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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 |