March 1, 2015
HUNTINGTON, W. VA.- The Penn State women's tennis team fell in a hard fought match to No. 73 Utah 4-2 on Sunday. Victoria Kisialeva (Toronto, Canada) and Dasha Sapogova (Minsk, Belarus) put the Nittany Lions on the board with their singles victories. Kisialeva defeated Sarah Richter 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 while Sapogova tallied a straight sets victory over Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa.
Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) took Jena Cheng to three sets, but fell 6-3 in the third and final set. Katia Blik (Moscow, Russia) was defeated by the 53rd ranked Tereza Bekerova 6-3, 7-5.
Utah won two of the three doubles matches as they jumped out to an early 1-0 lead. No. 31 Tereza Bekerova and Margo Pletcher defeated No. 51 Victoria Kisialeva and Dasha Sapogova 8-5. Sarah Richter and Jena Cheng slipped by McCluskey and Surin 8-2. Jackie Zuhse (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Katherine Whiteaway recorded their first victory of the season as they beat Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa and Elena Najera-Salas 8-2.
The blue and white return home Friday, March 6 as they open their Big Ten home schedule against Illinois. Stay up to date with everything Penn State women's tennis on Facebook at Penn State Women's Tennis and on twitter @pennstateWTEN.
Singles Results:
1) No. 53 Tereza Bekerova (Utah) def. Blik 6-3, 7-5
2) Kisialeva def. Sarah Richter (Utah) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
3) Jena Cheng (Utah) def. Surin 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
4) Sapogova def. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa (Utah) 7-6(5), 7-5
5) Alexia Petrovic (Utah) def. McCluskey 6-1, 6-2
6) Tutelman vs. Margo Pletcher (Utah) 3-5 (unfinished)
Doubles Results:
1) No. 31 Tereza Bekerova/Margo Pletcher (Utah) def. No. 51 Kisialeva/Sapogova 8-5
2) Sarah Richter/Jena Cheng (Utah) def. McCluskey/Surin 8-2
3) Whiteaway/Zuhse def. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa/ Elena Najera-Salas (Utah) 8-2