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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, March 27
Akron, OH
1:00 PM
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Freshman Megan Miller won at the top singles flight for the second consecutive match
Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications
Zips Top Falcons, 6-1, Friday Afternoon
March 27, 2015 | Women's Tennis
Megan Miller wins again at the top singles flight
Bowling Green State University tennis freshman Megan Miller won at the top singles flight for the second time in as many matches, but the host University of Akron got past the Falcons, 6-1, Friday afternoon (March 27). The Mid-American Conference match was held at LaTuchie Tennis Center.
Miller defeated Akron's Martina Zerbola in a narrow tiebreaker after the two had split their two sets by identical 6-3 scores. Miller, a native of Sylvania, Ohio (Northview HS), outlasted her UA foe, 11-9, in the 'breaker.
Miller is now 2-1 in MAC singles play this season, with all three matches coming at the number-one flight. She leads the Falcons in both singles wins (eight) and overall victories (15) in this, her first season with the Brown and Orange.
"The girls played great today," said BGSU head coach Olga Elkin. "That was some of the best tennis I have seen some of them play. Attitude and effort was great right from the start."
The Zips took the doubles point to open Friday's match, but two of those three doubles matches were very closely contested. UA's Olga Shkundina and Araidna Blinova won a 6-0 decision over sophomore Antonina Farrar and freshman Sydney Seeley at the third flight, and the Zips would also post a narrow win in first-flight action.
At the top flight, UA's Zerbola and Sophia Geier took an early lead over Miller and sophomore Harley Hutchison, but never could pull away from the Falcon duo. The Zips forged ahead on multiple occasions, only see the Falcons pull within a game each time. Leading by a 5-4 score, however, the Geier/Zerbola tandem was able to capture the next game to give the home team the doubles point.
The second-flight match was a tight, back-and-forth affair. Sophomore Brittany Plaszewski and freshman Emily Witt took an early lead over the Zips' team of Karolina Maksimova and Madison Cohen, winning the first game before the UA duo won the next two. The closely-contested match saw Plaszewski and Witt move into a 4-4 tie with their Akron foes before the match was halted as the top-flight doubles battle came to an end.
In singles play, UA got wins from Cohen and Shannon Newnes at the sixth and fifth flights, respectively, to take a 3-0 lead. When Blinova got past Witt at the third-flight match, the Zips had the requisite four points.
Akron picked up a narrow win at the second flight, where Shkundina defeated Hutchison by identical 6-4 scores. Hutchison took an early lead in each set and battled to the very end, before the UA senior eked out the narrow win on each occasion.
Miller gave the Falcons a point at the top flight. After Zerbola won the first set by a 6-3 count, Miller responded by downing the UA team captain by the identical score in the second set, then outlasting her in the tiebreaker.
Miller now has a record of 3-2 in matches requiring a 10-point tiebreaker this season, including a 3-1 mark during the dual-match portion of the schedule.
The Zips' final point came at the fourth flight, where Geier held off Plaszewski in a narrow 7-5 opening set, then won the second set by a 6-3 final.
The Falcons' weekend road swing continues, as BGSU heads to Western New York to face the University at Buffalo on Sunday afternoon (March 29). That match is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Miller Tennis Center in Williamsville, N.Y.
AKRON 6, BGSU 1
Friday, March 27, 2015 – LaTuchie Tennis Center – Stow, Ohio
SINGLES
1 – Megan Miller (BGSU) def. Martina Zerbola 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)
2 – Olga Shkundina (UA) def. Harley Hutchison 6-4, 6-4
3 – Ariadna Blinova (UA) def. Emily Witt 6-2, 6-2
4 – Sophia Geier (UA) def. Brittany Plaszewski 7-5, 6-3
5 – Shannon Newnes (UA) def. Antonina Farrar 6-1, 6-0
6 – Madison Cohen (UA) def. Sydney Seeley 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES
1 – Zerbola/Geier (UA) def. Hutchison/Miller 6-4
2 – Cohen/Karolina Maksimova (UA) vs. Plaszewski/Witt (BGSU) 4-4, DNF
3 – Blinova/Shkundina (UA) def. Farrar/Seeley 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH
Doubles – 3,1
Singles – 6,5,3,2,1,4
RECORDS
UA 9-8, 1-2 Mid-American Conference
BGSU 0-12, 0-3 MAC
UP NEXT FOR BGSU
Sunday, March 29, at Buffalo – 1:00 p.m.
