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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Nikki Chiricosta Named MAC Player of the Week
February 06, 2013 | Women's Tennis
BGSU junior earns weekly conference honor after 4-0 weekend
Chiricosta, a native of Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake H.S.), earned the honor after going a perfect 4-0 last weekend, as the Falcons won a pair of matches at the Perrysburg Tennis Center to run their winning streak to five. Chiricosta won all four of her matches by relatively lopsided scores.
On Saturday (Feb. 2), Chiricosta teamed with classmate Emily Reuland for an 8-0 win against a Youngstown State team at the No. 2 doubles flight. Then, she lost only four total games in a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Marta Burak at the second singles flight.
Sunday morning (Feb. 3) against Evansville, Chiricosta played at the No. 1 flight in both singles and doubles. She and Reuland posted an 8-1 win in doubles, and she then thrashed Natasha James, 6-2, 6-0 in singles play. Bowling Green won both matches by 6-1 scores.
On the season, Chiricosta has an overall record of 33-11, leading the team in wins. Her 15-5 singles record is the best on the Falcons, as is her 18-6 doubles mark. Just a junior, Chiricosta already ranks 15th in school history in career singles wins, with 66. She is 14th all-time at the school with 65 doubles victories, and her career total of 131 combined wins ties her for 12th at Bowling Green.
The Falcons are 5-1 this season, and Bowling Green has won five consecutive matches after a season-opening loss on the road against No. 19 Notre Dame. Head coach Penny Dean's club continues a season-long seven-match homestand with a pair of duals at the PTC this weekend. BGSU will host Cleveland State on Friday (Feb. 8) at noon, and the Falcons will face Cincinnati Sunday morning (Feb. 10) at 9:30 a.m. Admission is free.
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