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Leeah Floyd (left), Emily Witt & the Falcons travel to face MSU Sunday
Photo by: Diane Larson
Falcons Fly North for Sunday Showdown with MSU
January 28, 2015 | Women's Tennis
BGSU faces the Spartans to begin a three-match road swing
The Bowling Green State University tennis team, after playing a pair of home matches last weekend, hits the road for the first time during the dual-match schedule. The Falcons of head coach Olga Elkin head north, beginning a three-match road swing with a Sunday (Feb. 1) dual against Michigan State University. That match begins at 4:00 p.m. at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
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Live Stats for Sunday's Match
The Falcons faced a pair of Horizon League foes at the Perrysburg Tennis Center last weekend, dropping a 6-1 decision to Detroit on Friday night (Jan. 23) and a 7-0 match against Youngstown State Sunday evening (Jan. 25).
Sophomore Harley Hutchison and freshman Megan Miller teamed up for a stellar weekend at the number-one doubles flight, going 2-0 against their Horizon League foes at the PTC. On Friday night, Hutchison and Miller never trailed in a 6-3 win over Detroit's duo of Sasha Nionova and Valeryia Kulikovskaya. The Falcon duo broke a 1-1 tie by winning four consecutive games, and after the Titans cut into that lead, Hutchison finished off the match by blistering a cross-court winner.
Sunday evening, the Hutchison/Miller team picked up another win, bursting out to a 4-0 lead against the Penguins' Marta Burak and Dominika Lackova, before YSU mounted a rally. Hutchison and Miller, however, won the decisive game to close out a 6-4 victory. Miller, one of five first-year Falcons in BG's six-player lineup, was partnering with Hutchison for the first time.
Miller split a pair of singles matches in her first-ever weekend of dual-match competition, with a win over UDM and a narrow loss to YSU. In her match against Detroit's Valeryia Kulikovskaya, Miller took a 3-0 lead and was never headed in winning a 6-1 opening set. Then, after the UDM junior won the second set in a tiebreaker, capturing that 'breaker by a narrow 8-6 score, Miller responded by bursting out to a 7-1 lead and holding off Kulikovskaya's attempt at a rally to win the 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set. Miller won that tiebreaker by a 10-8 result.
On Sunday, Miller was the last match on the court for the second time on the weekend. After losing her opening set to YSU's Dominika Lackova, the freshman bounced back for a decisive 6-2 victory in set number two. In a back-and-forth 'breaker, Lackova ultimately pulled out a 10-8 win.
Miller, one of six first-year Falcons on the nine-player roster, leads Bowling Green with 10 overall wins this season to date.
Hutchison represented the Brown and Orange at the top singles flight last weekend, with freshman Emily Witt, sophomores Leeah Floyd and Antonina Farrar and freshman Sydney Seeley playing at flights three through six, respectively. Hutchison was the only member of the lineup to have competed in a collegiate dual match prior to last Friday.
Michigan State enters the weekend with a 3-1 record during the dual-match campaign. Coach Simone Jardim's team played a pair of nationally-ranked opponents in Berkeley, Calif., last weekend, dropping a 4-0 decision to #6 California on Sunday (Feb. 25) before rallying from a 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 win over #72 Fresno State on Monday (Feb. 26). The Spartans' other two matches came the prior weekend, as State downed Eastern Michigan (5-2) and Oakland (7-0) at home. MSU will play two matches on Sunday, meeting Toledo at 10:00 a.m. before taking on the Falcons six hours later. Last season, Jardim's club went 17-9 overall and 5-6 in Big Ten Conference action.
MSU leads BGSU, 17-1, in the all-time series between the teams, and the Spartans have won 12-straight meetings since BG's lone series win, in the 1999-2000 season. Last year's match saw the Falcons take the doubles point, but host MSU rebounded to capture a 5-2 decision at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility (Feb. 8, 2014). All but one of the 18 total series meetings have taken place in East Lansing.
