2010-11 BGSU Tennis Media Guide

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2010-11 FALCON TENNIS

TABLE OF CONTENTSThe 2010-11 SeasonFalcon Quick Facts 1 2010-11 Schedule 2 2010-11 Roster 3 Falcon Tennis Notes 4-5The StaffHead Coach Penny Dean 6-7 Assistant Coach Cindy Yonker 8The 2010-11 Falcons Student-Athlete Bios 9-23 The Senior Christine Chiricosta 9-11 The Junior Jessica Easdale 12-13 The Sophomores Maddy Eccleston 14-15 Katie Grubb 16-17 Mary Hill 18-19 Jade Johnson 20-21 The Freshmen Nikki Chiricosta 22 Emily Reuland 23 This is Falcon Tennis 24 Current Falcons Through the Yrs. 25Statistics/Records/History2009-10 Statistics & Results 26-27 Individual Match-by-Match 28 BGSU Single-Season Records 29 BGSU Career Records 30 The Mid-American Conference 31 Year-by-Year Records 32 Year-by-Year Results 33-39 Carla Marshack 39 Robert Keefe 40

2010-11 MEDIA GUIDEThe 2010-11 Bowling Green State University Tennis Media Guide is a production of the BGSU Athletic Communications Office – Jason Knavel, Director; Mike Cihon and Dave Meyer, Assistant Directors; Ryan Gasser, Graduate Assistant; Matt Daley, Intern – in conjunction with the BGSU Tennis Office • Compiled, written and edited by tennis contact Mike Cihon • Photography by the BGSU Office of Marketing and Communications (Craig Bell and Brad Phalin), Jason Knavel, Doug Sampson, Larry Clapper Photography, Emily Cihon and Mike Cihon • Information current through Jan. 10, 2011.

BGSU QUICK FACTS

GENERALSchool Bowling Green State UniversityLocation Bowling Green, Ohio 43403Founded 1910Enrollment 15,356Nickname FalconsColors Orange & BrownAffiliation NCAA Division IConference Mid-American (MAC)Home Facility Keefe CourtsHome Indoor Facility Perrysburg Tennis Center

ADMINISTRATIONPresident Dr. Carol A. CartwrightFaculty Representative Dr. Lee MeserveDirector of Athletics Greg ChristopherAssociate AD / SWA Lesley IrvineAssistant AD Mark Shook *Athletics Dept. Phone 419.372.2401* sport coordinator for tennis

THE COACHESHead Coach Penny DeanAlma Mater Michigan, 1967Record at BGSU (years) 224-199 (20)Career Record (years) 270-243 (24)E-Mail [email protected] Coach Cindy Yonker

ATH. COMMUNICATIONSAsst. AD/Director Jason Knavel Assistant Director/Tennis Mike CihonOffice Phone 419.372.0474Office Fax 419.372.6015E-Mail [email protected] Address 247 Perry Stadium EastAthletics Web Site BGSUFalcons.com

TEAM INFORMATION2009-10 Overall Record 12-102009-10 MAC Record 2-6 Conference Finish T-Sixth of 92010 MAC Champ’s Lost in QuarterfinalsLetterwinners Returning / Lost 5 / 3

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2010-11 FALCON SCHEDULE

DATE(S) OPPONENT/TOURNAMENT TIME/RESULT/HIGHLIGHTSSEPTEMBERSat.-Sun., 18-19 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTS // All 7 BGSU players who participated won at least one flight titleFri.-Sun., 24-26 Spartan Inv. (East Lansing, Mich.) NTS // Nikki Chiricosta wins singles flight crown

OCTOBERFri.-Sat., 8-9 Rocket Invitational (Toledo, Ohio) NTS // Falcons had 24-6 overall record on weekendFri.-Sun., 22-24 ITA Second Chance (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTS // N.Chiricosta wins back draw of her singles flight

JANUARYFri., 21 at Louisville 2:00Sat., 22 vs. West Virginia (Louisville, Ky.) NoonFri., 28 CLEVELAND STATE % 6:00Sat., 29 at IUPUI 6:00Sun., 30 at Butler Noon

FEBRUARYFri., 4 at Michigan State 3:00Sat., 5 CINCINNATI % 5:00Sat., 12 at IPFW 7:00Fri., 18 at Air Force 9:00 a.m.Sat., 19 vs. Colorado St. (Colo. Springs, Colo.) 10:00 a.m.Sun., 27 at Detroit 4:00

MARCHSat., 19 at Youngstown State 6:00Fri., 25 at Buffalo * 1:00Sat., 26 at Akron * 1:00

APRILFri., 1 MIAMI %* 1:00Sat., 2 BALL STATE %* 1:00Fri., 8 at Western Michigan * 1:00Sat., 9 at UIC 11:00 a.m.Fri., 15 EASTERN MICHIGAN * 1:00Sat., 16 TOLEDO * 1:00Sat., 23 at Northern Illinois * 1:00Thu.-Sun., 28-May 1 – MAC Championships (Ypsilanti, Mich.)

All times Eastern and p.m. unless notedHOME matches at Keefe Courts unless noted* Mid-American Conference match% at Perrysburg Tennis Center; Perrysburg, Ohio

Christine Chiricosta (right) is the lone senior on Penny Dean’s 2010-11 BGSU tennis squad.

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THE 2010-11 FALCONS

The 2010-11 Falcons are (left to right) assistant coach Cindy Yonker, Mary Hill, Emily Reuland, Katie Grubb, Maddy Eccleston, Jade Johnson, Christine Chiricosta, Jessica Easdale, Nikki Chiricosta and head coach Penny Dean.

FALCONS BY CLASSSENIORS (1)Christine Chiricosta

JUNIORS (1)Jessica Easdale

SOPHOMORES (4)Maddy EcclestonKatie GrubbMary HillJade Johnson

FRESHMEN (2)Nikki ChiricostaEmily Reuland

FALCONS BY STATEOHIO (4)Christine ChiricostaNikki ChiricostaJessica EasdaleMaddy Eccleston

INDIANA (3)Katie GrubbMary HillJade Johnson

ILLINOIS (1)Emily Reuland

2010-11 FALCON ROSTERName (* - letters) Yr. Ht. Hometown (Previous School)Christine Chiricosta ***# Sr. 5-5 Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake)Nikki Chiricosta Fr. 5-3 Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake)Jessica Easdale **# Jr. 5-7 Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Jerome)Maddy Eccleston * So. 5-9 Toledo, Ohio (St. Ursula Acad.)Katie Grubb * So. 5-7 Elkhart, Ind. (Elkhart Memorial)Mary Hill So. 5-6 Munster, Ind. (Munster) (Coastal Carolina Univ.)Jade Johnson * So. 5-9 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Homestead)Emily Reuland Fr. 5-8 Oswego, Ill. (Rosary)

Head Coach: Penny Dean (Michigan, 1967) – 21st yearAssistant Coach: Cindy Yonker (Bowling Green, 1997) – second year

* letters earned# 2010-11 team captains


BGSU TENNIS NOTES

CHIRICOSTA IS HIGHLY DECORATED(CoSIDA) she earned third-team honors in 2009 before being named to the second team last year ... the award is now sponsored by Capitol One.

• In April of 2010, Chiricosta was named BGSU’s Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the athletic department’s Academic Honors Night.

• In 2009-10, she was named to the ESPN The Magazine (now Capital One) Academic All-District First Team for the second-straight sprin ... she also was voted to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second straight year.

• Chiricosta is President of BGSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and was named to the Homecoming Court in October of 2010.

Bowling Green senior Christine Chiricosta already has earned a veritable plethora of awards in her career.

• Last season, she was named to the All-MAC Team for the third time in as many seasons ... Chiricosta earned All-MAC First team honors in 2010 after being named to the all-conference second team in each of her first two years.

• In the classroom, Chiricosta was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team,, earning second-team honors ... the first women’s tennis player in BGSU history to be named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America

SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM ... A LOT OF SUCCESSThe BGSU tennis team members have been highly successful off of the court as well as on it. Read further, and see if you agree...• In June of 2009, then-sophomore Christine Chiricosta was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team. Chiricosta became the first women’s tennis player in BGSU history to be named an All-American by CoSIDA. Last season, Chiricosta was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team. The award is now sponsored by Capital One.

• In May of 2010, the team was honored with a public recognition award by the NCAA, for their Academic Progress Rate (APR) score, BGSU, which earned the honor for the fourth consecutive year, posted multi-year APR scores in the top-10 percent of the national list of women’s tennis teams.

• The Falcons were named an All-Academic Team for 2009-10, and three of the eight team members – Christine Chiricosta, Jessica Easdale and Maddy Eccleston – all earned individual Scholar Athlete awards. Incoming transfer Mary Hill also was named to the list. The ITA bestows its academic awards on deserving teams and individuals for men and women at all collegiate levels.

• As a team, the Falcons HAD A GPA OF 3.86 DURING THE FALL 2010 SEMESTER ... all eight student-athletes will be honored at the BGSU Athletics Honors Night in April of 2011.

CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA RECORD WATCHSenior Christine Chiricosta enters the spring semester poised to break each of BGSU’s career wins records. Entering the Jan. 22 dual match at Louisville, here are the BGSU career leaders, along with Chiricosta’s rank and totals...

SINGLES WINS: 81, Stefanie Menoff (2006-09) – Chiricosta T-7th, 75DOUBLES WINS: 84, Jenny Cheung (1995-98) • Chiricosta T-4th, 73COMBINED WINS: 153, Deidee Bissinger (1997-2000) – Chiricosta 5th, 148


BGSU’s Keefe Courts are located on the north side of Stadium Drive, nestled between Steller Field (baseball) and Meserve Field (softball).

BGSU TENNIS NOTES

FALL 2010 RESULTSSINGLES Christine Chiricosta (Sr.) 11-2Nikki Chiricosta (Fr.) 12-2Jessica Easdale (Jr.) 5-6Maddy Eccleston (So.) 9-4Katie Grubb (So.) 6-2Mary Hill (So. - transfer) 9-4Jade Johnson (So.) 0-0Emily Reuland (Fr.) 9-4TOTALS 61-24

DOUBLESC.Chiricosta/Eccleston 8-4C.Chiricosta/Hill 1-0N.Chiricosta/Hill 7-3N.Chiricosta/Reuland 2-1Easdale/Grubb 0-1Easdale/Reuland 3-0Eccleston/Johnson 1-0Grubb/Reuland 3-1Hill/Johnson 1-0Easdale/others 2-1Grubb/others 0-2TOTALS 28-13

OVERALL FALL 2010 WINSC.Chiricosta 20N.Chiricosta 21Easdale 10Eccleston 18Grubb 9Hill 18Johnson 2Reuland 17

CHIRICOSTA, EASDALE NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS

BGSU PICKED SEVENTHThe Falcons were picked to finish seventh in the Mid-American Conference in 2010-11, according to the preseason coaches poll. The poll is the result of voting by the league’s head coaches.

Miami was picked to win the conference regular-season and tournament titles. The Falcons received 36 points in the poll, behind MU, Akron, Western Michigan, Toledo, Buffalo and Eastern Michigan.

The complete poll, with point totals, is listed below.

1. Miami (76) 4. Buffalo (47) 7. Bowling Green (36)2. Akron (72) Toledo (47) 8. Ball State (14)3. Western Michigan (62) 6. Eastern Michigan (38) 9. Northern Illinois (13)

Senior Christine Chiricosta and junior Jessica Easdale have been named co-captains of the 2010-11 Falcons.

Chiricosta is entering her second year as the Falcons’ top singles player, after playing at the number-two flight during her freshman and sophomore seasons. She has played at the top doubles flight in every year at BGSU.

“I am proud of Christine,” said head coach Penny Dean. “She is a natural leader, and has been such an important part of this team for over three years. She is more than deserving of being named team captain.”

Easdale posted a 29-17 record last season, in her first year in the lineup. She went 17-10 in singles and 12-7 in doubles play. Easdale played at the fourth singles flight for six of the eight MAC regular-season matches, along with BGSU’s conference tournament match.

Chiricosta was named a team captain prior to the season, while Easdale was chosen for the honor in December.

“Jessica is very deserving of this honor,” said Dean. “In reality, she has been fulfilling a leadership role for us since the year began. Jessica is very responsible and understands the awesome position she will be undertaking as we strive to win a MAC championship.”


PENNY DEANHEAD COACH • 21ST SEASON AT BGSU224-199 AT BGSU • 270-243 OVERALL

HEAD COACH PENNY DEAN

The Bowling Green State University tennis program is in the more-than-capable hands of Penny Dean. The 2010-11 academic year marks Dean’s 21st season as head coach of the Falcons and her 25th year as a collegiate head coach. Entering the dual-match portion of the ’10-11 campaign, Dean now has a record of 224-199 at BGSU, and a career head-coaching mark of 270-243.

Dean guided the 2009-10 team to a 12-10 overall mark on the court, and a veritable plethora of academic honors in the classroom. Christine Chiricosta earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors for the second consecutive year, being named to the second team.

The Falcons were named an ITA All-Academic Team, and the team also received a public recognition award for their latest multi-year NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR), earning that distinction for the fourth consecutive year. The award is given to programs that posted an APR in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. Additionally, three Falcons were named ITA Scholar Athletes.

In the 2008-09 campaign, the Brown and Orange finished with an overall record of 12-7, and a Mid-American Conference mark of 5-3. The latter record was the program’s first winning ledger in MAC play since the 2002-03 season. BGSU finished fourth in the regular-season standings.

Dean and the Falcons posted a 16-5 overall record in the 2007-08 season, in the process tying the school single-season record for wins. Dean’s 1998-99 team originally set that mark.

That ’07-08 team ended the season with the school’s highest winning percentage in three decades. The program’s .762 win rate in `07-08 was the highest since the 1977-78 team finished 8-2 (.800) in dual matches.

The Falcons won the first 11 matches of the season before finally losing a dual match in late March. BGSU’s streak was the best start to a season in school history, and tied the program record for longest winning streak (regardless of time of year).

Also in ’07-08, for the first time in program history, the Falcons were listed among the national rankings. BGSU debuted at No. 60 in the March 4 ITA poll, before moving up to 54th in the March 11 rankings. The following week, the Falcons were ranked 56th in the nation, before finally losing a match and dropping out of the polls.

That loss came at the hands of Eastern Michigan, but the Falcons avenged that setback with a win over the Eagles in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Championships. That win was Dean’s 200th victory at BGSU. Additionally, it helped her ’07-08 senior class, Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle, conclude their careers as the winningest class in program history. BGSU won 55 matches during their four seasons, the most victories in a four-year span in program annals.

Dean’s ’08-09 senior class of Jakupcin, Menoff and Libby Harrison furthered that tradition, matching Nussbaum and Volle by recording a total of 55 dual-match wins during their four years with the program.

