Falcons Meet UA, UB as Home Schedule Concludes

Friday, April 11

Bowling Green, OH

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Akron

Nikki Chiricosta & Emily Reuland - seniors - September 2013

Senior co-captains Emily Reuland (left) & Nikki Chiricosta

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

April 09, 2014 | Women's Tennis

BGSU looks to move up in MAC standings; Falcons honor seniors Saturday

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

MAC STANDINGS
Team (Overall Record)	MAC
Eastern Michigan (12-6)	5-0
Miami (11-6)	3-1
Ball State (13-7)	3-1
Buffalo (12-4)	3-2
Toledo (12-5)	3-2
Bowling Green (8-6)	2-2
Western Michigan (12-8)	1-3
Northern Illinois (6-10)	1-5
Akron (10-12)	0-5

The Bowling Green State University tennis team concludes the home schedule this weekend, honoring the program's two seniors in the process. The Falcons of head coach Penny Dean meet the University of Akron in Mid-American Conference action on Friday afternoon (April 11), and BG faces the University at Buffalo on Saturday (April 12).

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Nikki Chiricosta & Emily Reuland - seniors

has 92 doubles victories to rank second on that list, five behind record-holder Maddy Eccleston (2010-13).

Reuland is fourth in school history with 160 total victories, and the Oswego, Ill., native has taken over sole possession of third place on the singles wins list. With 83 singles victories as a Falcon, she has passed Stefanie Menoff (2006-09) on that list, and is the winningest player not named Chiricosta in BGSU singles history. Reuland is six wins behind second-place Christine Chiricosta. Reuland has 77 career doubles wins, good for sole possession of fifth place on that list.

The BGSU season and career records can be found by clicking the "BGSU Stats & Records" PDF link near the top of this page.

Akron enters Friday's match with an overall record of 10-12, and the Zips are 0-5 in MAC play to date. UA dropped a 7-0 decision to Miami on Saturday (April 5), a day after a 6-1 setback against Ball State. UA is 2-6 in home matches, but the Zips have an 8-6 record in road contests. Zips senior Ksenia Berestetska is 17-3 in dual-match singles play this season.

Buffalo is 12-4 this season to date, and the Bulls have a MAC record of 3-2 heading into a Friday match at Western Michigan. Last weekend, UB picked up a 5-2 win over Miami on Friday (April 4), before losing a marathon 4-3 decision against Ball State the following afternoon. The loss to BSU snapped a three-match winning streak for the Bulls, who are 8-2 in home matches, 2-2 on the road and 2-0 in neutral-site duals.

The Falcons lead Akron, 27-7, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU captured a pair of meetings last season. The Falcons picked up a 4-3 road win in the teams' regular-season matchup (Apr. 5, 2013), snapping a five-match UA series winning streak. Then, the Brown and Orange posted a 4-2 win in the semifinal round of the MAC Championships in Muncie, Ind. (Apr. 27, 2013), advancing to the league tournament's championship match for the first time in program history. In the teams' last meeting in Northwest Ohio, Akron blanked BG, 7-0, at the Perrysburg Tennis Center two years ago (March 31, 2012). Prior to UA's recent five-match winning streak over the Falcons, BGSU had won 16-straight matches vs. the Zips, dating to the 1992-93 season.

BGSU leads Buffalo, 13-4, in that series, but the Bulls downed the Falcons by a 5-2 score last April 6, snapping BG's two-match series winning streak. BGSU won the first nine series meetings, and the teams have split the last eight matchups. Two years ago, the Falcons pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Bulls at the PTC (March 30, 2012).

Complete match-by-match series information for BGSU against all MAC teams can be found by clicking the PDF link near the top of this page.

Following this weekend's matches, the Falcons will hit the road for the final weekend of the regular season. BGSU will travel to Muncie, Ind., to meet Ball State on Friday, April 18, before venturing to Oxford, Ohio, to face Miami the following day. The Falcons home to make a return trip to MU the next weekend, as Oxford will be the site of the 2014 MAC Championships from April 25-27.