Following this weekend's match, the Falcons will return to the road the following weekend, with matches at Marquette (Feb. 6) and Wisconsin (Feb. 7). BGSU's next home match will be on Feb. 13, when Cleveland State comes to the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
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MSU Indoor Tennis Facility
Live Stats for Sunday's Match
The Falcons faced a pair of Horizon League foes at the Perrysburg Tennis Center last weekend, dropping a 6-1 decision to Detroit on Friday night (Jan. 23) and a 7-0 match against Youngstown State Sunday evening (Jan. 25).
Sophomore Harley Hutchison and freshman Megan Miller teamed up for a stellar weekend at the number-one doubles flight, going 2-0 against their Horizon League foes at the PTC. On Friday night, Hutchison and Miller never trailed in a 6-3 win over Detroit's duo of Sasha Nionova and Valeryia Kulikovskaya. The Falcon duo broke a 1-1 tie by winning four consecutive games, and after the Titans cut into that lead, Hutchison finished off the match by blistering a cross-court winner.
Sunday evening, the Hutchison/Miller team picked up another win, bursting out to a 4-0 lead against the Penguins' Marta Burak and Dominika Lackova, before YSU mounted a rally. Hutchison and Miller, however, won the decisive game to close out a 6-4 victory. Miller, one of five first-year Falcons in BG's six-player lineup, was partnering with Hutchison for the first time.
Miller split a pair of singles matches in her first-ever weekend of dual-match competition, with a win over UDM and a narrow loss to YSU. In her match against Detroit's Valeryia Kulikovskaya, Miller took a 3-0 lead and was never headed in winning a 6-1 opening set. Then, after the UDM junior won the second set in a tiebreaker, capturing that 'breaker by a narrow 8-6 score, Miller responded by bursting out to a 7-1 lead and holding off Kulikovskaya's attempt at a rally to win the 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set. Miller won that tiebreaker by a 10-8 result.
On Sunday, Miller was the last match on the court for the second time on the weekend. After losing her opening set to YSU's Dominika Lackova, the freshman bounced back for a decisive 6-2 victory in set number two. In a back-and-forth 'breaker, Lackova ultimately pulled out a 10-8 win.
Miller, one of six first-year Falcons on the nine-player roster, leads Bowling Green with 10 overall wins this season to date.
Hutchison represented the Brown and Orange at the top singles flight last weekend, with freshman Emily Witt, sophomores Leeah Floyd and Antonina Farrar and freshman Sydney Seeley playing at flights three through six, respectively. Hutchison was the only member of the lineup to have competed in a collegiate dual match prior to last Friday.
Michigan State enters the weekend with a 3-1 record during the dual-match campaign. Coach Simone Jardim's team played a pair of nationally-ranked opponents in Berkeley, Calif., last weekend, dropping a 4-0 decision to #6 California on Sunday (Feb. 25) before rallying from a 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 win over #72 Fresno State on Monday (Feb. 26). The Spartans' other two matches came the prior weekend, as State downed Eastern Michigan (5-2) and Oakland (7-0) at home. MSU will play two matches on Sunday, meeting Toledo at 10:00 a.m. before taking on the Falcons six hours later. Last season, Jardim's club went 17-9 overall and 5-6 in Big Ten Conference action.
MSU leads BGSU, 17-1, in the all-time series between the teams, and the Spartans have won 12-straight meetings since BG's lone series win, in the 1999-2000 season. Last year's match saw the Falcons take the doubles point, but host MSU rebounded to capture a 5-2 decision at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility (Feb. 8, 2014). All but one of the 18 total series meetings have taken place in East Lansing.
Following this weekend's match, the Falcons will return to the road the following weekend, with matches at Marquette (Feb. 6) and Wisconsin (Feb. 7). BGSU's next home match will be on Feb. 13, when Cleveland State comes to the Perrysburg Tennis Center.
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