Freshman Christine Chiricosta began her collegiate tennis career with a bang as she took home a singles and doubles title this past weekend at the women’s BGSU Invitational. The Falcons captured two singles titles and two doubles titles during the two-day event. “I was really looking forward to [the invitational] this week,” Chiricosta said. “The anticipation was really building up. I was pretty nervous to start.” Chiricosta didn’t lose a set on her way to winning the flight two title. After being down 3-0 in her opening-round match, Chiricosta bounced back to beat Akron’s Carolina Castro Cota 6-3, 6-0. In her second round match, she topped UT’s Maha Guirguis 6-4, 6-1. Chiricosta rolled in the title match beating Detroit’s Svetlana Flankova 6-2, 6-3. “She is such a smart player and willing to do whatever it takes to win,” coach Penny Dean said. The event, held at the new Keefe Courts, featured Akron, Bradley, Cleveland State, Detroit, Toledo, Xavier and Youngstown State, and was hosted by the Falcons. Xavier tied BG in overall titles, winning three singles titles and one doubles title. Toledo won three titles overall. Chiricosta and sophomore Sam Kintzel won the flight two doubles title for the Falcons while the duo of junior Stefanie Menoff and sophomore Katia Babina won the flight four title. Menoff also won the other singles title. “We were randomly paired in practice,” Chiricosta said of Kintzel, her doubles partner. “We make a really good combination and we’re good friends, which makes it even better.” Junior Kelsey Jakupcin had a rough day in the first flight as she dropped two matches in a super tiebreaker. In her opening-round match against YSU’s Anna Volkova, Jakupcin lost the first set in a tiebreaker, 11-9, but would win the second set 6-1. She came up short in the super tiebreaker, losing 11-9. Jakupcin eventually lost the back draw title match, 10-8, in a super tiebreaker. BG received back draw victories from Kintzel, Babina and senior Jenna Nussbaum in the third, fourth and seventh flights, respectively. Senior Andrea Volle received a second-place finish in fifth flight, while junior Libby Harrison received a third-place finish in the sixth flight. After the Falcon’s success in the BGSU Invitational, Chiricosta thinks the team could have a very good year. “We can do really well,” Chiricosta said. “We have a team of eight awesome players. I think we can be the best in the MAC if we just keep working hard.”
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Chiricosta leads tennis team to good weekend
September 17, 2007
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