Oct. 22, 2010
NORFOLK, Va.; October 22, 2010 - The Penn State women's tennis team continued solid play at the ITA Atlantic Regional winning four singles matches and one doubles match.
After earning a first round doubles bye, Petra Januskova (Ottawa, Canada) and Amy Simidian (Carlstadt, N.J.) defeated UMBC's Kim Berghaus and Emily Mannix, 8-1, in the second round. The pair also found success in the singles ranks as Januskova beat West Virginia's Melis Tanik, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of singles action, while Simidian bested George Washington's Jacqui Corba, 6-3, 6-3.
Freshman Marie-Frederique Bedard (Montreal, Canada) picked up where she left off in the qualifying round defeating James Madison's Katherine Bulling, 6-2, 6-1, in the first round of the singles main draw. Junior Maria Prishlyak (Kiev, Ukraine) also picked up a singles win defeating Richmond's Kelly Tidwell, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Bedard and junior Fernanda Perrotta (Buenos Aires, Argentina) fell in the second round of doubles play to Maryland's Jordan Hansbrough and Julia Huschke, 8-6. In singles play, Perrotta was bested by Hope Johnson of William & Mary, 7-5, 6-0.
The tournament will run through Sunday and the singles main draw will continue at 11:30 a.m. For live stats throughout the tournament, visit ITA Atlantic Regional
--NITTANY LIONS--
2010 ITA Atlantic Regional
Singles
First Round
Amy Simidian, Penn State def. Jacqui Corba, George Washington, 6-3, 6-3
Hope Johnson, William & Mary def. Fernanda Perrotta, Penn State, 7-5, 6-0
Marie-Frederique Bedard, Penn State def. Katherine Bulling, James Madison, 6-2, 6-1
Maria Prishlyak, Penn State def. Kelly Tidwell, Richmond, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Petra Januskova, Penn State def. Melis Tanik, West Virginia, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Second Round
Jordan Hansbrough/Julia Huschke, Maryland def. Marie-Frederique Bedard/Fernanda Perrotta, Penn State, 8-6
Petra Januskova/Amy Simidian, Penn State def. Kim Berghaus/Emily Mannix, UMBC, 8-1