The Falcons posted a 13-9 overall record in 2006-07, tying for fourth place in the MAC with a 4-4 league mark. The Falcons, the fourth seed for the MAC Championships, battled back from a 3-0 deficit in the quarterfinal-round match to post a 4-3 win over Miami.

Dean has led the Brown and Orange to double-digit win totals in 16 of her 20 seasons, including in each of the last eight campaigns. BGSU has posted double-digit win totals in eight consecutive years for the first time in school history. BG had had four-straight seasons of 10 wins or more on two prior occasions (1988-89 to 1991-92 and 1996-97 through 1999-2000), with Dean at the Falcon helm for half of the first streak and all of the second.

Dean


HEAD COACH PENNY DEAN

PENNY DEAN’S COLLEGIATE RECORD

HEAD COACH, BOWLING GREENSeason Overall (MAC) Reg.-Season MAC Ty.2009-10 12-10 (2-6) T-6th of 9 T-5th of 92008-09 12-7 (5-3) 4th of 9 T-5th of 92007-08 16-5 (4-4) T-5th of 9 T-3rd of 92006-07 13-9 (4-4) T-4th of 9 T-3rd of 92005-06 14-10 (3-5) T-6th of 9 T-5th of 92004-05 12-10 (4-5) 7th of 10 T-5th of 102003-04 10-14 (3-6) 7th of 10 T-5th of 102002-03 10-11 (5-4) 5th of 10 T-5th of 102001-02 5-18 (3-6) 7th of 10 T-5th of 102000-01 8-14 (4-5) 6th of 10 T-5th of 101999-2000 12-9 (6-3) T-3rd of 10 T-3rd of 101998-99 16-7 (6-3) 4th of 10 6th of 101997-98 13-9 (4-4) T-4th of 9 5th of 91996-97 10-9 (3-3) T-3rd of 7 4th of 71995-96 7-7 (3-3) 4th of 7 4th of 71994-95 12-9 (2-4) 5th of 7 4th of 71993-94 12-9 (1-5) 6th of 7 4th of 71992-93 9-10 (0-6) 7th of 7 7th of 71991-92 10-11 (0-5) 6th of 6 5th of 61990-91 11-11 (1-4) T-4th of 6 4th of 6TOTALS 224-199 (63-88)

HEAD COACH, TOLEDOSeason Overall (MAC) Reg.-Season MAC Ty.1987-88 6-13 (1-5) 4th of 7 4th of 71986-87 15-16 (2-4) 4th of 7 5th of 71985-86 13-8 (4-3) 4th of 8 4th of 81984-85 12-7 (5-3) 4th of 9 4th of 9TOTALS 46-44 (12-15)

OVERALL 270-243 (75-103)

The 2005-06 Falcon squad reeled off a school-record 11-match winning streak (matched by the ’07-08 club) en route to a 14-10 ledger. That came on the heels of a 12-10 overall mark the season prior, after the Falcons had recorded a total of 10 victories in 2003-04.

In 2002-03, Dean’s Falcons were picked to finish seventh in the MAC’s preseason poll, but placed fifth with a 5-4 league record. That ’02-03 squad posted a four-match winning streak, the team’s longest in over two years, to end the regular season. All four wins came in MAC play, marking the team’s longest conference regular-season winning streak in nearly two decades.

Dean and the Falcons amassed a school-record 16 victories in 1998-99. Both that `98-99 team and the 1999-2000 squad tied the BGSU record for MAC wins in a season, each going 6-3 in league play.

Prior to joining the Falcons, Dean spent eight years as the tennis director at the Toledo Country Club, while also serving as tennis professional at Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Maumee.

Dean spent four years (1985-88) as head coach at The University of Toledo, leading the Rockets to fourth-place MAC finishes each year. Dean had a 46-44 dual-match record at UT.

Dean has experienced a great deal of success on both sides of the BGSU-UT rivalry, with her teams winning 19-of-27 matches. Dean had a perfect 5-0 record vs. BGSU during her four years with the Rockets. Since her arrival at BG, Dean has guided the Brown and Orange to a 14-8 record against UT.

Her coaching background also includes stints with the Northwest Ohio Junior Wightman Cup (1977-81, 1983-85) and Midwest Federation Cup teams (2000-01).

Dean was appointed by the governor to the Ohio Physical Fitness & Sports Advisory Board, serving a three-year stint. She also served as a tennis pro at the Toledo Racquet Club, holding that position from 1976-84.

Dean worked with the Ethel Parker multicultural tennis program for inner-city youth in Toledo in the summer from 2000-05. She is a 14-time winner of the Toledo City Championships, having collected five singles titles and nine doubles crowns. In October, 1998, her league team, competing at the 4.5 level, won the state and Midwest District playoffs and advanced to national play in Tucson, Ariz.

A 1967 graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in business administration, Dean played four years (1963-67) of tennis for the Wolverines.

Dean and her husband, Bill, reside in Toledo. The couple has two children: Debby and Michael, a BGSU graduate.


ASSISTANT COACH CINDY YONKER

CINDY YONKERASSISTANT COACH • SECOND SEASON AT BGSU

BOWLING GREEN, 1997

Yonker

Cindy Yonker is in her second year back at her alma mater, having joined the Bowling Green State University tennis staff for the 2009-10 season. Head coach Penny Dean announced Yonker’s hiring on Sept. 1, 2009. Yonker, a native of nearby Perrysburg, serves as a part-time assistant coach.

“I am very excited to have Cindy join the BGSU tennis staff,” said Dean at the time of Yonker’s hiring. “She has a wealth of knowledge and experience and will hit the court running.”

Yonker spent four years as head coach at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., and was named the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in both 2000 and 2003, her first and last seasons there. She guided the Gorloks to three second-place finishes and one third-place result in the eight-team conference.

At BGSU, Yonker (maiden name Mikolajewski) earned Mid-American Conference honors in each of her four years. An all-league second-team pick as a freshman in 1993-94, she earned honorable mention in her sophomore season. Yonker was an All-MAC First-Team pick in each of her final two years in the Brown and Orange.

In her senior year of 1996-97, Yonker posted a total of 43 wins, the second-highest single-season victory total in school history at the time. A team tri-captain, she was named to the Academic All-MAC Team in addition to earning all-league honors on the court that season.

Yonker had begun her career by tying the BGSU record with 23 singles wins as a freshman, and was the runner-up at No. 3 singles at that year’s MAC Championships. As a soph in 1995, Yonker was the recipient of the MAC’s Leann Grimes Davidge Sportsmanship Award.

She finished her career as the winningest player in school history, with 143 combined career wins. Yonker was second on the doubles wins list (68) and was tied for second on the singles victories chart (75) upon the conclusion of her career in 1997.

Heading into the spring of 2011, Yonker still ranks sixth in BGSU history in overall wins. She is tied for seventh in career singles victories, and ranks 11th in doubles wins.

Yonker received her Bachelor of Arts degree in business education from BGSU in 1997. She and her husband, Bob, a former BGSU men’s tennis player, have three children and reside in Perrysburg.


FALCON SENIOR

Chiricosta

CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA5-5 • SENIOR • LETTERS EARNED - √√√

AVON LAKE, OHIO (AVON LAKE) • CO-CAPTAIN

CHIRICOSTA AND THE FALCONSArguably the most decorated player in BGSU tennis history ... a two-time Academic All-America selection, the lone player in program history to earn that honor even once ... named to the All-MAC Team in each of her first three seasons ... has been named to the Academic All-MAC Team in each of her two years of eligibility for the honor ... an ITA Scholar Athlete in each of her first three seasons at BGSU ... entering her final semester in the Brown and Orange, already has added her name to all of the school’s career records lists, and is within striking distance of the top spot on each list ... has a total of 148 combined career wins, ranking fifth in school history ... has 75 singles wins (tied for seventh on the BGSU list) and 73 doubles

victories (deadlocked for fourth in school history) ... overall record of 148-55 includes a singles mark of 75-25 and a doubles ledger of 73-30 ... in 2009, became the first BGSU women’s tennis player in program history to be named an Academic All-American ... again earned Academic A-A honors in 2010 ... in her career, went a combined 11-1 in singles play at the BGSU Invitational, winning three singles flight titles.

FALL 2010A 2010-11 co-captain ... had an overall record of 20-6 ... went 11-2 in singles play, and was 9-4 in doubles action ... second on the team in singles wins in the fall, and tied for the team lead in doubles victories ... opened the season by winning the top-flight singles title at the BGSU Invitational ... was a perfect 3-0 in singles play both at that tourney and at the Rocket Invitational ... had an overall mark of 6-0 at the latter tourney ... named the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Sept. 24 ... played all but one doubles match with Maddy Eccleston, going 8-4 ... played one match with Mary Hill at the Rocket Invite.

2009-10An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second-Team selection ... also was an All-MAC First-Team choice, after being named to the second team in each of her first two seasons ... was named BGSU’s Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Academic Honors Night in April of 2010 ... the award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete in the junior class ... named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team for the second consecutive year ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second time in her two years of eligibility ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the third time in as many years ... led the Falcons in both singles and overall wins ... had an overall record of 43-18 on the year, tying for the 10th-most wins in a season in school history ... went 22-9 in singles play and 21-9 in doubles, all at the number-one flight ... named the MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week three times on the season, and also was named MAC Player of the Week once ... went 15-7 in singles and 16-6 in doubles in dual matches, teaming with Eccleston for each doubles contest ... went 5-3 in singles and 6-2 in doubles in MAC regular-season play ... MAC P-O-W honor came on March 17, after she went a perfect 4-0 in BGSU’s wins over South Dakota and Temple on the team’s spring trip ... earned the MAC’s S-A-O-W award on Jan. 22, Feb. 19 and April 2 ... had a 12-5 overall record in the fall ... had a 7-2 singles mark, tied for the team’s best, and went 5-3 in doubles ... went a perfect 3-0 in singles at the Belmont Invitational ... advanced to flight championships in both singles and doubles at the BGSU Invitational.


FALCON SENIOR

CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2007-08 15-5 7-2 5-3 1-0 22-72008-09 3-0 9-4 8-3 5-3 20-72009-10 15-7 7-2 5-3 0-1 22-9FALL2010 11-2 11-2TOTALS 18-7 24-9 33-9 15-9 1-1 75-25

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2007-08 15-6 9-2 5-3 1-1 24-82008-09 11-4 0-1 8-4 6-2 0-1 19-92009-10 16-6 5-3 6-2 0-1 21-9FALL2010 9-4 9-4TOTALS 42-16 0-1 31-13 17-7 1-3 73-30

2008-09Was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team ... the first student-athlete in BGSU women’s tennis history to be named an Academic All-American ... also named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team ... the only sophomore chosen to the district first team, and the first Falcon tennis player to earn academic all-district honors in six years ... named to the All-MAC Second Team for the second time in as many years at BGSU ... and, was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the second-straight year ... also was voted to the Academic All-MAC Team ... had an overall record of 39-16, best on the team ... tied for the BG lead in both singles wins (20) and doubles victories (19) ... played at the second singles flight for most of the year, but went 3-0 in dual matches at the #1 flight ... was 9-4 at the #2 flight in dual-match play ... in doubles, was 19-9, teaming with Kelsey Jakupcin to go 11-4 in dual matches and 6-1 in conference play ... that 6-1 mark tied the school record, representing the highest winning percentage (86.7%) by a duo in league action since the 1981-82 campaign (minimum five matches) ... had a 12-match winning streak (7 singles, 5 doubles) early in the dual-match schedule ... after losing in doubles in the Jan. 16 Duquesne match, did not lose again until the UIC dual of March 20 ... after that UIC contest, went on to win 7-of-8 matches (3-1 in singles, 4-0 in doubles) over the next four dual matches, all in MAC play ... in the MAC Championships, led Toledo’s Maha Guirguis when their singles match was abandoned ... led the Falcons in singles wins (8), doubles victories (8) and total wins (16) in the fall ... was one of just two Falcons to qualify for the ITA Midwest Region Championships (Jakupcin was the other), competing in both singles and doubles ... in doubles, the duo downed two Big Ten Conference tandems, from Minnesota and Illinois, to advance to the third round ... dropped her singles match to Ohio State’s Kirsten Flower in the main draw ... her only singles losses in the fall came to Western Michigan’s Kerstin Pahl, the ‘07-08 MAC Player of the Year, and to Flower and Michigan State’s Whitney Wilson at the ITAs ... advanced to the championship match of her singles flight at the Fall MAC Invitational in Kalamazoo ... also advanced to the doubles final in that tourney ... went a perfect 3-0 in singles play at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing ... was a co-winner of the #1 singles flight in that tournament ... won the singles title in the #2 flight at the BGSU Invitational on the season’s opening weekend.

2007-08Made a successful transition to collegiate tennis, to say the least ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection in her freshman season ... also named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... playing at the second singles flight and the top doubles flight, led the team in singles wins and overall victories ... had an overall record of 46-15 ... was 22-7 in singles play and 24-8 in doubles action ... named the MAC Player of the Week on April 23 ... finished MAC regular-season action with a 5-3 mark in singles, and teamed with Kelsey Jakupcin for a 5-3 doubles record ... played solely at the second singles flight in dual-match action, and went 15-5 ... in doubles, teamed with Jakupcin to go 17-6 overall, including 15-6 in duals, at the number-one flight ...


FALCON SENIOR

closed the season in style ... ended the regular season with wins in both singles and doubles vs. MAC regular-season champion Western Michigan ... in singles, downed WMU’s Priyanka Parekh in straight sets at the number-two flight, losing a total of just six games (6-2, 6-4) ... then, won at both singles and doubles vs. Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Championships ... singles win was a dominant 6-0, 6-0 decision against Aditi Krishnan, avenging a regular-season loss ... in the semifinals, was one game away from another win over Parekh when the match was abandoned (6-3, 5-3) ... had an overall record of 12-3 during the fall ... was 7-2 in singles, winning the first six matches of her collegiate singles career ... teamed with Samantha Kintzel to post a 5-1 doubles mark ... had a successful collegiate debut, going a perfect 6-0 in her first weekend ... that weekend, won flight titles in both singles and doubles at the BGSU Invitational ... won the second singles flight, and combined with Kintzel to win the second doubles flight ... went 3-1 at the top singles flight to earn runner-up honors at Cincinnati’s Queen City Invitational ... represented the Falcons at the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional in Ann Arbor, winning her first-round qualifying singles match before falling in the second round ... in the classroom, participated in the inaugural Falcon Leadership Academy.