NEXT BGSU HOME MATCH
Saturday, April 3, vs. Toledo – 1:00 p.m.
DNF - did not finish
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Miller defeated Akron's Martina Zerbola in a narrow tiebreaker after the two had split their two sets by identical 6-3 scores. Miller, a native of Sylvania, Ohio (Northview HS), outlasted her UA foe, 11-9, in the 'breaker.
Miller is now 2-1 in MAC singles play this season, with all three matches coming at the number-one flight. She leads the Falcons in both singles wins (eight) and overall victories (15) in this, her first season with the Brown and Orange.
"The girls played great today," said BGSU head coach Olga Elkin. "That was some of the best tennis I have seen some of them play. Attitude and effort was great right from the start."
The Zips took the doubles point to open Friday's match, but two of those three doubles matches were very closely contested. UA's Olga Shkundina and Araidna Blinova won a 6-0 decision over sophomore Antonina Farrar and freshman Sydney Seeley at the third flight, and the Zips would also post a narrow win in first-flight action.
At the top flight, UA's Zerbola and Sophia Geier took an early lead over Miller and sophomore Harley Hutchison, but never could pull away from the Falcon duo. The Zips forged ahead on multiple occasions, only see the Falcons pull within a game each time. Leading by a 5-4 score, however, the Geier/Zerbola tandem was able to capture the next game to give the home team the doubles point.
The second-flight match was a tight, back-and-forth affair. Sophomore Brittany Plaszewski and freshman Emily Witt took an early lead over the Zips' team of Karolina Maksimova and Madison Cohen, winning the first game before the UA duo won the next two. The closely-contested match saw Plaszewski and Witt move into a 4-4 tie with their Akron foes before the match was halted as the top-flight doubles battle came to an end.
In singles play, UA got wins from Cohen and Shannon Newnes at the sixth and fifth flights, respectively, to take a 3-0 lead. When Blinova got past Witt at the third-flight match, the Zips had the requisite four points.
Akron picked up a narrow win at the second flight, where Shkundina defeated Hutchison by identical 6-4 scores. Hutchison took an early lead in each set and battled to the very end, before the UA senior eked out the narrow win on each occasion.
Miller gave the Falcons a point at the top flight. After Zerbola won the first set by a 6-3 count, Miller responded by downing the UA team captain by the identical score in the second set, then outlasting her in the tiebreaker.
Miller now has a record of 3-2 in matches requiring a 10-point tiebreaker this season, including a 3-1 mark during the dual-match portion of the schedule.
The Zips' final point came at the fourth flight, where Geier held off Plaszewski in a narrow 7-5 opening set, then won the second set by a 6-3 final.
The Falcons' weekend road swing continues, as BGSU heads to Western New York to face the University at Buffalo on Sunday afternoon (March 29). That match is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Miller Tennis Center in Williamsville, N.Y.
AKRON 6, BGSU 1
Friday, March 27, 2015 – LaTuchie Tennis Center – Stow, Ohio
SINGLES
1 – Megan Miller (BGSU) def. Martina Zerbola 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)
2 – Olga Shkundina (UA) def. Harley Hutchison 6-4, 6-4
3 – Ariadna Blinova (UA) def. Emily Witt 6-2, 6-2
4 – Sophia Geier (UA) def. Brittany Plaszewski 7-5, 6-3
5 – Shannon Newnes (UA) def. Antonina Farrar 6-1, 6-0
6 – Madison Cohen (UA) def. Sydney Seeley 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES
1 – Zerbola/Geier (UA) def. Hutchison/Miller 6-4
2 – Cohen/Karolina Maksimova (UA) vs. Plaszewski/Witt (BGSU) 4-4, DNF
3 – Blinova/Shkundina (UA) def. Farrar/Seeley 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH
Doubles – 3,1
Singles – 6,5,3,2,1,4
RECORDS
UA 9-8, 1-2 Mid-American Conference
BGSU 0-12, 0-3 MAC
UP NEXT FOR BGSU
Sunday, March 29, at Buffalo – 1:00 p.m.
NEXT BGSU HOME MATCH
Saturday, April 3, vs. Toledo – 1:00 p.m.
DNF - did not finish
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