Feb. 13, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Penn State women's tennis team looks to carry the momentum from the win over Pittsburgh into this weekend's conference opener against No. 23 Northwestern. The match date is Saturday, February 14 with first serve set for 12:00 p.m. Northwestern comes into Saturday's match with a 1-2 record after dropping their latest decision 5-2 to No. 4 Duke.
Two Nittany Lions cracked the ITA rankings as Victoria Kisialeva (Toronto, Canada) and Dasha Sapogova (Belarus, Minsk) are the 34th ranked doubles pair. The duo is 4-1 in the spring season. Devan McCluskey (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) have put together a 7-2 record this season, including a 4-1 record this spring.
Northwestern has two of their own doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 as Alicia Barnett and Brooke Rischbieth are ranked No. 50 while Rischbieth and Alex Chatt are No. 58.
Live scoring will be available during the match and can be found using the link at the top of the page. The Nittany Lions return home next weekend for two matches during THON weekend. Penn State hosts No. 43 Columbia Friday at 4:30 and VCU Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Follow Penn State on social media on Facebook at Penn State Women's Tennis and on Twitter @pennstateWTEN.