HIGH SCHOOLEarned four letters at Avon Lake, teaming with her sister, Nikki, to win the state doubles title in her senior year ... Shoregals won the Southwestern Conference title in all four of her seasons, with a perfect 68-0 conference record during that time ... team also won four sectional titles, three district crowns and were state qualifiers in all four years ... individually, finished in the top 16 in the state in singles multiple times ... her school’s Student Athlete of the Year for 2007.

PERSONALDaughter of Rick and Sheila Chiricosta ... Full name Christine Marie Chiricosta ... born on July 28, 1989, in Toledo, Ohio ... majoring in adolescent/young adult/secondary education at BGSU ... has a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA through her first three and a half years on campus ... has an older brother and a younger sister ... both parents played collegiate tennis at Toledo ... brother, Matt, played tennis at Allegheny College ... mother coached the BGSU tennis team for three seasons (1987-88 through 1989-90), guiding the Falcons to a then-school record 15 wins in her final season ... sister, Nikki, is a freshman on the 2010-11 Falcon tennis team ... teamed with her mother to win titles at the National Mother-Daughter Clay Court Championships in both 2007 and 2008 ... was the top recruit in Ohio in the 2007 class, according to tennisrecruiting.net.


FALCON JUNIOR

Easdale

EASDALE AND THE FALCONSAfter missing almost all of her first season on campus due to injury, stepped into the lineup as a sophomore in 2009-10 ... enters the spring of 2011 with an overall career record of 39-29 ... that includes a 22-20 singles mark and a doubles ledger of 17-9.

FALL 2010A co-captain of the 2010-11 Falcons ... had a 10-8 record in the fall ... went 5-6 in singles play and 5-2 in doubles action ... teamed up with freshman Emily Reuland for a doubles title at the BGSU Invitational ... in singles, had a 3-1 mark at the Rocket Invitational ... in doubles, was

paired with Reuland for three matches (all at the BGSU Invite) and with Katie Grubb for one ... was partnered with two different Mar-quette players for three matches at the Spartan Invitational.

2009-10Had an overall record of 29-17 in her first year in the lineup ... went 17-10 in singles and 12-7 in doubles play ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the second time in as many years ... played at the fourth through sixth flights in dual-match play ... went 6-3 at the fifth flight and 2-0 at the sixth ... played at the fourth singles flight for six of the eight MAC regular-season matches along with BGSU’s conference tournament contest ... in doubles, was 3-1 in MAC matches, teaming with Grubb ... moved into the doubles lineup for the last half of the MAC schedule and the league tournament ... had an overall record of 13-6 in the fall ... had a 7-2 singles mark, tying for the team lead in both singles victories and singles winning percentage ... went 6-4 in doubles in the fall, including a 3-2 mark with Mary-Catherine Beck ... was 2-0 in singles play at the Belmont Invitational ... went 5-0 overall in Nashville that weekend, teaming with Jade Johnson for two doubles wins and with Beck for another ... had a 3-1 singles record at the Queen City Invitational, advancing to the championship match of her flight ... went 2-1 and advanced to singles flight title match at the BGSU Invitational.

JESSICA EASDALE5-7 • JUNIOR • LETTERS EARNED - √√

DUBLIN, OHIO (JEROME) • CO-CAPTAIN


FALCON JUNIOR

2008-09Was named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... missed nearly all of the season due to injury ... saw action in only four matches, playing exhibition singles matches that did not count in the final match scoring ... played exhibitions in four of the last five regular-season matches ... after having surgery in September, did not see action until the April 3 match at Northern Illinois ... also played in ‘seventh-flight’ singles matches vs. Akron (April 10), Buffalo (April 11) and Mi-ami (April 18).

HIGH SCHOOLEarned four letters at Dublin Jerome, under coaches Amy Heil and Anthony Susi ... was a First-Team All-Ohio selection in doubles as both a junior and a senior ... won a state doubles championship, helping the Celtics to a team runner-up finish, in 2007 ... posted a third-place doubles finish as a junior ... a two-year captain ... helped the team to a four-year record of 69-4 ... individual four-year mark (singles and doubles) was 97-15 ... National Honor Society.

PERSONALDaughter of Bill and Dori Easdale ... Full name Jessica Lee Easdale ... born on May 26, 1990, in Dublin, Ohio ... a neuroscience major at BGSU ... has a 3.65 grade-point average through her two-and-a-half years on campus ... the oldest of three children ... has two sisters ... both parents attended Miami Univ., where her father played hockey and her mother played tennis ... father had 123 career points for the then-Redskins to rank among the school’s top-20 scor-ers ... mother (maiden name Dori Voelker) helped the MU tennis team to four MAC titles, winning individual doubles crowns three times and individual MAC singles titles twice ... teamed with her mother to win the doubles title at the 2009 USTA National Mother-Daughter Hard Court Cham-pionships in Texas.

JESSICA EASDALE - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2008-09 0-4 0-42009-10 2-5 6-3 2-0 7-2 3-5 0-1 17-10FALL2010 5-6 5-6TOTALS 2-5 6-3 2-0 12-12 3-5 0-1 22-20

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2008-09 0-02009-10 5-3 7-4 3-1 12-7FALL2010 5-2 5-2TOTALS 5-3 12-6 3-1 17-9


FALCON SOPHOMORES

Eccleston

ECCLESTON AND THE FALCONSHas a winning percentage of .667, with a 58-29 overall mark through her first year and a half at BGSU ... is 27-17 in singles play, and has a stellar 31-12 doubles record.

FALL 2010Went 18-8 overall, with a 9-4 ledger in both singles and doubles ... in doubles, teamed with senior Christine Chiricosta for all but one match ... won her first five singles matches of the year, including a 3-0 mark and a flight championship at the BGSU Invitational ... also was a perfect 3-0 in singles at the Rocket Invitational ... had a 6-0 overall mark that weekend, with a 3-0

doubles ledger, but no flight champions were crowned ... two of her four singles losses in the fall came in three sets ... in doubles, went 2-0 with Christine Chiricosta and 1-0 with classmate Jade Johnson at the Rocket Invite.

2009-10Was named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... finished second on the team in wins in her first year on campus ... overall record of 40-21 included a singles record of 18-13, along with a 22-8 doubles mark ... led the team in doubles victories, and her 22-win total tied for 10th on the BGSU single-season list ... overall total of 40 wins tied for 15th on that school list ... played primarily at the fourth flight in dual-match singles play, going 9-6 ... played at the fifth flight during the final seven matches of the season, going 3-3 (MAC Tourna-ment match was unfinished) ... in doubles, teamed with Christine Chiricosta at the top flight for the entire spring ... that duo went 16-6 in dual matches, 6-2 in MAC regular-season play and 20-8 overall ... she and Chiricosta won nine of 10 matches from early March to late April ... also competed in two matches with Katia Babina on the season, winning both ... in the fall, had an overall record of 12-6, going 6-4 in singles action and 6-2 in doubles ... went 2-1 in singles at the Belmont Invitational ... had an overall doubles record of 3-0 that weekend, going 2-0 with Babina ... had a 3-1 singles mark at the Queen City Invitational, advancing to the championship match of the B flight ... in her first weekend of intercollegiate action, teamed with Chiricosta to advance to the title match of the top doubles flight at the BGSU Invitational.

MADDY ECCLESTON5-9 • SOPHOMORE • LETTERS EARNED - √

TOLEDO, OHIO (ST. URSULA ACAD.)


FALCON SOPHOMORES

HIGH SCHOOLA four-year letterwinner for coach Mary Kay Minder at St. Ursula Academy ... a two-time City League Player of the Year, and a four-time All-City League First-Team selection ... was an all-state first-team honoree in 2008, after being named to the second team in both 2006 and 2007 ... helped the Arrows win a pair of league titles, in her sophomore and senior seasons ... SUA shared the title in 2006, and won it outright in ‘08 ... had an overall singles record of 85-7 in her four years, winning individual league titles in singles as both a junior and a senior ... in doubles, ad-vanced to the state semifinals as a senior, finishing third in Ohio ... SUA finished fourth in the state in each of her final two years ... National Honor Society ... made the Dean’s List.

PERSONALFull name Madelyn Rose Eccleston ... daughter of Jeff Eccleston and Sylvia Wielinski ... born on April 26, 1991, in Toledo, Ohio ... health science major at BGSU ... has a 3.89 grade-point average through her first year-and-a-half on campus ... the third of five children ... has four brothers.

MADDY ECCLESTON - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10 9-6 3-3 6-4 3-5 18-13FALL2010 9-4 9-4TOTALS 9-6 3-3 15-8 3-5 27-17

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10 16-6 6-2 6-2 0-1 22-8FALL2010 9-4 9-4TOTALS 16-6 15-6 6-2 0-1 31-12


FALCON SOPHOMORES

Grubb

FALL 2010Had a 9-6 record in fall action ... went 6-2 in singles play, including a 3-0 mark at the BGSU Invitational ... won a flight championship that weekend ... was 3-1 at the Spartan Invitational ... in doubles action, had an overall mark of 3-4 ... all three wins came when teaming with fresh-man Emily Reuland, as that duo went 3-1 at the Spartan Invite ... played one match with Jessica Easdale, and was paired with a Youngstown State player for two matches at the BGSU Invite.

2009-10Finished her inaugural season at BGSU with an overall record of 28-23 ... was 14-13 in singles

and 14-10 in doubles play ... earned BG’s only point in the MAC Championships quarterfinal match vs. Akron, posting a win at the sixth singles flight ... was in the lineup at the third doubles flight for 17 of the final 18 matches, including each of the last 16 ... had a third-flight doubles mark of 10-6 (MAC Championships match was unfinished) ... went 6-2 in MAC doubles action, winning three-of-four matches with both Easdale and Samantha Kintzel ... overall, went 7-5 win Kintzel in dual-match play ... played at the sixth singles flight for six of BGSU’s eight MAC regular-season matches ... in the fall, had an overall record of 11-7 in her first semester on campus ... was 7-3 in singles, tying for the team lead in wins, and had a 4-4 doubles mark in the fall ... competed with four different teammates in doubles in the fall and five on the season as a whole ... competed in three fall matches apiece with Katia Babina and Jade Johnson, and teamed with Mary-Catherine Beck and Kintzel in one match each ... swept four singles matches to win a flight title at the Queen City Invitational ... won two of those matches by 6-0, 6-1 scores, and won a third by a 6-1, 6-1 result ... went 2-1 in singles action at the Belmont Invitational ... had a 2-1 record with Johnson at the Queen City Invite.

HIGH SCHOOLA four-year letterwinner for coach Mitch Kajzer at Elkhart Memorial H.S. ...a two-time All-Indiana Second-Team selection ... won Northern Lakes Conference and sectional singles titles in each of her four years for the Chargers ... three-time IHSTeCA (Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association) all-district performer ... had a four-year record of 86-9 ... was undefeated in the NLC every year ... earned two volleyball letters and one cross country letter ... National Honor Society ... Principal’s Honor Roll every year.

KATIE GRUBB5-7 • SOPHOMORE • LETTERS EARNED - √ELKHART, IND. (ELKHART MEMORIAL)


PERSONALFull name Katelyn Michelle Grubb ... daughter of Matt and Christy Grubb ... born on Sept. 17, 1990, in Elkhart, Ind. ... a sport management major at BGSU ... has a grade-point average of 3.58 through her first year-and-a-half on campus ... the oldest of three children ... has a brother and a sister.

FALCON SOPHOMORES

KATIE GRUBB - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10 1-0 5-10 8-3 1-5 1-0 14-13FALL2010 6-2 6-2TOTALS 1-0 5-10 14-5 1-5 1-0 20-15

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10 10-6 4-4 6-2 14-10FALL2010 3-4 3-4TOTALS 10-6 7-8 6-2 17-14


FALCON SOPHOMORES

Hill

FALL 2010Had an overall record of 18-7 in her first semester with the Falcons ... went 9-4 in singles and 9-3 in doubles ... in her first weekend as a Falcon, went a perfect 6-0 to win singles and doubles titles at the BGSU Invitational ... won the fifth singles flight, and combined with Nikki Chiricosta to capture the second-flight doubles crown ... went 3-1 in singles action at the Rocket Invitational ... three of her four singles losses came in three sets, or in a tiebreaker after she split her first two sets ... partnered with Nikki Chiricosta for all but two matches, going 1-0 in the fall with both Christine Chiricosta and Jade Johnson.

2009-10 at COASTAL CAROLINA UNIV.Had an overall record of 41-18, going 21-9 in singles play and 20-9 in doubles ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... in singles, competed primarily at the sixth flight, posting an impressive 18-4 mark in dual matches ... that record included a 4-1 ledger in Big South Conference matches ... twice on the season, had three consecutive wins without losing a single game ... posted 6-0, 6-0 singles wins in back-to-back-to-back matches against foes from Appalachian State, Coker and North Carolina Central in late January-early February ... repeated that feat vs. Charlotte and Gardner-Webb (two matches vs. GWU) in mid-April ... finished the season by winning nine of her last 10 singles matches ... ended the season by going 18-4 in singles after a 3-5 start to her collegiate career ... in doubles, teamed with Paty Cortes for all 29 matches ... their 20-9 mark included a 16-6 record in duals ... competed mainly at the second flight in dual-match play ... duo advanced to the Round of 16 in the main draw of doubles at the ITA Regionals in the fall, and also won 12-straight matches in dual play from Jan. 23 to March 15 ... the Chanticleers finished the season with a 19-6 record, including a 5-2 mark in Big South action ... Coastal, seeded third for the conference tournament, advanced to the semifinal round.

MARY HILL5-6 • SOPHOMORE

MUNSTER, IND. (MUNSTER) (COASTAL CAROLINA U.)


FALCON SOPHOMORES

HIGH SCHOOLA 2009 graduate of Munster H.S. ... finished her career as the winningest girls singles player in Indiana High School history ... posted a 104-1 career record for the Mustangs of head coach Bob Modesto, and earned All-State First-Team honors in all four years ... led the team to four-straight state tournament appearances, including three finals berths ... the Mustangs finished second at the team state finals from 2006-08 before placing third in ‘09 ... was undefeated as a senior, going 28-0 at the number-one singles flight and becoming the first player from Northwest Indiana to win a state championship ... earned the Times Female-Athlete-of-the-Year award, and also won the Mental Attitude Award at the state tourney, as voted by the coaches ... in 2009, was rated as the #85 high-school senior in the country by the Tennis Recruiting Network ... had a 25-1 record her junior year, including a third-place finish at the state champion-ship ... the only loss of her career came that season in three sets in a state semifinal match (a loss which she avenged the following year in the championship match of the individual state tournament) ... played at the second singles flight in her first two years, going 26-0 and 27-0, respec-tively.

PERSONALMary Dominique Hill was born on Jan. 4, 1991, in Mun-ster, Ind. ... daughter of Stephen and Sheila Hill ... a com-munity health major with a 3.40 grade-point average ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister.

