Women's Tennis Finishes Strong at Hokie InvitationalWomen's Tennis Finishes Strong at Hokie Invitational

Women's Tennis Finishes Strong at Hokie Invitational

Oct. 3, 2010

Hokie Fall Invitational Final Brackets

BLACKSBURG, Va.; October 3, 2010 - Junior Maria Prishlyak (Kiev, Ukraine) and junior Kristen Roth (Ardmore, Pa.) won their singles matches today to earn a fifth place in their respective flights at the Hokie Fall Invitational for the Penn State women's tennis team.

Prishlyak defeated Maria Voscekova of Marshall, 6-1, 6-4, in Flight C singles. In Flight F singles, Roth bested Mariana Arana of Richmond, 6-0, 6-4. In Flight B singles, freshman Marie-Frederique Bedard (Montreal, Canada) defeated Kristina Koprcina of Marshall, 6-2, 6-0 to earn ninth place. Also in singles action Sunday, Fernanda Perrotta, (Buenos Aires, Argentina) won her Flight F consolation match against Samantha Galainena of Davidson, 6-2, 6-3.

In Flight B doubles, Sara Abutovic and Julia Breuss of Winthrop defeated Perrotta and Roth, 8-1, in the third place match. In Flight C seventh place match, sophomore Sarah Henderson (Bloomington, Ind.) and Prishlyak had to take a walkover loss to Lindsay Leblang and Casey Dashiell of UNC-Wilmington.

Nittany Lion sophomore Petra Januskova (Ottawa, Canada) begins play at the prestigious ITA All-American Qualifiers Monday. The women's tennis team will look to build off today's strong finish at the ITA Regional in Norfolk, Va. on Oct. 21.

--NITTANY LIONS--

2010 Hokie Fall Invitational

Singles

Flight A Consolation (11th Place)
Helen Cunningham, Richmond def. Carmen Sandor, Penn State, default

Flight B Consolation (9th Place)
Marie-Frederique Bedard, Penn State, def. Kristina Koprcina, Marshall, 6-2, 6-0

Flight C Consolation (5th Place)
Maria Pryishlyak, Penn State, def. Maria Voscekova, Marshall, 6-1, 6-4

Flight D Consolation (13th Place)
Fernanda Perrotta, Penn State, def. Samantha Galainena, Davidson, 6-2, 6-3

Flight F Consolation (5th Place)
Kristen Roth, Penn State, def. Mariana Arana, Richmond, 6-0, 6-4

Doubles

Flight B (3rd Place)
Sara Abutovic/Julia Breuss, Winthrop, def. Fernanda Perrotta/Kristen Roth, Penn State, 8-1

Flight C (7th Place) Lindsay Leblang/Casey Dashiell, UNC-Wilmington, def. Sarah Henderson/Maria Prishlyak, walkover