BGSU Seniors Advance in Doubles Main Draw

Friday, October 11

Ann Arbor, MI

9:00 AM

Bowling Green State University

ITA Midwest Regional Championships

October 11, 2013 | Women's Tennis

Chiricosta & Reuland down a Northwestern duo to move on

By: ANN ARBOR, Mich. (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Nikki Chiricosta - mjc photo - Sept 20 2013

The Bowling Green State University tennis seniors teamed up for a doubles win against Big Ten Conference opposition as the ITA Midwest Regional Championships continued on Friday (Oct. 11).

Singles Qualifying Draw - Final Results
Singles Qualifying - Consolation matches
Singles Main Draw - Bracket
Doubles Main Draw - Results and Bracket
Live Scoring/Live Video

Nikki Chiricosta and Emily Reuland, after drawing a first-round bye in the doubles main draw, defeated the Northwestern duo of Lok Sze Leung and Manon Peri on the second day of the six-day event.

The University of Michigan is hosting this year's regional, which is being held at the Varsity Tennis Center.

The lead changed hands several times in the early going, and the Wildcats held a 5-4 advantage before the Falcons reeled off four-straight games to capture the win.

Chiricosta and Reuland now will face the Michigan duo of Emina Bektas and Brooke Bolender -- the top-seeded team in the doubles bracket -- in the round of 16, which begins Saturday morning (Oct. 12) at 9:00 a.m.

In all, the Falcons combined to go 2-2 in Friday action in Ann Arbor. Both Chiricosta and Reuland were eliminated from the singles qualifying draw in round-of-16 matches, while sophomore Katie Brozovich picked up a win in a consolation match.

Chiricosta fell to Ohio State's Grainne O'Neill, dropping a first-set tiebreaker, while Reuland lost to Jillian Rooney of Northwestern.

Brozovich split a pair of sets with Detroit's Valerie Kulikovskaya, then captured a 10-point tiebreaker which was played in lieu of a third set.

BGSU competitors have combined for an overall record of 6-3 through the first two days of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships.

With three total wins so far in Ann Arbor, Reuland has moved into the top 10 on the BGSU combined career wins list. She now has a total of 144 victories, and has taken over sole possession of eighth place on the school chart.

Chiricosta, who entered the week ranked third in BGSU history in career victories, now has 160 total wins as a Falcon. She sits in sole possession of second place on the career singles wins list, having picked up her 82nd such win on Thursday, and she ranks fourth in doubles victories (78) at the school.

As mentioned, Saturday's doubles play begins at 9:00 a.m. Should Chiricosta and Reuland win their match, they would advance to Sunday (Oct. 13) morning's quarterfinal round.

Click the link located near the top of this page for live scoring, as well as live video of selected matches throughout the entire tournament.

ITA Midwest Regional Championship
BGSU Results
Thursday, Oct. 10 - Singles Qualifying Draw
Nikki Chiricosta
First-Round Bye
Defeated Annie Wierda (Michigan) 7-6(2), 6-3

Emily Reuland
Defeated Kadi Ilves (Illinois State) 6-2, 6-2
Defeated Linsey Verstrepen (Wright State) 6-1, 6-0

Katie Brozovich
Lost to Louise Kwong (Illinois) 6-0, 5-7, 6-0
Defeated Elaine Cloern (WSU) 6-1, 6-2 *
* consolation match

Friday, Oct. 11 - Singles Qualifying Draw
Nikki Chiricosta
Lost to Grainne O'Neill (Ohio State) 7-6, 6-2

Emily Reuland
Lost to Jillian Rooney (Northwestern) 6-1, 6-2

Katie Brozovich
Defeated Valerie Kulikovskaya (Detroit) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(3) *
* consolation match

Doubles Main Draw
Chiricosta/Reuland
First-Round Bye
Defeated Leung/Peri (Northwestern) 8-5

Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, Oct. 12
9 a.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Round of 16
10 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw First Round
1:30 p.m. -- Singles Main Draw Second Round

Sunday, Oct. 13
10 a.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals
11:30 a.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Semifinals
1 p.m. -- Singles Main Draw Round of 16

Monday, Oct. 14
9 a.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Championship
10:30 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw Quarterfinals
1:30 p.m. -- Singles Main Draw Semifinals

Tuesday, Oct. 15
10 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw Championship

Participating Schools
Bowling Green, Akron, Chicago State, Cleveland State, DePaul, Detroit, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Illinois State, Illinois, IPFW, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Toledo, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State, Youngstown State