MARY HILL - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10$ 2-0 2-2 14-2 3-5 4-1% 21-9FALL2010 9-4 9-4TOTALS 2-0 2-2 14-2 12-9 4-1 30-13

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10$ 1-0 12-6 3-0 4-3 4-3% 20-9FALL2010 9-3 9-3TOTALS 1-0 12-6 3-0 13-6 4-3 29-12

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FALCON SOPHOMORES

Johnson

FALL 2010Slowed by injury for much of the semester ... had an overall record of 2-0, competing in a pair of doubles matches ... both came at the Rocket Invitational, as she won one match apiece when competing with classmates Maddy Eccleston and Mary Hill.

2009-10Posted an overall record of 27-19 in her first season at BGSU ... was 11-9 in singles and 16-10 in doubles play ... played at the sixth singles flight for two MAC matches, going 1-1 ... teamed with Katia Babina at the second doubles level in four of the eight conference contests ... had an overall

singles mark of 3-6 in dual-match play, splitting time between the fifth and sixth flights ... in doubles, teamed with Babina to go 10-7 in dual-match action and 11-7 on the year, competing at the second flight ... that duo won six of the first seven matches of the spring ... in the fall, had an overall record of 13-6 ... went 7-3 in singles play in the fall, tying for the team lead in victories ... teaming with four different teammates, had a fall doubles mark of 6-3 ... in her first weekend of intercollegiate competition, had a 3-0 singles record and won a flight title at the BGSU Invitational ... went 2-1 in singles and a perfect 3-0 in doubles play at the Belmont Invitational ... teamed with Jessica Easdale for two of those doubles matches, and with Babina in the other ... combined with classmate Katie Grubb for a 2-1 mark at the Queen City Invitational.

JADE JOHNSON5-9 • SOPHOMORE • LETTERS EARNED - √

FORT WAYNE, IND. (HOMESTEAD)


HIGH SCHOOLA four-year letterwinner under coach Jim Shull at Home-stead H.S. ... a three-time All-Indiana First-Team honoree after earning second-team honors as a freshman ... had a career record of 96-10 for the Spartans ... earned All-Northeast Hoosier Conference and all-district first-team honors in all four years ... team won the conference title every season ... as a junior, went 23-2 in her first season at the top singles flight ... was 23-3 as a senior ... posted a 28-1 mark in her sophomore season ... team advanced to at least the state quarterfinals in each of her four years, finish-ing second in 2009.

PERSONALFull name Jade Nicole Johnson ... daughter of Chris and Nicole Johnson ... born on Sept. 28, 1990, in Cincinnati, Ohio ... a biology/pre-medicine major at BGSU ... has a grade-point average of 3.43 through her first year-and-a-half on campus ... has a younger sister ... father is the boys basketball coach at Homestead.

FALCON SOPHOMORES

JADE JOHNSON - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10 1-4 2-2 8-3 1-1 11-9FALL2010 0-0 0-0TOTALS 1-4 2-2 8-3 1-1 11-9

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALL2009-10 10-7 6-3 0-4 16-10FALL2010 2-0 2-0TOTALS 10-7 8-3 0-4 18-10


FALCON FRESHMEN

Chiricosta

FALL 2010Led the team in wins in her first semester on campus, going 21-6 overall ... had a 12-2 singles mark, leading the Falcons in singles victories ... in doubles, was 9-4 to tie for team honors ... teamed with Mary Hill to win a doubles crown at the second flight at the BGSU Invitational, in her first weekend of collegiate action ... went a perfect 4-0 in singles action at the Spartan Invitational, winning a flight title ... defeated opponents from Chicago State, Cleveland State, Marquette and Louisville en route to that crown ... also was unbeaten (3-0) at the Rocket Invite, a non-flighted tourney ... won a singles flight back draw at the ITA Second Chance ... had a 7-3 doubles mark when teaming with Hill, and was 2-1 when partnering with fellow freshman Emily Reuland.

HIGH SCHOOLA four-year letterwinner at Avon Lake H.S., playing for coach Rich Mostardi ... a three-time All-Ohio selection for the Shoregals ... posted a record of 30-4 in the fall of 2009, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Ohio state tournament in singles ... four-time Southwestern Conference singles champion ... went 54-0 in SWC matches during her career ... a state qualifier in all four seasons ... multiple-time winner of both the SWC and Lorain County Player-of-the-Year honors ... two-time national open doubles champion ... teamed with her sister, Christine, to win a state doubles title in her freshman year of 2006.

PERSONALNicole Elizabeth Chiricosta was born on July 6, 1992, in Avon Lake, Ohio ... a journalism major at BGSU ... had a perfect 4.00 grade-point average in her first semester ... is a member of BGSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... daughter of Rick and Sheila Chiricosta ... the young-est of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... sister, Christine, is a senior on the 2010-11 BG tennis team ... both parents played collegiate ten-nis at Toledo ... brother, Matt, played tennis at Allegheny College ... mother was BGSU’s head tennis coach for three years (1987-88 through 1989-90), guiding the Falcons to a then-school record 15 wins in her final season.

NIKKI CHIRICOSTA5-3 • FRESHMAN

AVON LAKE, OHIO (AVON LAKE)

NIKKI CHIRICOSTA - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALLFALL2010 12-2 12-2TOTALS 12-2 12-2

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALLFALL2010 9-4 9-4TOTALS 9-4 9-4


FALCON FRESHMEN

Reuland

FALL 2010Had a 17-6 overall record in her first semester on campus ... went 9-4 in singles action and 8-2 in doubles play ... had a 6-0 record in her first weekend as a collegian, at the BGSU Invitational ... competed at the second singles flight that weekend, and went 3-0 to win the flight championship ... and, teamed up with Jessica Easdale to capture a doubles crown as well ... won her first five collegiate singles matches, and also had a four-match singles winning streak ... in doubles, competed with Easdale for the afore-mentioned three matches, Nikki Chiricosta for three matches, Katie Grubb for four contests ... went 3-1 with Grubb at the Spartan Invitational and 2-1 with Nikki Chiricosta at the Rocket Invite.

HIGH SCHOOLA four-year letterwinner at Rosary H.S. in Aurora, Ill., under coaches John Tsang and Michael Kures ... was a four-time state tournament qualifier and three-time sectional champion ... won the West Aurora Sectional singles title in the fall of 2009 ... capped off her career by going 32-3 as a senior, and reaching the Round of 16 in the Illinois High School Association tourna-ment ... in that round, she battled the state’s third-seeded player into a third set before developing cramps in both legs, but was still able to finish the match ... helped Rosary to a second-straight sectional title and the team’s first conference tournament championship in five years ... was chosen as the Beacon-News Player of the Year in each of her last two seasons ... named the Kane County Chronicle P-O-Y in 2009.

PERSONALFull name Emily Marie Reuland ... born on Feb. 18, 1992, in Aurora, Ill. ... daughter of Steven Reuland and Kari Sennes ... exercise science major at BGSU ... had a 3.75 grade-point average in her first semester ... the oldest of three children ... has two younger sisters.

EMILY REULAND5-8 • FRESHMAN

OSWEGO, ILL. (ROSARY)

EMILY REULAND - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALLFALL2010 9-4 9-4TOTALS 9-4 9-4

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MACTY. OVERALLFALL2010 8-2 8-2TOTALS 8-2 8-2


THIS IS FALCON TENNIS


CURRENT FALCONS THROUGH THE YEARS

Year-by-year photos of each of the Falcons (left five columns): Senior Christine Chiricosta, junior Jessica Easdale and sophomores Maddy Eccleston, Katie Grubb, Jade Johnson and Mary Hill. Hill is in her first season at BGSU after transferring from Coastal Carolina University, and her 2009-10 photo from CCU is included above. The Falcons’ two 2010-11 freshman are Nikki Chiricosta and Emily Reuland.

>>>>>>>>>>>> 2010-11 <<<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>> 2009-10 <<<<<<<

>> 2008-09 <<

> ’07-08 <easdale

c.chiricosta

> Freshmen <

hilleccleston grubb johnson

n.chiricosta reuland


2009-10 STATISTICS & RESULTS

INDIVIDUAL RESULTSSINGLES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOURNEY MAC MAC TY. OVERALL CAREERKatia Babina (Sr.) 12-8 0-2 6-4 4-4 0-1 18-14 64-45

Mary-Cath. Beck (Jr.) 7-5 7-5 7-5

C. Chiricosta (Jr.) 15-7 7-2 5-3 0-1 22-9 64-23

Jessica Easdale (So.) 2-5 6-3 2-0 7-2 3-5 0-1 17-10 17-14

Maddy Eccleston (Fr.) 9-6 3-3 6-4 3-5 & 18-13 18-13

Katie Grubb (Fr.) 1-0 5-10 8-3 1-5 1-0 14-13 14-13

Jade Johnson (Fr.) 1-4 2-2 8-3 1-1 11-9 11-9

Samantha Kintzel (Sr.) 0-1 11-9 6-3 2-6 & 17-13 72-41

TOTALS 15-7 12-9 11-11 11-11 11-10 9-12 55-26 19-29 1-3 124-86

DOUBLES #1 #2 #3 TOURNEY MAC MAC TY. OVERALL CAREERBabina/Eccleston 2-0 2-0 2-0

Babina/Grubb 1-2 1-2 1-2

Babina/Johnson 10-7 1-0 0-4 11-7 11-7

Babina/Kintzel 2-3 1-1 2-2 0-1 3-4 32-19

Beck/Easdale 4-2 4-2 4-2

Beck/Grubb 0-1 0-1 0-1

Beck/Johnson 1-2 1-2 1-2

Chiricosta/Eccleston 16-6 4-2 6-2 0-1 20-8 20-8

Chiricosta/Kintzel 1-1 1-1 6-2

Easdale/Grubb 3-1 3-1 & 3-1 3-1

Easdale/Johnson 2-0 2-0 2-0

Easdale/Kintzel 2-2 1-2 3-4 3-4

Grubb/Johnson 2-1 2-1 2-1

Grubb/Kintzel 7-5 1-0 3-1 8-5 8-5

TOTALS 16-6 12-10 12-8 21-14 14-10 0-2 61-38BGSU won by default at #6 singles and #3 doubles vs. Youngstown State& MAC Championships match was abandoned / did not finish

TEAM RESULTSDATE OPPONENT W/L REC.Sept. 19-20 – BGSU INVITATIONAL – No team scores

Oct. 2-4 – Queen City Invit. (Cincinnati, Ohio) – No team scores

Oct. 23-24 – Belmont Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.) – No team scores

Jan. 16 at Louisville L 2-5 0-1

Jan. 17 vs. Morehead State (Louisville, Ky.) W 6-1 1-1

Jan. 23 at Cincinnati W 5-2 2-1

Jan. 24 at Xavier W 4-3 3-1

Jan. 30 IPFW % W 6-1 4-1

Jan. 31 YOUNGSTOWN STATE % W 7-0 5-1

Feb. 12 DETROIT % W 5-2 6-1

Feb. 13 at Michigan State L 2-5 6-2

Feb. 21 UIC % L 1-6 6-3

Feb. 26 at Cleveland State W 5-2 7-3

Mar. 9 vs. South Dakota (Orlando, Fla.) W 7-0 8-3

DATE OPPONENT W/L REC.Mar. 10 vs. Temple (Orlando, Fla.) W 5-2 9-3

Mar. 12 vs. North Dakota (Orlando, Fla.) Ccd., weather

Mar. 19 DUQUESNE % W 4-3 10-3

Mar. 26 at Ball State * W 6-1 11-3, 1-0

Mar. 27 at Miami * L 2-5 11-4, 1-1

Apr. 2 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-5 11-5, 1-2

Apr. 9 at Toledo * L 3-4 11-6, 1-3

Apr. 10 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-4 11-7, 1-4

Apr. 16 NORTHERN ILLINOIS *% W 5-2 12-7, 2-4

Apr. 23 AKRON * L 1-6 12-8, 2-5

Apr. 24 BUFFALO *% L 2-5 12-9, 2-6

Apr. 30 vs. Akron # L 1-4 12-10

HOME matches at Keefe Courts unless noted % at Perrysburg Tennis Center; Perrysburg, Ohio # MAC Championships Quarterfinal; Kalamazoo, Mich.

OVERALL '09-10 WINSBabina 35

Beck 12

Chiricosta 43

Easdale 29

Eccleston 40

Grubb 28

Johnson 27

Kintzel 32


2009-10 MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS

TEAM RECORDS Overall MAC Non-Conf. TournamentOVERALL 12-10 2-6 10-3 0-1HOME (Keefe Courts) 0-2 0-2 – –HOME (Perrysburg Tennis Center) 5-2 1-1 4-1 –ROAD 4-5 1-3 3-2 –NEUTRAL 3-1 – 3-0 0-1

MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTSDATE OPPONENT RESULT SINGLES DOUBLESSept. 19-20 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSOct. 2-4 Queen City Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) NTSOct. 23-24 Belmont Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.) NTSJan. 16 at Louisville L 2-5 W,L,L,L,L,L W,W,LJan. 17 vs. Morehead State (Louisville, Ky.) W 6-1 W,L,W,W,W,W W,W,WJan. 23 at Cincinnati W 5-2 W,W,L,W,L,W W,W,WJan. 24 at Xavier W 4-3 L,W,W,W,L,W L,L,LJan. 30 IPFW % W 6-1 W,W,W,W,L,W W,W,WJan. 31 YOUNGSTOWN STATE % W 7-0 W,W,W,W,W,$ W,W,$Feb. 12 DETROIT % W 5-2 W,W,L,W,W,L W,W,WFeb. 13 at Michigan State L 2-5 W,L,W,L,L,L L,L,LFeb. 21 UIC % L 1-6 L,L,L,L,W,L W,L,LFeb. 26 at Cleveland State W 5-2 L,W,W,W,W,W L,W,LMar. 9 vs. South Dakota (Orlando, Fla.) W 7-0 W,W,W,W,W,W W,W,WMar. 10 vs. Temple (Orlando, Fla.) W 5-2 W,L,W,W,W,L W,W,LMar. 12 vs. North Dakota (Orlando, Fla.) Ccd., weatherMar. 19 DUQUESNE % W 4-3 W,W,W,L,L,L W,W,WMar. 26 at Ball State * W 6-1 W,W,W,L,W,W W,L,WMar. 27 at Miami * L 2-5 W,W,L,L,L,L L,L,WApr. 2 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-5 W,W,L,L,L,L W,L,LApr. 9 at Toledo * L 3-4 L,L,L,L,W,W W,L,WApr. 10 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-4 W,L,L,W,L,L W,L,WApr. 16 NORTHERN ILLINOIS *% W 5-2 W,W,W,L,W,L W,W,WApr. 23 AKRON * L 1-6 L,L,L,L,L,L W,L,WApr. 24 BUFFALO *% L 2-5 L,L,L,W,W,L L,W,LApr. 30 vs. Akron (MAC QF; Kalamazoo, Mich.) L 1-4 L,&,L,L,&,W L,L,&

