| Sophomore Lauren Holzberg and the Nittany Lions will travel to Indiana to take on the Hoosiers Saturday, April 21 at 11 a.m. followed by a contest with the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus Sunday, April 22 at 11 a.m. This is the final weekend of regular season play before the Nittany Lions head to Minneapolis for the Big Ten Women's Tennis Tournament next Thursday. |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; April 20, 2007 ?C The Penn State women??s tennis team (9-10, 3-5) will take to the road this weekend for the final weekend of Big Ten play when they face the No. 27 Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday, April 21 at 11 a.m. and the No. 43 Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday, April 22 at 11 a.m.
The Nittany Lions are coming off of a dominating performance against Michigan State on April 14, topping the Spartans, 5-2 in Happy Valley. The Blue and White swept doubles, with sophomore Lauren Holzberg (Easton, Conn.) and freshman Lauren McCarthy (Danbury, Conn.) defeating Sarah Andrews and Jessica Baron in second pairs 8-3, while senior Sasha Abraham (Hyderabad, India) and junior Jenny Shular (Peachtree City, Ga.) topped Christine Bader and Stephanie Kebler, 8-6 to secure the doubles point. Adding to the success was sophomore Dorothy Dohanics (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and senior Andreea Niculescu (Montreal, Quebec), who beat Marianne Eelens and Pascale Schnitzer in an 8-3 third doubles match. Niculescu, Shular, Dohanics and McCarthy also earned a ??W?? in singles action.
The Hoosiers are currently 7-1 in Big Ten play and hold their highest rank of the season, most recently topping No. 45 Purdue (5-2). The Buckeyes are 5-3 in the Big Ten this season, falling to No. 7 Northwestern 7-0 on April 18.
Following this weekend??s action, Penn State will prepare for the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota beginning Thursday, April 26 through Sunday, April 29.