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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, January 26
Chicago, IL
12:30 PM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Drake
BGSU Heads to Chicago for Two Weekend Matches
January 24, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Falcons to face Drake, CSU
BGSU STATS & MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS - PDF
BGSU will face Drake in neutral-site action on Saturday (Jan. 26), with the match scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time. The Brown and Orange then will meet Chicago State on Sunday (Jan. 27), in a 9:00 a.m. start at the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet Club.
The Falcons split a pair of matches last weekend to open the dual-match portion of the schedule. BGSU dropped a 7-0 decision on the road against No. 19 Notre Dame, but bounced back with a 7-0 victory over Duquesne at the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
Juniors Emily Reuland and Nikki Chiricosta, who played at the top-two singles flights last weekend, are tie for the team lead in singles victories. Each player has an 11-5 mark this year to date.
Freshman Katie Brozovich has 10 singles victories, while senior Katie Grubb has eight. As a team, the Falcons are 58-47 in singles matches in 2012-13.
Five Falcons have amassed double-digit win totals in doubles play this year. Chiricosta leads the way with a 14-6 doubles mark, while Reuland is 13-7. That duo has played together 18 times this year, going 12-6.
Grubb and fellow senior Jade Johnson each are 11-4 in doubles play to date, while another senior, Maddy Eccleston, also has 11 wins. Eccleston's doubles ledger currently stands at 11-7. Brozovich and classmate Drew Fillis each have nine doubles wins, while senior Mary Hill has eight.
All eight Falcons are at least two wins over the .500 mark in doubles, and BGSU has combined for a 43-23 doubles record this season.
Overall, Chiricosta has 25 wins on the year, just ahead of Reuland's total of 24. All eight players have at least 13 victories to date.
With a pair of wins last weekend, Eccleston moved into a tie for sixth place on the BGSU career list for overall victories. The co-captain has 143 wins as a Falcon, tying her with one of her coaches. BGSU assistant coach Cindy Yonker also had 143 victories from 1994-97.
Eccleston has solidified her third-place standing on the doubles wins list, with 80. She is just nine shy of school record-holder Christine Chiricosta.
No fewer than six of the eight team members -- all but the two freshmen -- are ranked in the top 30 on at least one BGSU career wins list. The complete lists are available in the PDF at the top of the page.
For Drake, this weekend marks the first matches of the spring season. The Bulldogs will face Chicago State on Friday before meeting the Falcons the following day. DU returned four letterwinners from last year's squad that set a school record for wins, going 22-7 and finishing second in the Missouri Valley Conference.
BGSU has met Drake on just one prior occasion. The Bulldogs posted a 5-2 win in a neutral-site match, held in Columbus, Ohio, 11 years ago (March 9, 2002).
Chicago State opened dual-match play last weekend, falling to Ball State by a 6-1 count on Saturday evening (Jan. 19) in Muncie, Ind. The Cougars, obviously, meet Drake on Friday before facing the Falcons Sunday.
The Falcons and Cougars are tied, 1-1, in previous series meetings. CSU posted a 6-3 win over BG in a neutral-site match in Milwaukee, Wis., during the 1992-93 season. The following year, the teams were scheduled to meet, but the match was canceled due to inclement weather. Last season, the Brown and Orange picked up a 7-0 win over the Cougars at the Perrysburg Tennis Center (Feb. 4, 2012).
Following this weekend's matches, the Falcons will play each of the next seven duals at home, beginning with matches at the PTC vs. Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 2, and Evansville the following day (Feb. 3). Sunday's Chicago State match is BG's final road contest until March 17.
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