HOME matches at Keefe Courts unless noted * Mid-American Conference match & - MAC Champ's match did not finish% at Perrysburg Tennis Center $ - win by forfeit/default F - loss by forfeit/default

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 2009-10 SEASON RECORDS CAREER RECORDSPLAYER SINGLES DOUBLES TOTAL SINGLES DOUBLES TOTALKatia Babina (Sr.) 18-14 17-13 35-27 64-45 66-45 130-90Mary-Catherine Beck (Jr.) % 7-5 5-5 12-10 7-5 5-5 12-10Christine Chiricosta (Jr.) 22-9 21-9 43-18 64-23 64-26 128-49Jessica Easdale (So.) 17-10 12-7 29-17 17-14 12-7 29-21Maddy Eccleston (Fr.) 18-13 22-8 40-21 18-13 22-8 40-21Katie Grubb (Fr.) 14-13 14-10 28-23 14-13 14-10 28-23Jade Johnson (Fr.) 11-9 16-10 27-19 11-9 16-10 27-19Samantha Kintzel (Sr.) 17-13 15-14 32-27 72-41 70-41 142-82% BGSU records only (Mount Union totals not included)


2009-10 INDIVIDUAL MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS

Date - Opponent Babina Beck Chiricosta Easdale Eccleston Grubb Johnson Kintzel

1/16 - Louisville (L 2-5) 2S-L / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W ----- / 3D-L 4S-L / 1D-W 6S-L 5S-L / 2D-W 3S-L / 3D-L

1/17 - Morehead State (W 6-1) 2S-L / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W ----- / 3D-W 4S-W / 1D-W 6S-W 5S-W / 2D-W 3S-W / 3D-W

1/23 - Cincinnati (W 5-2) 2S-W / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W ----- / 3D-W 4S-W / 1D-W 6S-W 5S-L / 2D-W 3S-L / 3D-W

1/24 - Xavier (W 4-3) 2S-W / 2D-L 1S-L / 1D-L 6S-W / 3D-L 4S-W / 1D-L 5S-L / 2D-L 3S-W / 3D-L

1/30 - IPFW (W 6-1) 2S-W / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W 6S-W 4S-W / 1D-W ----- / 3D-W 5S-L / 2D-W 3S-W / 3D-W

1/31 - Youngstown St. (W 7-0) 2S-W / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W 4S-W / 1D-W 5S-W ----- / 2D-W 3S-W

2/12 - Detroit (W 5-2) 2S-W / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W 5S-W 4S-W / 1D-W 6S-L / 3D-W ----- / 2D-W 3S-L / 3D-W

2/13 - Michigan State (L 2-5) 2S-L / 2D-L 1S-W / 1D-L 5S-L 4S-L / 1D-L 6S-L / 3D-L ----- / 2D-L 3S-W / 3D-L

2/21 - UIC (L 1-6) 2S-L / 2D-L 7S-L 1S-L / 1D-W 5S-W 4S-L / 1D-W 6S-L / 3D-L ----- / 2D-L 3S-L / 3D-L

2/26 - Cleveland State (W 5-2) 2S-W / 2D-W 7S-W 1S-L / 1D-L 5S-W 4S-W / 1D-L ----- / 3D-L 6S-W / 2D-W 3S-W / 3D-L

3/9 - South Dakota (W 7-0) 2S-W / 2D-W ----- / 4D-W 1S-W / 1D-W 5S-W / 4D-W 4S-W / 1D-W 6S-W / 3D-W ----- / 2D-W 3S-W / 3D-W

3/10 - Temple (W 5-2) 2S-L / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W 5S-W 4S-W / 1D-W ----- / 3D-L 6S-L / 2D-W 3S-W / 3D-L

3/19 - Duquesne (W 4-3) 2S-W / 2D-W 1S-W / 1D-W 5S-L 4S-L / 1D-W 6S-L / 3D-W 7S-W / 2D-W 3S-W / 3D-W

3/26 - Ball State (W 6-1) 2S-W / 2D-L 1S-W / 1D-W 5S-W 4S-L / 1D-W ----- / 3D-W 6S-W / 2D-L 3S-W / 3D-W

3/27 - Miami (L 2-5) 2S-W / 2D-L 1S-W / 1D-L 5S-L 4S-L / 1D-L 6S-L / 3D-W ----- / 2D-L 3S-L / 3D-W

4/2 - Western Michigan (L 2-5) 2S-W / 2D-L 1S-W / 1D-W 4S-L 5S-L / 1D-W 7S-W / 3D-L 6S-L / 2D-L 3S-L / 3D-L

4/9 - Toledo (L 3-4) 2S-L / 2D-L 1S-L / 1D-W 4S-L 5S-W / 1D-W 6S-W / 3D-W ----- / 2D-L 3S-L / 3D-W

4/10 - Eastern Michigan (L 3-4) 2S-L / 2D-L 1S-W / 1D-W 4S-W / 3D-W 5S-L / 1D-W 6S-L / 3D-W 3S-L / 2D-L

4/16 - Northern Illinois (W 5-2) 2S-W / 2D-W 7S-W 1S-W / 1D-W 4S-L / 3D-W 5S-W / 1D-W 6S-L / 3D-W 3S-W / 2D-W

4/23 - Akron (L 1-6) 2S-L / 2D-L 1S-L / 1D-W 4S-L / 3D-W 5S-L / 1D-W 6S-L / 3D-W 3S-L / 2D-L

4/24 - Buffalo (L 2-5) 3S-L / 2D-W 7S-W 1S-L / 1D-L 4S-W / 3D-L 5S-W / 1D-L 6S-L / 3D-L 2S-L / 2D-W

4/30 - Akron (L 1-4) 3S-L / 2D-L 1S-L / 1D-L 4S-L / 3D-& 5S-& / 1D-L 6S-W / 3D-& 2S-& / 2D-L

Date - Opponent Babina Beck Chiricosta Easdale Eccleston Grubb Johnson Kintzel

& - match was abandoned / did not finish


BGSU SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS

Deidee Bissinger

>>> SINGLES WINS <<<

1. 30 Abby Bratton (1999)2. 27 Devon Bissinger (1999)3. 26 Meghan Rhodes (1998)4. 24 Erika Wasilewski (1998)5. 23 Stefanie Menoff (2007) 23 Kelsey Jakupcin (2006) 23 Heidi Romer (2006) 23 Ashley Jakupcin (2005) 23 Jenny Schwartz (1996) 23 Cindy Mikolajewski (1994) 23 Carla Marshack (1992)12. 22 Christine Chiricosta (2010) 22 Christine Chiricosta (2008) 22 Tracy Howitt (2000) 22 Tracy Howitt (1999) 22 Patty Bank (1993) 22 Deidee Bissinger (1997) 22 Julie Weisblatt (1997)

>>> DOUBLES WINS <<<

1. 32 Devon Bissinger (1999) 32 Tracy Howitt (1999)3. 27 Katia Babina (2008)4. 24 Christine Chiricosta (2008) 24 Jenny Cheung (1998) 24 Jenny Cheung (1995)7. 23 Samantha Kintzel (2008) 23 Alicia Vassas (1998) 23 Cassidy Landes (1995)10. 22 Maddy Eccleston (2010) 22 Kelsey Jakupcin (2008) 22 Meghan Rhodes (1999) 22 Deidee Bissinger (1997) 22 Cindy Mikolajewski (1997)15. 21 Christine Chiricosta (2010) 21 Erika Wasilewski (1999) 21 Meghan Rhodes (1998) 21 Erika Wasilewski (1998) 21 Jenny Schwartz (1996)

>>> COMBINED WINS <<<

1. 59 Devon Bissinger (1999)2. 54 Tracy Howitt (1999)3. 50 Abby Bratton (1999)4. 47 Meghan Rhodes (1998)5. 46 Christine Chiricosta (2008)6. 45 Erika Wasilewski (1998)7. 44 Katia Babina (2008) 44 Deidee Bissinger (1997) 44 Jenny Schwartz (1996)10. 43 Cindy Mikolajewski (1997) 43 Christine Chiricosta (2010)12. 42 Meghan Rhodes (1999) 42 Erika Wasilewski (1999)14. 41 Samantha Kintzel (2008)15. 40 Maddy Eccleston (2010) 40 Kelsey Jakupcin (2006) 40 Ashley Jakupcin (2005) 40 Deidee Bissinger (1999) 40 Jenny Cheung (1997) 40 Julie Weisblatt (1997) 40 Jenny Schwartz (1995)

ALL RECORDS ARE UPDATED THROUGH FALL, 2010

Records are from 1978-Present

Jenny CheungAbby Bratton

Stefanie Menoff


Meghan Rhodes Julie Weisblatt

Erika Wasilewski

BGSU CAREER RECORDS

>>> SINGLES WINS <<<

1. 81 Stefanie Menoff (2006-09)2. 79 Deidee Bissinger (1997-2000) 79 Julie Weisblatt (1994-97)4. 77 Ashley Jakupcin (2004-07)5. 76 Abby Bratton (1998-2001) 76 Meghan Rhodes (1998-2001)7. 75 Erika Wasilewski (1998-2001) 75 Carla Marshack (1989-92) 75 Cindy Mikolajewski (1994-97) 75 CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA11. 73 Heidi Romer (2003-06)12. 72 Samantha Kintzel (2007-10)13. 68 Jenny Schwartz (1994-97) 68 Kelsey Jakupcin (2006-09)15. 64 Tracy Howitt (1998-2001) 64 Katia Babina (2007-10)17. 63 Patty Bank (1993-96)18. 57 Jenny Cheung (1995-98)19. 56 Devon Bissinger (1999-2002)20. 50 Tisa Pacella (1989-92)21. 48 Cameron Benjamin (2002-05)22. 47 Jenna Nussbaum (2005-08)23. 46 Beth Wilson (1997-2000) 46 Libby Harrison (2006-09)25. 45 Andrea Meister (2003-06)

>>> DOUBLES WINS <<< 1. 84 Jenny Cheung (1995-98)2. 74 Erika Wasilewski (1998-2001) 74 Deidee Bissinger (1997-2000)4. 73 Abby Bratton (1998-2001) 73 Meghan Rhodes (1998-2001) 73 Kelsey Jakupcin (2006-09) 73 CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA8. 71 Jenny Schwartz (1994-97)9. 70 Devon Bissinger (1999-2002) 70 Samantha Kintzel (2007-10)11. 68 Cindy Mikolajewski (1994-97)12. 66 Katia Babina (2007-10)13. 63 Tracy Howitt (1998-2001)14. 60 Andrea Volle (2005-08)15. 59 Andrea Meister (2003-06) 59 Jenna Nussbaum (2005-08)17. 58 Patty Bank (1993-96)18. 54 Ashley Jakupcin (2004-07) 54 Tisa Pacella (1989-92)20. 53 Susie Schoenberger (2002-05)21. 51 Erin Bowbeer (1992-95)22. 50 Heidi Romer (2003-06)23. 49 Carla Marshack (1989-92)

>>> COMBINED WINS <<<

1. 153 Deidee Bissinger (1997-2000)2. 149 Abby Bratton (1998-2001) 149 Meghan Rhodes (1998-2001) 149 Erika Wasilewski (1998-2001)5. 148 CHRISTINE CHIRICOSTA6. 143 Cindy Mikolajewski (1994-97)7. 142 Samantha Kintzel (2007-10)8. 141 Jenny Cheung (1995-98) 141 Kelsey Jakupcin (2006-09)10. 139 Jenny Schwartz (1994-97)11. 131 Ashley Jakupcin (2004-07)12. 130 Katia Babina (2007-10)13. 128 Stefanie Menoff (2006-09)14. 127 Tracy Howitt (1998-2001)15. 126 Devon Bissinger (1999-2002)16. 124 Carla Marshack (1989-92)17. 123 Heidi Romer (2003-06)18. 121 Patty Bank (1993-96)19. 117 Julie Weisblatt (1994-97)20. 106 Jenna Nussbaum (2005-08)21. 104 Andrea Meister (2003-06) 104 Tisa Pacella (1989-92)23. 103 Andrea Volle (2005-08)24. 90 Susie Schoenberger (2002-05)25. 87 Lisa Maloney (2001-04) 87 Brenda Conley (1987-90)

Tracy Howitt

CURRENT PLAYERS’ CAREER WIN TOTALS (entering Spring 2011) Player S D Tot.C.Chiricosta 75 73 148N.Chiricosta 12 9 21Easdale 22 17 39Eccleston 27 31 58Grubb 20 17 37Hill % 9 9 18Johnson 11 18 29Reuland 9 8 17% BGSU totals only


THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

MEET THE MACSince its inception in 1946, the Mid-American Conference has progressively grown and de-veloped into one of the most aggressive Division I conferences in the country. One of only 11 football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences, the MAC named Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher as its eighth commissioner in the 64-year history of the league in March of 2009. Stein-brecher came to the MAC after serving six years as the commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference.

HISTORY OF THE MACBased in Cleveland since July 1999 following a 15-year stay in Toledo, Ohio, the MAC has established historic measurements in both football and men’s and women’s basketball since moving to Northeast Ohio.

The MAC was founded as a five-school league on February 24, 1946 in Columbus, Ohio with Ohio, Butler, Cincinnati, Wayne State and Western Reserve admitted as charter members. The Mid-American Conference has 12 full-time schools and a 13th, Temple, for football only. Comprising the East Division is the University of Akron (joined in 1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State Universi-ty (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946) and Temple University (2007). The West Division members are Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, 1997), University of Toledo (1950) and Western Michigan University (1947).

In 1946 men’s basketball was the first competitive sport in the MAC, which now sponsors a total of 23 sports. Women’s sports were brought into the conference’s structure in 1980.

23 SPORTSFor men, championships (11) are sponsored in football, basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, golf and tennis.

For women, championships (12) are sponsored in basketball, softball, volleyball, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis.

