Sept. 20, 2009

Welch And Volkova Lead The Way For Guins at BGSU Invitational

   Bowling Green, Ohio -- In Flight 4 Doubles action at the Bowling Green Fall Invitational, the duo of Tanisha Welch and Anna Volkova won three matches to take first place over the weekend.

    The teams who competed in the two-day event were Bowling Green, Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland State, Detroit, Eastern Michigan, IPFW, IUPUI and Xavier.

    Volkova and Welch opened the tournament with a win over Cleveland State's Janek/Muntean 8-1. In the semifinals, they defeated Baca/Weldon (Detroit) 8-5 before trumping Slynko/O'Gara (Cincinnati) 8-4 in the finals.

    In singles action, three Penguins placed third.

    In Flight 4 singles, Volkova defeated Raquel Vescovi (IPFW) in the third-place match by a score of 6-1, 6-1. Volkova opened with a win over Alisha Cummings (IUPUI) before losing the quarterfinals.

    Also placing third was Gretchen Cloern who defeated Carolina Castro Cota (Akron) in her third-place match by a score of 6-0, 6-7 (4), 10-8. Cloern won her opening match 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 over Caitlin O'Gara (Cincinnati).

    Hannah Patten placed third as well defeating Mary-Catherine Beck (BGSU) by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Patten opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Alexa Rang (IPFW).

    YSU's final action of the fall is set for Oct. 25 at the ITA Regionals in Chicago, Ill.

Results

Flight 1 Singles

Carolina Salas Espinosa (UDM) def. Sarah Lynch (YSU) 6-0, 6-3

Tifanie Trinch (XU) def. Sarah Lynch (YSU) 5-7, 6-4, 10-5

Flight 3 Singles

Lauren Hankle (YSU) def. Ingrid Ballus (IPFW) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

Katie Pleiman (XU) def. Lauren Hankle (YSU) 6-0, 6-2

Flight 4 Singles

Anna Volkova (YSU) def. Alisha Cummings (IUPUI) 6-1, 6,0

Samantha Kintzel (BGSU) def. Anna Volkova (YSU)

Anna Volkova (YSU) def. Raquel Vescovi (IPFW) 6-1, 6-1

Flight 5 Singles

Tanisha Welch (YSU) def. Janel Seng (IUPUI) 6-1, 6-2

Karina Ahuja (EMU) def. Tanisha Welch (YSU) 6-1, 6-4

Flight 7 Singles

Christie Pleiman (XU) def. Nicole Haralambopoulos (YSU) 6-2,6-2

Flight 8 Singles

Gretchen Cloern (YSU) def. Caitlin O'Gara (UC) 6-2, 0-2, 6-2

Jade Johnson (BGSU) def. Grechen Cloern (YSU) 6-1, 6-4

Grechen Cloern (YSU) def. Castro Cota (UA) 6-0, 6-7 (4), 10-8

Flight 9 Singles

Hannah Patten (YSU) def. Alexa Rang (IPFW) 6-0, 6-0

Kally Alkire (XU) def. Hannah Patten (YSU) 6-2, 6-0

Hannah Patten (YSU) def. Mary-Catherine Beck (BGSU) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6

Doubles

Flight 1 Doubles

Chiricosta/Eccleston (BGSU) def. Lynch/Cloern (YSU) 8-0

Flight 3 Doubles

Benjamin/Pantusert (UA) def. Hankle/Haralambopoulos (YSU) 8-2

Flight 4 Doubles

Welch/Volkova (YSu) def. Janek/Muntean (CSU) 8-1

Welch/Volkova (YSU) def. Baca/Weldon (UDM) 8-5

Welch/Volkova (YSU) def. Slynko/O'Gara (UC) 8-4