Feb. 10, 2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; - The Penn State women's tennis team came up short today against Yale, losing 5-2 to the Bulldogs. Junior Lauren Holzberg (Easton, Conn.) and sophomore Lauren McCarthy (Danbury, Conn.) earned the sole doubles win for the Nittany Lions with an 8-5 defeat over Yale's Stevi Petrelli and Jessica Rhee.
In other doubles, senior Jenny Shular (Peachtree City, Ga.) and sophomore Sarah Lotto (Toronto, Ontario) were defeated by Lindsay Clark and Lauren Ritz, 8-4. Junior Dorothy Dohanics (Pittsburgh, Pa.) partnered up with senior Katelyn BeVard (McLean, Va.) but fell to Janet Kim and Lindsey Dashiell, 8-4, clinching the doubles point for the Bulldogs.
Dohanics and freshman Denisa Zobeideh (Weston, Fla.) came up big for the Nittany Lions, each earning a win in singles. Dohanics defeated Petrelli (7-5, 6-3) and Zobeideh defeated Ritz (6-3, 6-2). BeVard put in a tough fight in a three-set match against Kim. She came out hard in the first set winning 6-3, but dropped the next two sets 6-0, 6-2. In other singles, Shular fell to Rhee (6-3, 6-1), Holzberg fell in a hard-fought three-set match to Sarah Lederhandler (6-4, 4-6, 7-5) and McCarthy fell to Clark (7-6, 6-4).
The Nittany Lions are back on the road next weekend facing No. 3 Northwestern on Saturday, Feb. 16 and No. 75 Wisconsin on Sunday, Feb. 17. Both matches will begin at 11 a.m.
Final Score: Yale 5, Penn State 2
Doubles
1) Jenny Shular/Sarah Lotto (PSU) vs. Lindsay Clark/Lauren Ritz (Yale)
Winner: Yale, 8-4
2) Lauren Holzberg/Lauren McCarthy (PSU) vs. Stevi Petrelli/Jessica Rhee (Yale)
Winner: PSU, 8-5
3) Dorothy Dohanics/Katelyn BeVard (PSU) vs. Janet Kim/Lindsey Dashiell (Yale)
Winner: Yale, 8-4
Singles
1) Katelyn BeVard (PSU) vs. Janet Kim (Yale)
Winner: Yale (3-6, 6-0, 6-2)
2) Jenny Shular (PSU) vs. Jessica Rhee (Yale)
Winner: Yale (6-3, 6-1)
3) Lauren Holzberg (PSU) vs. Sarah Lederhandler (Yale)
Winner: Yale (6-4, 4-6, 7-5)
4) Dorothy Dohanics (PSU) vs. Stevi Petrelli (Yale)
Winner: PSU (7-5, 6-3)
5) Lauren McCarthy (PSU) vs. Lindsay Clark (Yale)
Winner: Yale (6-3, 6-2)
6) Denisa Zobeideh (PSU) vs. Lauren Ritz (Yale)
Winner: PSU (63, 6-2)
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