(Text and information courtesy MAC office)

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE24 Public Square, 15th Floor

Cleveland, OH 44113(216) 566-4622

www.mac-sports.com

2009-10 MAC STANDINGS1. Miami (18-7) ^ 8-02. Akron (19-3) 7-13. Western Michigan (16-11) 6-24. Toledo (12-7) 5-35. Buffalo (9-9) 4-46. Eastern Michigan (8-14) 2-6 Bowling Green (12-10) 2-68. Ball State (8-15) 1-7 Northern Illinois (7-12) 1-7^ MAC Tournament champion

2010 MAC TOURNAMENT(at Kalamazoo, Mich.)

First Round – Thursday, April 29#8 Ball State 4, #9 Northern Illinois 2

Quarterfinals – Friday, April 30#1 Miami 4, #8 Ball State 0#5 Buffalo 4, #4 Toledo 0

#3 Western Mich. 4, #6 Eastern Mich. 2#2 Akron 4, #7 Bowling Green 1

Semifinals – Saturday, May 1#1 Miami 4, #5 Buffalo 1

#3 Western Michigan 4, #2 Akron 3

Championship – Sunday, May 2#1 Miami 4, #3 Western Michigan 1

Christine Chiricosta accepts the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Represen-tative (FAR) Academic Achievement Award from MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. The award recognizes the conference institution with the overall highest GPA by gender. BGSU’s female student-athletes have won the award in two of the first three years of its existence, and the Falcon tennis team was one of four women’s sports to have the highest team GPA among all league schools in their respective sport in 2009-10.


YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS

BGSU TENNIS, YEAR BY YEARSeason Coach Overall Pct. MAC Reg.Season MAC Championships2009-10 Penny Dean 12-10 .545 2-6 T-6th of 9 Advanced to Quarterfinals2008-09 Dean 12-7 .632 5-3 4th of 9 Advanced to Quarterfinals2007-08 Dean 16-5 .762 4-4 T-5th of 9 Advanced to Semifinals2006-07 Dean 13-9 .591 4-4 T-4th of 9 Advanced to Semifinals2005-06 Dean 14-10 .583 3-5 T-6th of 9 Advanced to Quarterfinals2004-05 Dean 12-10 .545 4-5 7th of 10 Advanced to Quarterfinals2003-04 Dean 10-14 .417 3-6 7th of 10 Advanced to Quarterfinals2002-03 Dean 10-11 .476 5-4 5th of 10 Advanced to Quarterfinals2001-02 Dean 5-18 .217 3-6 7th of 10 Advanced to Quarterfinals2000-01 Dean 8-14 .364 4-5 6th of 10 Advanced to Quarterfinals1999-2000 Dean 12-9 .571 6-3 T-3rd of 10 Advanced to Semifinals1998-99 Dean 16-7 .696 6-3 4th of 10 6th of 101997-98 Dean 13-9 .591 4-4 T-4th of 9 5th of 91996-97 Dean 10-9 .526 3-3 T-3rd of 7 4th of 71995-96 Dean 7-7 .500 3-3 4th of 7 4th of 71994-95 Dean 12-9 .571 2-4 5th of 7 4th of 71993-94 Dean 12-9 .571 1-5 6th of 7 4th of 71992-93 Dean 9-10 .474 0-6 7th of 7 7th of 71991-92 Dean 10-11 .476 0-5 6th of 6 5th of 61990-91 Dean 11-11 .500 1-4 T-4th of 6 4th of 61989-90 Sheila Chiricosta 15-7 .682 2-4 T-4th of 7 6th of 71988-89 Chiricosta 11-9 .550 3-3 4th of 7 6th of 71987-88 Chiricosta 9-10 .474 1-5 6th of 7 6th of 71986-87 Jenny Gilger 5-15 .250 0-6 7th of 7 7th of 71985-86 June Stack 5-17 .227 0-7 8th of 8 8th of 81984-85 Stack 8-10 .444 3-5 6th of 9 6th of 91983-84 Stack 4-7 .364 3-5 6th of 9 5th of 91982-83 Deb Kurkiewicz 10-4 .714 6-2 3rd of 9 3rd of 91981-82 Kurkiewicz 6-6 .500 4-3 4th of 101980-81 Kurkiewicz 9-3 .750 5-1 5th of 101979-80 Joan Weston 4-6 .4001978-79 Weston 4-4 .5001977-78 Weston 8-2 .8001976-77 Weston 6-2 .7501975-76 Janet Parks 7-2 .7781974-75 Parks 10-1 .909Information based on available records and archives; any changes or corrections can be directed by mail (regular or email) to: BGSU Athletic Communications 247 Perry Stadium East Bowling Green, OH 43403 [email protected]

Seniors Erica Wolfe (left photo, front) and Ashley Jakupcin helped BGSU to a tie for fourth place in the MAC standings and a trip to the conference tournament semifinals in 2006-07, and Jenna Nussbaum (right photo, top) and Andrea Volle helped BG get back to the semifinal round in ’07-08


2009-10Coach: Penny Dean12-10 (2-6 MAC / T-Sixth of 9)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS19-20 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO2-4 Queen City Inv. (Cincinnati, Ohio) NTSO23-24 Belmont Inv. (Nashville, Tenn.) NTSJ16 at Louisville L 2-5J17 vs. Morehead State & W 6-1J23 at Cincinnati W 5-2J24 at Xavier W 4-3J30 IPFW % W 6-1J31 YOUNGSTOWN STATE % W 7-0F12 DETROIT % W 5-2F13 at Michigan State L 2-5F21 UIC % L 1-6F26 at Cleveland State W 5-2M9 vs. South Dakota $ W 7-0M10 vs. Temple $ W 5-2M11 vs. North Dakota $ CancelledM19 DUQUESNE % W 4-3M26 at Ball State * W 6-1M27 at Miami * L 2-5A2 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-5A9 at Toledo * L 3-4A10 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-4A16 NORTHERN ILLINOIS *% W 5-2A23 AKRON * L 1-6A24 BUFFALO *% L 2-5A30 vs. Akron ^ L 1-4^ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Kalamazoo, Mich.) % at Perrysburg Tennis Center; Perrysburg & at Louisville, Ky. $ at Orlando, Fla. 2008-09

Coach: Penny Dean12-7 (5-3 MAC / Fourth of 9)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS20-21 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSS27-28 Spartan Inv. (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSO10-12 MAC Fall Tourn. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSO23-28 ITA Midwest Regional (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSJ16 at Duquesne W 5-2J17 at Youngstown State W 5-2J23 CLEVELAND STATE % W 7-0J24 WRIGHT STATE % CancelledF7 XAVIER % W 6-1F8 CINCINNATI % W 7-0F21 at Michigan State L 0-7F22 at Detroit L 3-4F27 BUTLER % W 7-0M15 IUPUI % W 7-0M20 at UIC L 2-5M21 at Western Michigan * L 1-6M27 TOLEDO * W 4-3M28 EASTERN MICHIGAN *% W 6-1A3 at Northern Illinois * W 6-1A10 at Akron * L 1-6A11 at Buffalo * W 4-3A17 BALL STATE * W 7-0A18 MIAMI * L 3-4A24 TOLEDO #^ L 0-4^ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal % at Perrysburg Tennis Center; Perrysburg # at Keefe Auxiliary Courts (‘old’ Keefe Courts)

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

2007-08Coach: Penny Dean16-5 (4-4 MAC / T-Fifth of 9)MAC Ty.: Advanced to SemifinalsS15-16 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO5-7 Queen City Inv. (Cincinnati, Ohio) NTSO19-20 ITA Midwest Regional (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSJ12-13 IU Doubles Inv. (Bloomington, Ind.) NTSJ20 at Butler W 5-2J26 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # W 7-0J27 WRIGHT STATE # W 7-0F9 UIC # W 6-1F10 INDIANA STATE # W 4-3F15 DETROIT # W 5-2F16 DUQUESNE # W 5-2F23 at Cincinnati W 7-0F24 at Xavier W 6-1M4 at UC San Diego W 7-2M6 at Cal Poly Pomona W 9-0M21 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-4M22 at Toledo * L 3-4M29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS #* W 7-0A4 BUFFALO #* W 4-3A5 AKRON * W 6-1A11 at Miami * L 1-6A12 at Ball State * W 6-1A19 WESTERN MICHIGAN !* L 2-5A25 vs. Eastern Michigan ^ W 4-2A26 vs. Western Michigan % L 0-4^ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Buffalo, N.Y.) % MAC Tournament Semifinal (Buffalo, N.Y.) # at Shadow Valley; Toledo ! match began at Keefe Courts, but was moved to Shadow Valley midway through

Senior co-captains Jenna Nussbaum (left) and Andrea Volle helped head coach Penny Dean’s 2007-08 team reel off 11-straight wins – tying the school record – to begin the dual-match season. The duo helped BGSU to a total of 55 dual-match victories, the most wins in a four-year span in program history.

Seniors (left to right) Libby Harrison, Stefanie Me-noff and Kelsey Jakupcin helped the 2008-09 team to a winning record in MAC play for the first time in six years. The trio helped BG win 55 dual matches, tying the school record for a four-year span

Seniors Katia Babina (left) and Sam Kintzel co-captained the 2009-10 Falcons


J21 at Ohio State L 0-7J27 at Michigan State L 1-6J29 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # W 5-2F3 at Indiana State L 2-5F4 at Butler W 4-3F5 vs. DePaul (Indianapolis, Ind.) L 0-7F11 BRADLEY # W 7-0F12 WRIGHT STATE # W 6-1F18 at Xavier W 4-3F19 ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO # W 6-1F24 IUPUI # W 6-1M6 vs. Grand Valley State % W 6-1M6 vs. Mount St. Mary’s % W 7-0M7 vs. Duquesne % W 6-1M18 FERRIS STATE # W 7-0M24 AKRON #* W 7-0M25 BUFFALO #* W 5-2M31 at Ball State * L 3-4A1 at Miami * L 3-4A8 WESTERN MICHIGAN #* L 0-7A14 at Toledo * L 2-5A15 at Eastern Michigan * L 2-5A21 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * W 7-0A27 vs. Buffalo (Oxford, Ohio) $ L 2-4$ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal # at Shadow Valley; Toledo % at Orlando, Fla.

2004-05Coach: Penny Dean12-10 (4-5 MAC / Seventh of 10)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS25-26 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO1-3 Wolverine Fall Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSO7 WAYNE STATE W 7-0N12-13 Penn State Tournament (State College, Pa.) NTS


J22 WRIGHT STATE # W 6-1J23 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # W 4-3J29 at Michigan State L 0-7F5 BUTLER # W 7-0F6 INDIANA STATE # W 6-1F12 at Illinois at Chicago W 4-3F13 at DePaul L 0-7F19 vs. Iowa (Milwaukee, Wis.) L 0-7F20 at Marquette L 3-4F25 CINCINNATI # W 4-3F27 XAVIER # W 6-1M26 BALL STATE * L 3-4A1 BUFFALO * W 6-1A2 AKRON * W 7-0A8 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 1-6A9 TOLEDO * W 5-2A15 at Western Michigan * L 0-7A16 at Northern Illinois * W 4-3A22 at Miami * L 2-5A23 at Marshall * L 0-7A29 vs. Eastern Michigan ^ L 1-4^ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Muncie, Ind.) # at Shadow Valley; Toledo

2003-04Coach: Penny Dean10-14 (3-6 MAC / Seventh of 10)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS27-28 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO3-5 Wolverine Fall Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSO10-12 Spartan Cup (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSO21 WAYNE STATE W 7-0O24 WESTERN ONTARIO W 7-0J24 at Michigan State L 1-6J25 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # W 7-0F1 WRIGHT STATE # W 7-0F6 DePAUL # L 1-6F7 at Cincinnati L 1-6F13 ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO # W 4-3F21 at Indiana State L 3-4F22 at Butler W 5-2F27 at Buffalo * W 4-3F28 vs. Akron (Lexington, Ohio) * W 6-1M19 at UNLV L 0-7M21 vs. Middle Tennessee State % L 3-4M26 at Eastern Michigan * L 0-7M27 at Toledo * W 4-3A2 WESTERN MICHIGAN #* L 0-7A3 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * L 0-7A9 MIAMI * L 0-7A10 MARSHALL * L 0-7A13 at Xavier L 1-6A17 at Ball State * L 3-4A22 vs. Akron ^ W 4-0A23 vs. Western Michigan $ L 0-4# at Shadow Valley; Toledo % at Las Vegas, Nev. ^ MAC Tournament First Round (Rockford, Ill.) $ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Rockford, Ill.)

2006-07Coach: Penny Dean13-9 (4-4 MAC / T-Fourth of 9)MAC Ty.: Advanced to SemifinalsS16-17 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO6-8 Wildcat Invitational (Evansville, Ill.) NTSO19-20 ITA Midwest Regional (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSJ12 at Cincinnati L 3-4J20 at Illinois at Chicago W 5-2J21 at DePaul L 2-5J27 at Ohio State L 0-7J28 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # W 7-0F9 DUQUESNE # W 4-3F10 XAVIER # W 6-1F11 DETROIT # W 7-0F24 at Michigan State L 1-6F25 BUTLER # W 5-2M18 WRIGHT STATE # W 7-0M24 at Northern Illinois * W 6-1M25 FERRIS STATE W 7-0M30 at Buffalo * L 3-4M31 at Akron * W 6-1A6 MIAMI #* W 5-2A7 BALL STATE #* W 5-2A14 at Western Michigan * L 1-6A 20 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 3-4A21 TOLEDO * L 1-6A27 vs. Miami ^ W 4-3A28 vs. Western Michigan % L 0-4^ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Laurel Hill, Toledo) % MAC Tournament Semifinal (Toledo, Ohio) # at Shadow Valley; Toledo

2005-06Coach: Penny Dean14-10 (3-5 MAC / T-Sixth of 9)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS24-25 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSS30-O2 Wolverine Fall Inv. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSO20-22 ITA Midwest Regional (East Lansing, Mich.) NTS

Year-by-year information is based on available records and archives – any changes or corrections can be forwarded to the BGSU Athletic Communications office via email ([email protected]) or ‘snail mail’ (BGSU Athletic Communications | 247 Perry Stadium East | Bowling Green, OH 43403)

The 2006-07 Falcons – captained by (photo at right) Jenna Nussbaum, Erica Wolfe and Ashley Jakupcin – tied for fourth in the MAC’s regular-season standings and advanced to the semifinal round of the conference tournament


The 2005-06 Falcons reeled off a school-record 11-match winning streak

2002-03Coach: Penny Dean10-11 (5-4 MAC / Fifth of 10)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS28-29 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO4-6 Wolverine Fall Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSO22 WAYNE STATE W 7-0O24-27 ITA Regional Tournament (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSN8-10 Fall MAC Indoor Tournament (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSJ31 at Michigan State L 0-7F2 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # W 7-0F8 CINCINNATI # L 2-5F14 at DePaul L 0-7F15 at Illinois at Chicago L 2-5F21 WRIGHT STATE # W 7-0F22 BUTLER # W 5-2F28 TOLEDO #* W 5-2M1 EASTERN MICHIGAN #* L 1-6M15 at Indiana L 1-6M15 vs. Indiana State ^ W 4-3M22 XAVIER L 2-5M28 vs. Northern Illinois %* L 1-6M29 at Western Michigan * L 0-7A4 at Marshall * L 0-7A5 at Miami * W 4-3A12 BALL STATE * W 4-3A18 AKRON #* W 6-1A19 BUFFALO * W 6-1A25 vs. Northern Illinois $ L 1-4$ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Ypsilanti, Mich.) ^ at Bloomington, Ind. % at Rockford, Ill. # at Shadow Valley; Toledo

2001-02Coach: Penny Dean5-18 (3-6 MAC / Seventh of 10)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS29-30 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO5-7 Wolverine Fall Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSO19-21 Louisville Invitational (Louisville, Ky.) NTSN9-11 Fall MAC Indoor Tournament (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSJ20 at Indiana L 0-7J21 at Xavier L 2-5F2 WRIGHT STATE # W 7-0F3 at Michigan State L 1-6F8 ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO # L 3-4F9 DePAUL # L 1-6M2 at Cincinnati L 0-7M9 at Ohio State L 0-7M9 vs. Drake % L 2-5M12 vs. Colorado State & L 2-5M13 at Cal State Northridge L 2-5M15 at UC Riverside L 3-4M22 at Ball State * L 1-6M29 at Western Michigan * L 0-7M30 at Northern Illinois * L 2-5A5 TOLEDO #* W 5-2A6 EASTERN MICHIGAN #* L 2-5A12 MARSHALL #* L 0-7A13 MIAMI * L 3-4A19 at Buffalo * W 7-0A20 at Akron * W 6-1A25 vs. Buffalo ^ W 4-0A26 vs. Marshall $ L 0-4^ MAC Tournament First Round (Muncie, Ind.) $ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Muncie, Ind.) # at Shadow Valley; Toledo % at Columbus, Ohio & at Newport Beach, Calif.


