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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, February 18
Perrysburg, Ohio
5:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
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Louisville
Sophomore Emily Reuland picked up a singles win vs. Louisville (photo by Doug Sampson)
Louisville Stops Falcons, 5-2
February 18, 2012 | Women's Tennis
Chiricosta, Reuland pick up singles wins
A pair of Bowling Green State University tennis sophomores picked up singles victories on Saturday evening (Feb. 18), but the University of Louisville downed the Falcons, 5-2, at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
Nikki Chiricosta and Emily Reuland posted hard-fought wins at the first and third flights, respectively, for the Falcons. BGSU is now 3-3 in dual-match play.
Scroll down for post-match interviews with Nikki Chiricosta and assistant coach Cindy Yonker
The Cardinals captured the doubles point, with a narrow win at the top flight along with a pair of 8-4 victories. At flight number one, the UL duo of Julia Fellerhoff and Manuela Velasquez outlasted Chiricosta and junior Maddy Eccleston, 8-6. The second-flight match saw Mandy Brown and Stefanie Villajuan team up to give the visitors a win over Reuland and junior Mary Hill.
At the third flight, Sarah Miller and Rebecca Shine were victorious over BGSU juniors Katie Grubb and Jade Johnson.
In singles play, Miller picked up a win over Johnson at the fifth flight, and Brown and Shine also posted straight-sets victories for the Cards. Shine topped Eccleston in second-flight action, while Brown bested Hill at the fourth flight.
Two matches went three sets, with each team winning one. At flight number six, UL's Gabrielle Duncan and BGSU senior Jessica Easdale split their first two sets, with narrow margins - Easdale won the first set, 6-4, while Duncan responded with a 7-5 victory. Duncan captured the third-set tiebreaker to win the match.
The third-flight match saw Reuland win a 7-5 decision over Valasquez in the opening set, before the Louisville freshman roared back for a second-set win. The BGSU sophomore, however, emerged victorious in a closely-contested tiebreaker, winning by a 10-8 result.
The final match to conclude came at the top flight, where Chiricosta and Fellerhoff battled through two lengthy sets. Chiricosta won the opening set by a 7-6 result, surrendering just two points in the tiebreaker.
In the second set, the BG soph took a 5-2 lead, saw Fellerhoff come back to tie the match at 5-all, then won back-to-back games to claim the set and the match.
Chiricosta now has a record of 5-1 in dual matches this year, including a 3-1 mark at the number-one flight. Overall, she has a singles record of 14-5 this season.
Reuland is also 5-1 in dual-match singles play this season, with all six matches coming at the third flight. She has a team-best singles record of 16-4, and also leads the Falcons in overall victories, having gone 30-10 in 2011-12.
In only their second seasons at BGSU, Chiricosta and Reuland now have 80 and 70 total wins, respectively.
The Falcons return to action next weekend, hitting the road for a Saturday (Feb. 25) match against Cleveland State University. The match is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. start.
LOUISVILLE 5, BOWLING GREEN 2
Sat., Feb. 18, 2012 - Perrysburg Tennis Center - Perrysburg, Ohio
SINGLES
1 - Nikki Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Julia Fellerhoff 7-6 (2), 7-5
2 - Rebecca Shine (UL) def. Maddy Eccleston 6-2, 6-4
3 - Emily Reuland (BGSU) def. Manuela Velasquez 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (8)
4 - Mandy Brown (UL) def. Mary Hill 6-3, 6-4
5 - Sarah Miller (UL) def. Jade Johnson 6-0, 6-2
6 - Gabrielle Duncan (UL) def. Jessica Easdale 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (2)
# - Stefanie Villajuan (UL) def. Katie Grubb 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
DOUBLES
1 - Fellerhoff/Velasquez (UL) def. Eccleston/Reuland 8-6
2 - Brown/Villajuan (UL) def. Chiricosta/Hill 8-4
3 - Miller/Shine (UL) def. Grubb/Johnson 8-4
# - not included in final match scoring
Nikki Chiricosta and Emily Reuland posted hard-fought wins at the first and third flights, respectively, for the Falcons. BGSU is now 3-3 in dual-match play.
Scroll down for post-match interviews with Nikki Chiricosta and assistant coach Cindy Yonker
The Cardinals captured the doubles point, with a narrow win at the top flight along with a pair of 8-4 victories. At flight number one, the UL duo of Julia Fellerhoff and Manuela Velasquez outlasted Chiricosta and junior Maddy Eccleston, 8-6. The second-flight match saw Mandy Brown and Stefanie Villajuan team up to give the visitors a win over Reuland and junior Mary Hill.
At the third flight, Sarah Miller and Rebecca Shine were victorious over BGSU juniors Katie Grubb and Jade Johnson.
In singles play, Miller picked up a win over Johnson at the fifth flight, and Brown and Shine also posted straight-sets victories for the Cards. Shine topped Eccleston in second-flight action, while Brown bested Hill at the fourth flight.
Two matches went three sets, with each team winning one. At flight number six, UL's Gabrielle Duncan and BGSU senior Jessica Easdale split their first two sets, with narrow margins - Easdale won the first set, 6-4, while Duncan responded with a 7-5 victory. Duncan captured the third-set tiebreaker to win the match.
The third-flight match saw Reuland win a 7-5 decision over Valasquez in the opening set, before the Louisville freshman roared back for a second-set win. The BGSU sophomore, however, emerged victorious in a closely-contested tiebreaker, winning by a 10-8 result.
The final match to conclude came at the top flight, where Chiricosta and Fellerhoff battled through two lengthy sets. Chiricosta won the opening set by a 7-6 result, surrendering just two points in the tiebreaker.
In the second set, the BG soph took a 5-2 lead, saw Fellerhoff come back to tie the match at 5-all, then won back-to-back games to claim the set and the match.
Chiricosta now has a record of 5-1 in dual matches this year, including a 3-1 mark at the number-one flight. Overall, she has a singles record of 14-5 this season.
Reuland is also 5-1 in dual-match singles play this season, with all six matches coming at the third flight. She has a team-best singles record of 16-4, and also leads the Falcons in overall victories, having gone 30-10 in 2011-12.
In only their second seasons at BGSU, Chiricosta and Reuland now have 80 and 70 total wins, respectively.
The Falcons return to action next weekend, hitting the road for a Saturday (Feb. 25) match against Cleveland State University. The match is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. start.
LOUISVILLE 5, BOWLING GREEN 2
Sat., Feb. 18, 2012 - Perrysburg Tennis Center - Perrysburg, Ohio
SINGLES
1 - Nikki Chiricosta (BGSU) def. Julia Fellerhoff 7-6 (2), 7-5
2 - Rebecca Shine (UL) def. Maddy Eccleston 6-2, 6-4
3 - Emily Reuland (BGSU) def. Manuela Velasquez 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (8)
4 - Mandy Brown (UL) def. Mary Hill 6-3, 6-4
5 - Sarah Miller (UL) def. Jade Johnson 6-0, 6-2
6 - Gabrielle Duncan (UL) def. Jessica Easdale 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (2)
# - Stefanie Villajuan (UL) def. Katie Grubb 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
DOUBLES
1 - Fellerhoff/Velasquez (UL) def. Eccleston/Reuland 8-6
2 - Brown/Villajuan (UL) def. Chiricosta/Hill 8-4
3 - Miller/Shine (UL) def. Grubb/Johnson 8-4
# - not included in final match scoring
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