6-2, 6-3
def. Aleksandra Markovic (UW) 6-3, 6-2 - CHAMPION
Flight C - Mary Hill
def. Sarah Hebble (BSU) 6-3, 6-2
lost to Ankita Bhatia (EMU) 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
def. Michaela Silesova (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
Flight C - Emily Reuland
def. Michaela Silesova (MSU) 7-5, 6-0
lost to Lauren Gruber (UW) 6-4, 6-3
def. Julianna Gruber (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
Flight D - Katie Grubb
def. Daphne Friedrichs (EMU) 7-6 (7), 7-5
def. Dena Boulieris (BSU) 6-2, 7-5
lost to Caroline Bauer (UW) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
Flight E - Jade Johnson
def. Kylee Johnson (BSU) 6-1, 6-2
def. Hilary Hager (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
lost to Dana Guentert (MSU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
BGSU INDIVIDUAL W-L RECORDS
through the fall schedule
SINGLES
Nikki Chiricosta -- 9-4
Jessica Easdale -- 5-4
Maddy Eccleston -- 12-2
Katie Grubb -- 9-1
Mary Hill -- 10-5
Jade Johnson -- 7-4
Emily Reuland -- 11-3
DOUBLES
Chiricosta/Eccleston -- 4-2
Chiricosta/Hill -- 6-2
Easdale/Hill -- 1-0
Easdale/Reuland -- 3-0
Eccleston/Johnson -- 6-2
Grubb/Hill -- 2-1
Grubb/Reuland -- 5-1
Hill/Reuland -- 1-1
Johnson/Reuland -- 2-1
Grubb/others -- 2-1
After defeating MSU's Kat Lingl in Saturday's semifinal round, Eccleston beat another Big Ten Conference opponent on Sunday. She downed the University of Wisconsin's Aleksandra Markovic in straight sets to win Flight B.
COMPLETE RESULTS - PDF (8 pages)
All three of Eccleston's singles victories on the weekend came in the minimum two sets, and her scoreline was similarly impressive on each day. All three matches saw Eccleston win one set by a 6-2 score and the other by a 6-3 result.
Eccleston captured a crown for the second-straight day, having won a doubles title on Saturday afternoon.
In addition to Eccleston, two other Falcons picked up wins over Big Ten foes on Sunday. In the C Draw, both junior Mary Hill and sophomore Emily Reuland beat opponents from host MSU. And, both players lost only four total games in their straight-sets victories.
Hill downed MSU's Michaela Silesova by a 6-3, 6-1 result. The win was Hill's 10th of the fall. Reuland defeated the Spartans' Julianna Gruber by a 6-1, 6-3 result on Sunday, picking up her 11th singles victory of the season.
Sophomore Nikki Chiricosta also was victorious on Sunday, besting Ball State's Courtney Wild to capture the back-draw title at Flight A. Chiricosta finished the fall with a 9-4 singles mark.
Two juniors lost in the championship match of their respective flights on Sunday. Katie Grubb lost for the first time all season, as Caroline Bauer of Wisconsin eked out a win in three sets, including a third-set tiebreaker, at Flight D. Grubb is now 9-1 in singles play this season.
Jade Johnson, after a semifinal-round win over MSU's Hilary Hager, battled to a third set in her championship match, but eventually fell to the Spartans' Dana Guentert at Flight E. Johnson finishes the fall with a 7-4 singles record.
The Falcons finished the Green and White Invitational with a combined singles record of 12-5. Eccleston went 3-0 on the weekend, while four other Falcons -- Grubb, Hill, Johnson and Reuland -- each were 2-1. Chiricosta was 1-1 as one of her weekend opponents withdrew.
In doubles, the Brown and Orange went 7-2 at the Green and White. Eccleston and Johnson won all three of their matches and captured a championship at Flight C, while the Chiricosta/Hill and Grubb/Reuland duos each advanced to the final of their respective flights before succumbing.
The Green and White Invite was BGSU's final tournament of the fall. Head coach Penny Dean's team's next action comes on Jan. 21, 2012, against Duquesne University.
GREEN AND WHITE INVITATIONAL
BGSU'S WEEKEND RESULTS
DOUBLES
Flight A - Chiricosta/Hill
def. Westerink/Mebuke (EMU) 8-6
def. Herzog/Lingl (MSU) 8-2
lost to Stracar/Trgovich (UW) 8-3
Flight B - Grubb/Reuland
def. Bhatia/Rivero (EMU) 9-7
def. Bauer/Gruber (UW) 9-7
lost to Markovic/Chupa (UW) 8-1
Flight C - Eccleston/Johnson
def. Hager/Yen (MSU) 8-4
def. Friedrichs (EMU)/Karoub (UDM) 8-6 - CHAMPIONS
def. Boulieris/Pickrel (BSU) 8-0
SINGLES
Flight A - Nikki Chiricosta
lost to Valentina Rusakova (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
def. Miriam Westerink (EMU) default
def. Courtney Wild (BSU) 6-3, 6-3
Flight B - Maddy Eccleston
def. Mariya Toncheva (EMU) 6-3, 6-2
def. Kat Lingl (MSU) 6-2, 6-3
def. Aleksandra Markovic (UW) 6-3, 6-2 - CHAMPION
Flight C - Mary Hill
def. Sarah Hebble (BSU) 6-3, 6-2
lost to Ankita Bhatia (EMU) 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
def. Michaela Silesova (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
Flight C - Emily Reuland
def. Michaela Silesova (MSU) 7-5, 6-0
lost to Lauren Gruber (UW) 6-4, 6-3
def. Julianna Gruber (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
Flight D - Katie Grubb
def. Daphne Friedrichs (EMU) 7-6 (7), 7-5
def. Dena Boulieris (BSU) 6-2, 7-5
lost to Caroline Bauer (UW) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
Flight E - Jade Johnson
def. Kylee Johnson (BSU) 6-1, 6-2
def. Hilary Hager (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
lost to Dana Guentert (MSU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
BGSU INDIVIDUAL W-L RECORDS
through the fall schedule
SINGLES
Nikki Chiricosta -- 9-4
Jessica Easdale -- 5-4
Maddy Eccleston -- 12-2
Katie Grubb -- 9-1
Mary Hill -- 10-5
Jade Johnson -- 7-4
Emily Reuland -- 11-3
DOUBLES
Chiricosta/Eccleston -- 4-2
Chiricosta/Hill -- 6-2
Easdale/Hill -- 1-0
Easdale/Reuland -- 3-0
Eccleston/Johnson -- 6-2
Grubb/Hill -- 2-1
Grubb/Reuland -- 5-1
Hill/Reuland -- 1-1
Johnson/Reuland -- 2-1
Grubb/others -- 2-1
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