2000-01Coach: Penny Dean8-14 (4-5 MAC / Sixth of 10)MAC Ty.: Advanced to QuarterfinalsS23-24 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO6-8 Wolverine Fall Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSO20-22 Fall MAC Indoor Tournament (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSO27-30 ITA Midwest Regional (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTSJ19 at Michigan L 0-7J27 vs. Indiana State ^ W 6-1J27 at Indiana L 0-7F9 CINCINNATI # L 3-4F10 at Michigan State L 3-4F17 at Illinois at Chicago L 1-6F18 at DePaul L 2-5F22 at Wyoming L 2-5F23 at Air Force L 1-6F24 vs. Sam Houston State % W 6-1M9 at Butler W 6-1M23 AKRON * W 5-2M24 BUFFALO * W 7-0M29 BALL STATE * L 3-4M31 XAVIER W 5-2A6 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * W 4-3A7 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 1-6A13 at Eastern Michigan * L 1-6A14 at Toledo * W 6-1A20 at Miami * L 1-6A21 at Marshall * L 0-7A27 vs. Miami $ L 0-4$ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Huntington, W.Va.) # at Shadow Valley; Toledo ^ at Bloomington, Ind. % at Colorado Springs, Colo.

1999-2000Coach: Penny Dean12-9 (6-3 MAC / T-Third of 10)MAC Ty.: Advanced to SemifinalsS18-19 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO9-10 Miami Classic (Oxford, Ohio) NTSO15-17 Indiana Tournament (Bloomington, Ind.) NTSO22-24 Fall MAC Indoor Meet (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSN3-4 ITA Regionals Qualifier (Columbus, Ohio) NTSN5-8 ITA Regionals (Columbus, Ohio) NTSJ23 BUTLER # W 7-2J29 at Michigan State W 6-1J30 ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO # W 5-2F5 INDIANA STATE % W 5-2F13 DePAUL # L 3-4F18 at Nebraska L 1-8F19 vs. Wyoming & W 7-2M4 at Cincinnati L 3-6M17 at UNLV L 1-8


M18 vs. Boston College ! L 4-5M24 MIAMI * W 5-2M25 MARSHALL * L 1-6M31 at Akron * W 7-0A1 at Buffalo * W 7-0A6 at Ball State * W 5-2A14 at Northern Illinois * L 3-4A15 at Western Michigan * L 1-6A21 EASTERN MICHIGAN #* W 5-2A22 TOLEDO * W 5-2A28 vs. Ball State ^ W 4-3A29 at Western Michigan $ L 0-4^ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Kalamazoo, Mich.) $ MAC Tournament Semifinal # at Shadow Valley; Toledo % at Laurel Hill; Toledo & at Lincoln, Neb. ! at Las Vegas, Nev.

1998-99Coach: Penny Dean16-7 (6-3 MAC / Fourth of 10)MAC Ty.: Sixth of 10S19-20 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSS25-27 MSU Spartan Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSO9-11 Ohio State Invitational (Columbus, Ohio) NTSO16-18 MAC Individual Invitational (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSJ23 at Michigan State L 3-4F5-7 Eastern Kentucky Invitational (Richmond, Ky.) NTSF12 CINCINNATI % W 5-2F26 at Illinois at Chicago W 5-4F27 at DePaul L 4-5M8 vs. Quinnipiac (Phoenix, Ariz.) W 7-2M9 vs. Pittsburgh (Phoenix, Ariz.) W 7-0M10 vs. Detroit (Phoenix, Ariz.) W 6-1M11-12 Phoenix College Tournament (Phoenix, Ariz.) NTSM19 at Xavier W 8-1M20 at Butler W 6-3M21 at Indiana State W 6-3M26 at Toledo * W 6-1M27 at Eastern Michigan * W 5-2A2 at Marshall * L 2-5A3 at Miami * L 2-5A9 BUFFALO * W 7-0A10 AKRON * W 5-2A10 CLEVELAND STATE W 7-0A17 BALL STATE * W 5-2A23 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-5A24 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * W 5-2A29 vs. Eastern Michigan $ L 2-4A30 vs. Toledo % W 4-0M1 at Ball State ^ L 2-4$ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Muncie, Ind.) % MAC Tournament Back Draw (Muncie, Ind.) ^ MAC Tournament Fifth-Place Match % at Laurel Hill; Toledo


1997-98Coach: Penny Dean13-9 (4-4 MAC / T-Fourth of 9)MAC Ty.: Fifth of 9S12-14 West Virginia Tournament (Morgantown, W.Va.) NTSS27-28 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO10-12 MSU Spartan Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSO17-19 MAC Individual Invitational (Kalamazoo, Mich.) NTSN6-9 ITA Rolex II Midwest Championships (Bloomington, Ind.) NTSJ16 DePAUL (Lima, Ohio) L 2-7J18 at Ohio State L 0-9J31 at Cincinnati W 6-3F6-8 Eastern Kentucky Tournament (Richmond, Ky.) CancelledF28 UIC (Courts of Sylvania) L 4-5M9 vs. Butler ^ W 8-1M10 vs. Oral Roberts ^ W 6-3M11 vs. Indiana State ^ L 4-5M12 vs. UNC-Charlotte ^ W 9-0M13 vs. East Carolina ^ W 6-3M22 XAVIER (Laurel Hill) W 7-2M24 at Toledo * W 9-0M27 AKRON * W 9-0A3 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 3-6A5 MIAMI * L 3-6A11 vs. Marshall (DeKalb, Ill.) * W 6-3A12 at Northern Illinois * W 6-3A15 KENYON W 7-2A16 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 4-5A18 at Ball State * L 4-5A23 vs. Eastern Michigan $ L 1-5A24 vs. Northern Illinois % W 5-1A25 vs. Marshall # W 5-2$ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal (Akron, Ohio) % MAC Tournament Back Draw (Akron, Ohio) # MAC Tournament Fifth-Place Match (Akron, Ohio) ^ at Hilton Head, S.C.

1996-97Coach: Penny Dean10-9 (3-3 MAC / Tie-Third of 7)MAC Ty.: Fourth of 7S21-22 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSS27-29 Ohio Intercollegiates (Columbus, Ohio) NTSO4-6 MSU Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSO11-13 Zips Collegiate Championships (Akron, Ohio) NTSO18 YOUNGSTOWN STATE & W 9-0N7-10 Regional Rolex Qualifier (Bloomington, Ind.) NTSF7 INDIANA STATE ^ L 1-8F14-16 Eastern Kentucky Tournament (Richmond, Ky.) NTSF28 vs. Northern Illinois % L 3-6M1 at Illinois at Chicago W 5-4M7 CINCINNATI ^ W 8-1M23 vs. Southern Utah + W 9-0M24 at Cal State Sacramento W 8-1M25 at Saint Mary’s (Calif.) L 4-5M27 at San Francisco W 9-0M30 at Miami * L 2-7A5 at Akron * W 9-0A11 BALL STATE =* W 5-4A12 WESTERN MICHIGAN &* L 2-7A15 at Ohio State L 0-9A18 at Eastern Michigan * L 0-9A19 at Toledo * W 8-1A24 EASTERN MICHIGAN $ W 5-3A25 WESTERN MICHIGAN ! L 1-5A26 BALL STATE # L 3-5$ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal ! MAC Tournament Semifinal # MAC Tournament Third-Place Match & Westowne Tennis Club ^ Laurel Hill % at Chicago, Ill. + at Stanford, Calif. = Central Tennis & Fitness

1995-96Coach: Penny Dean7-7 (3-3 MAC / Fourth of 7)MAC Ty.: Fourth of 7S15-17 West Virginia Invitational (Morgantown, W.Va.) NTSS22-24 Ohio Intercollegiates (Columbus, Ohio) NTSS30-O1 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO7-8 Toledo Invitational (Toledo, Ohio) NTSO27-29 Marquette Invitational (Milwaukee, Wis.) NTSN2-5 ITA Rolex Qualifier (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSF9 at Butler W 9-0F10 at Indiana State L 2-5F16-18 Eastern Kentucky Tournament (Richmond, Ky.) NTSM9 at Cincinnati W 7-2M22 at Southeastern Louisiana W 5-1M23 at New Orleans L 4-5M24 at Southwestern Louisiana L 3-5M29 XAVIER W 6-1

Abby Bratton (left) set a school record with 30 singles wins in 1998-99, while Devon Bissinger set a BGSU mark with 59 combined wins (27 singles-32 doubles) that same year



M31 MIAMI * L 2-5A5 at Western Michigan * L 1-6A6 at Ball State * L 1-6A12 TOLEDO * W 7-0A13 EASTERN MICHIGAN * W 6-1A19 AKRON * W 7-0A25-27 MAC Championships 4th of 7# at Toledo, Ohio

1994-95Coach: Penny Dean12-9 (2-4 MAC / Fifth of 7)MAC Ty.: Fourth of 7S17 at Xavier L 4-5S23 ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO W 6-3O1-2 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO15-16 Toledo Invitational (Toledo, Ohio) NTSO19 HILLSDALE W 7-1O21 CINCINNATI W 8-1O28 DePAUL L 4-5N3-6 ITA Rolex Qualifier (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSF11 KENYON # W 8-1F12 DENISON # W 9-0F17 MARSHALL # W 6-3F19 ILLINOIS STATE # W 6-3F25 at Eastern Kentucky W 6-3F25 vs. Murray State ! W 7-2M3 at Ohio State L 0-9M11-12 Cornell Invitational (Ithaca, N.Y.) NTSM18 at Cal Poly-Pomona W 5-2M21 at Cal State Fullerton L 4-5M22 vs. Nebraska $ L 0-9A1 at Miami * L 2-7A7 at Toledo * W 8-1A8 at Akron * W 6-3A15 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-6A21 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-7A22 BALL ST ATE * L 1-8A27-29 MAC Championships ^ 4th of 7# Laurel Hill ! at Richmond, Ky. $ at Newport Beach, Calif. ^ at Oxford, Ohio

1993-94Coach: Penny Dean12-9 (1-5 MAC / Sixth of 7)MAC Ty.: Fourth of 7S12 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W 9-0S24 at Illinois at Chicago W 8-1S25 at Chicago State Ccd., rainO2-3 BGSU INVITATIONAL NTSO8 at Cincinnati L 4-5O9 at Xavier W 5-4O16-17 Toledo Invitational (Toledo, Ohio.) NTSO20 at Hillsdale W 9-0O29-31 ITA-Rolex Qualifier (East Lansing, Mich.) NTSJ14-15 MAC Team Tennis Tournament (Kalamazoo, Mich.) T-ThirdF19 DETROIT W 9-0F25 at Eastern Kentucky W 6-3F26 vs. Centre College # W 9-0M5 at Ohio State L 1-8

M20 at Southeast Missouri State W 6-3M21 at Murray State W 5-4M22 at Tennessee-Martin L 2-7M23 at Middle Tennessee State L 3-6A2 MIAMI * L 2-7A5 KENYON W 6-3A8 DENISON W 7-2A9 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 3-6A15 at Ball State * L 3-6A16 at Western Michigan * L 0-9A22 AKRON * W 8-1A23 TOLEDO * L 4-5A28-30 MAC Championships ^ 4th of 7# at Richmond, Ky. ^ at Ypsilanti, Mich.

1992-93Coach: Penny Dean9-10 (0-6 MAC / Seventh of 7)MAC Ty.: Seventh of 7 DETROIT W 8-1 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W 9-0 at Cincinnati W 5-3 HILLSDALE W 7-2 vs. Chicago State # L 3-6 at Marquette L 3-6 at St. Thomas (Fla.) W 5-2 vs. Wichita State (spring trip) L 2-6 vs. Howard (spring trip) W 5-4 vs. Morgan State (spring trip) W 6-3 at Kenyon L 2-7 at Ball State * L 2-7 at Miami * L 0-9 at Toledo * L 4-5 CLEVELAND STATE W 9-0 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-7 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 4-5 DENISON W 7-2 AKRON * L 2-7 MAC Championships ^ 7th of 7# at Milwaukee, Wis. ^ at Kalamazoo, Mich.

1991-92Coach: Penny Dean10-11 (0-5 MAC / Sixth of 6)MAC Ty.: Fifth of 6S25 at Hillsdale W 8-1S27 XAVIER W 6-3O11 at Butler W 8-1O12 vs. Illinois at Chicago ^ L 3-6O12 vs. UW-Milwaukee ^ W 9-0O25 MARQUETTE L 0-9M1 INDIANA STATE W 7-2M6 CINCINNATI W 6-3M22 at Rollins L 0-6M23 vs. Montana ! W 6-3M24 vs. UW-Whitewater ! W 9-0M25 at Stetson L 2-5M26 vs. Eastern Illinois ! W 7-2M31 KENYON L 4-5A4 AKRON L 2-7A5 SAINT MARY’S W 6-3A10 at Eastern Michigan * L 4-5A11 at Western Michigan * L 0-9A17 TOLEDO * L 3-6

A24 MIAMI * L 1-8A25 BALL STATE * L 4-5A30-M2 MAC Championships 5th of 6^ at Indianapolis, Ind. ! at Orange Lake, Fla. # at Muncie, Ind.

1990-91Coach: Penny Dean11-11 (1-4 MAC / Tie-Fourth of 6)MAC Ty.: Fourth of 6S29 vs. Valparaiso # W 9-0S30 vs. Northern Illinois # L 4-5S30 at Marquette L 1-8O13 at Cincinnati L 3-6O16 OHIO STATE L 1-8F3 at Michigan L 0-9F10 INDIANA STATE W 8-1F23 at Akron W 6-3M25 vs. St. Thomas ^ W 5-4M26 vs. Xavier ^ W 5-4M27 vs. Davidson ^ L 1-8M28 vs. Charleston Southern ^ W 9-0M29 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock ^ W 6-3A2 at Kenyon L 4-5A6 at St. Mary’s W 6-3A13 MIAMI * L 0-9A17 at Wright State W 9-0A19 BALL STATE * L 4-5A20 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 0-9A26 at Toledo * W 5-4A27 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-6 SINCLAIR COLLEGE W 9-0M2-4 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 4th of 6# at Milwaukee, Wis. ^ at Hilton Head, S.C.

1989-90Coach: Sheila Chiricosta15-7 (2-4 MAC / Tie-Fourth of 7)MAC Ty.: Sixth of 7S30 vs. Eastern Kentucky # W 8-1O1 at Ohio State L 1-8O15 CINCINNATI W 6-3O21 CLEVELAND STATE W 9-0F4 at Michigan L 0-9F10 at Michigan State L 2-7M18 vs. Elon ^ W 7-2M19 vs. DePauw ^ W 6-3M20 vs. Baptist College ^ W 8-1M21 vs. Kalamazoo College ^ W 9-0M22 vs. Cornell ^ W 8-1M23 vs. Denison ^ W 6-3A3 KENYON W 7-2A7 at Ohio * L 3-6A8 AKRON W 7-2A14 at Miami * L 1-8A17 FINDLAY W 9-0A18 WRIGHT STATE W 8-1A20 at Western Michigan * L 0-9A21 BALL STATE * W 8-1A26 TOLEDO * L 4-5A28 EASTERN MICHIGAN * W 5-4M4-6 MAC Championships ! 6th of 7# at Columbus, Ohio ^ at Hilton Head, S.C. ! at Toledo, Ohio


Cincinnati & L 1-8 at Flagler L 0-9 Columbus College & L 1-8 at Berry College W 7-2 at Ohio State L 1-8 BALL STATE * L 2-7 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 1-8 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 9-0 MOREHEAD STATE L 4-5 at Toledo * L 4-5 at Eastern Michigan * L 0-9 at Miami * L 0-9 at Ohio * L 1-8 MAC Championships 7th of 7& site unknown

1985-86Coach: June Stack5-17 (0-7 MAC / Eighth of 8)MAC Ty.: Eighth of 8 Eastern Kentucky W 5-4 Morehead State W 6-3 Western Kentucky W 5-4 Indiana L 0-9M7 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 5-4M8 at Michigan L 0-9M23 vs. Auburn # L 0-9M25 vs. Miami (Fla.) # L 0-9M26 vs. Tennessee # L 2-7M27 vs. Illinois # L 1-8M28 vs. Denison # W 7-2A2 OHIO STATE L 0-9A4 at Purdue L 0-9A11 at Ball State * L 0-9A18 TOLEDO * L 2-7A19 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 0-9A23 MICHIGAN STATE L 0-9A25 MIAMI * L 0-9A26 OHIO * L 2-7M2 at Western Michigan * L 0-9M3 vs. Notre Dame ^ L 0-5M3 at Northern Illinois * L 0-9M8-10 MAC Championships ! 8th of 8# at Delray Beach, Fla. ^ at DeKalb, Ill. ! at Ypsilanti, Mich.

1984-85Coach: June Stack8-10 (3-5 MAC / Sixth of 9)MAC Ty.: Sixth of 9 vs. Baylor $ L 3-6 vs, Marquette $ W 5-4M23 at Michigan L 0-9M29 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 7-2M30 WRIGHT STATE W 9-0A12 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * W 8-1A13 MIAMI * L 0-9A13 NOTRE DAME L 0-9A19 OHIO * W 8-1A20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * L 2-7A20 AKRON W 7-2A24 OHIO STATE L 1-8A25 at Michigan State L 1-8A26 vs. Western Michigan !* L 0-9A27 at Eastern Michigan * L 2-7


1988-89Coach: Sheila Chiricosta11-9 (3-3 MAC / Fourth of 7)MAC Ty.: Sixth of 7 at Notre Dame L 1-8 Oakland & W 9-0 at Ohio State L 1-8 Northern Illinois & L 3-6 at Michigan State L 2-7M15 at Michigan L 1-8M19 vs. St. John’s # W 6-3M20 vs. Lafayette # W 6-3M21 vs. Eastern Kentucky # L 4-5M22 vs. Cincinnati # W 6-3M24 vs. Barry # W 8-1A6 TOLEDO W 5-4A7 at Youngstown State W 9-0 MIAMI * L 0-9 at Akron W 9-0 BALL STATE * W 6-3 FINDLAY W 9-0A21 at Western Michigan * L 1-8A22 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-6A29 OHIO * W 8-1M4-6 MAC Championships ^ 6th of 7& site unknown # at Hilton Head, S.C. ^ at Athens, Ohio

1987-88Coach: Sheila Chiricosta9-10 (1-5 MAC / Sixth of 7)MAC Ty.: Sixth of 7S11 MARQUETTE L 0-9S20 at Penn State L 0-9S21 at Pittsburgh W 8-1O3 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 9-0 at DeKalb W 9-0 at Rutgers L 0-9 at Akron W 5-4 at Wright State W 9-0 at Berry State W 5-0 at Baptist College W 9-0M29 at Michigan L 0-9A5 OHIO STATE L 0-9A8 AKRON W 8-1A12 at Toledo * L 3-6A15 at Miami * L 0-9A16 at Ball State * W 8-1A22 WESTERN MICHIGAN * L 2-7A23 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L 1-8A30 at Ohio * L 3-6 MAC Championships 6th of 7

1986-87Coach: Jenny Gilger (interim)5-15 (0-6 MAC / Seventh of 7)MAC Ty.: Seventh of 7 CINCINNATI L 0-9 DAYTON W 8-1 XAVIER W 9-0 TOLEDO L 4-5 at Michigan L 0-9 at Akron W 7-2 at Jacksonville L 2-7

A27 vs. Kalamazoo College ! W 7-2M3 at Ball State * W 5-4M4 Toledo #* L 2-7M9-11 MAC Championships # 6th of 9$ at Delray Beach, Fla. ! at Ypsilanti, Mich. # at Muncie, Ind.

1983-84Coach: June Stack4-7 (3-5 MAC / Sixth of 9)MAC Ty.: Fifth of 9A10 at Akron W 8-1A13 NOTRE DAME L 0-9A14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * W 8-1A14 MIAMI * L 0-9A20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * L 3-6A21 OHIO * W 5-4A24 at Ohio State L 0-9A27 vs. Western Michigan #* L 0-9A28 at Eastern Michigan * L 3-6M4 vs. Ball State $* L 4-5M5 at Toledo * W 5-4M10-12 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 5th of 9# at Ypsilanti, Mich. $ at Toledo, Ohio

1982-83Coach: Deb Kurkiewicz10-4 (6-2 MAC / Third of 9)MAC Ty.: Third of 9M22 OBERLIN # W 9-0M30 at Central Florida W 6-3A1 at Florida Southern W 5-4A10 vs. St. Mary’s $ W 8-1A15 at Ball State W 6-3A16 vs. Central Michigan ^ W 9-0A20 OHIO STATE L 2-7A22 at Toledo W 9-0A23 vs. Miami $ L 0-9A24 vs. Iowa $ L 1-8A29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 8-1A30 OHIO W 8-1M6 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 1-8M7 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 5-4M12-14 MAC Championships $ 3rd of 9# Shadow Valley $ at Toledo, Ohio ^ at Muncie, Ind.

1981-82Coach: Deb Kurkiewicz6-6 (4-3 vs. MAC teams)MAC Ty.: Fourth of 10 Wright State W 9-0M27 at Florida Southern L 2-7A1 AKRON W 9-0A10 vs. Purdue $ L 4-5A10 at Miami L 2-5A14 at Ohio State L 3-6A16 vs. Eastern Michigan % L 3-6A17 vs. Ball State % W 8-1A17 at Central Michigan W 9-0A21 at Toledo W 8-1A24 at Kent State W 7-2


BGSU Hall-of-Famer Carla Marshack

A27 at Western Michigan L 4-5A29-M1 MAC Championships # 4th of 10$ at Oxford, Ohio % at Mount Pleasant, Mich. # at Ypsilanti, Mich.

1980-81Coach: Deb Kurkiewicz9-3 (5-1 vs. MAC teams)MAC Ty.: Fifth of 10A7 at Wright State W 9-0A11 at Ohio W 8-1A14 at Eastern Michigan W 6-3A15 TOLEDO W 7-2A17 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 0-9A18 BALL STATE W 7-2A18 KENT STATE W 6-3A21 OHIO NORTHERN W 9-0M1 CINCINNATI W 5-4M2 OHIO STATE L 2-7 Cincinnati (state tourney) W 6-3 Ohio State (state tourney) L 0-9

1979-80Coach: Joan Weston4-6A4 OHIO W 5-4A5 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 3-6A17 at Kent State L 0-9A19 WRIGHT STATE W 9-0 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 8-1 at Cincinnati L 3-6A25 at Miami L 1-8 at Toledo L 2-7M2 at Central Michigan W 7-2 vs. Toledo (state tourney) L 3-6

1978-79Coach: Joan Weston4-4 Ohio L 3-6 Morehead State W 6-3 Toledo W 5-4 Wright State W 8-1 Miami L 1-8 Cincinnati W 5-4 Eastern Michigan L 4-5 Kent State L 3-6 Ohio Large College Ty. - Lost to Kent State

1977-78Coach: Joan Weston8-2A7 at Toledo W 7-2A8 at Kent State W 7-2A14 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 5-4A15 OHIO W 7-2A22 at Ohio Wesleyan W 8-1A22 vs. Wittenberg # W 6-0


WRIGHT STATE W 9-0A29 Central Michigan L 1-8M5 vs. Oberlin ^ W 6-3M6 at Miami L 2-7 OAISW State Championships T-3rd of 8# at Delaware, Ohio ^ at Oxford, Ohio

1976-77Coach: Joan Weston6-2 KENT STATE W 9-0 Wright State W 9-0 Ohio W 7-2 Notre Dame W 7-2 CINCINNATI W 6-3 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L 3-6 MIAMI L 3-6 OBERLIN W 3-2 OAISW State Championships 2nd of 22 MAIAW Regional Championships 9th of 18

1975-76Coach: Janet Parks7-2 WRIGHT STATE W 5-0 OHIO W 9-0 OHIO WESLEYAN W 3-2 WITTENBERG W 5-0 NOTRE DAME $ W 3-0 at Cincinnati W 5-4 at Oberlin W 5-0 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L 4-5 at Miami L 0-9$ doubles only

HALL-OF-FAMERCARLA MARSHACK

In September of 2006, Carla Marshack became the first-ever Falcon women’s tennis player to be named to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Marshack, a native of Riverwoods, Ill., was the first BGSU female tennis player to capture a MAC singles title, winning the crown at the number-one flight in her senior year of 1992. The team’s No. 1 singles player in all four of her years in the Brown and Orange, Marshack also was the school’s first player to earn the top seed for the MAC Championships, doing so in her sophomore year of 1990.

Marshack set school records for singles wins in a season (23) and career (75) and total career wins (124). Though those marks have since been broken, she still ranks among BGSU’s top-10 on each list. A two-time academic all-league and academic all-district selection, she was named the Falcon Club Outstanding Junior Student-Athlete in 1991 and the BGSU Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year in ‘92. In her senior year, Marshack was BGSU’s female nominee for the MAC’s Bob James Award, given to the top student-athletes (one male, one female) in the conference.

1974-75Coach: Janet Parks10-1 Ohio W 3-2 Ohio Wesleyan W 4-1 Wright State W 4-1 Ohio Northern W 4-1 Notre Dame W 5-4 Bluffton W 4-1 Central Michigan W 5-4 Wayne State W 5-4 Miami W 3-2 Toledo W 5-0 Ohio State L 0-9 State Tournament 6th


No discussion of tennis at Bowling Green would be complete without mentioning the name Robert J. Keefe. During his 23-year tenure at Bowling Green, Keefe became the first full-time coach of the Falcon men’s tennis squad and was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997.

Keefe, a Navy veteran of World War II, embarked upon what he thought would be a long-term professorial career at the University of Saskatchewan when he learned of an opening at Bowling Green in 1955. Not only would it put the family close to in-laws in Oberlin, Ohio, but more importantly, it included the opportunity to coach tennis and teach future teachers, his daughter said.

He never had any misgivings about his choice to be a teacher, Mr. Keefe added, noting that many of his students and team players stayed in touch with him over the years.

Keefe, as mentioned, was the first full-time tennis coach at BG, serving in that capacity from 1955 until 1968. His teams compiled an 83-76 record, including the 1964 Mid-American Conference championship (BGSU tied Miami for the league crown). That team also posted an undefeated record in 15 dual matches. Between 1962-64, Keefe’s Falcon teams compiled a 34-5 dual-match record.

ROBERT J. KEEFE / KEEFE COURTS

In 1980, the tennis facility at BGSU was named in his honor. While coaching at BG, Keefe was also a full-time professor in the health, physical education and recreation department. Keefe served as the Dean of the College of Education for six years upon his retirement from coaching.

He also started the curling club, a legacy of his two years in Saskatchewan, at BGSU, and regularly attended many University sporting events.

He earned his undergraduate degree in English from Brooklyn College in 1940 and his master’s and doctorate degrees from Columbia in 1941 and 1952, respectively.

He and Frances, his wife of 63 years, had two daughters, Carolyn Keefe and Barbara Hall, along with two grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.Robert J. Keefe, 87, a professor emeritus of health and physical education at BGSU, passed away at Wood County Hospital in January of 2006.

Above: Robert Keefe with BGSU coach Penny Dean at a dedication ceremony at the original Keefe courts (behind the BGSU Ice Arena). Left: The Falcons take on Toledo during regular-season action in the 2008-09 season at the ‘new’ Keefe Courts, just across Stadium Drive from the original courts. The courts (below) are nestled between Steller Field (baseball) and Meserve Field (softball).

2010-11 BGSU Tennis Media Guide

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