Jan. 17, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa; Sunday, January 17th- The Penn State women's tennis team fell to No. 46 Willam & Mary today in a closely contested match. Penn State, now 1-1, will go on to the ITA National Indoors this weekend, where they will take on No. 53 Brown.
In singles action, Katia Blik (Moscow, Russia) fell to Leeza Nemchinov 6-4, 6-2, Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) defeated Lauren Goodman 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, Devan McCluskey (Pheonix, Ari) was defeated by Marie Faure 6-2, 7-5, Jacqueline Zuhse (Boca Raton, Fla) was defeated by Maria Groener 6-2, 7-5, Samantha Tutleman (New York, NY) fell to Julia Casselbury 4-6, 2-6, and Dasha Sapogova (Belarus, Minsk) won against Deepa Dhore 6-2, 6-0
Penn State took the point for doubles play today. Duo Devan McCluskey and Kim Surin defeated Marie Faure and Leeza Nemchinov 6-2, Katia Blik and Dasha Sapogova fell to Lauren Goodman and Maria Groener 6-2, and partners Jacqueline Zuhse and Kathrine Whiteaway won over Julia Casselbury and Deepa Dhore 6-3.
"I would like to give a lot of credit to William & Mary" said Coach Cagle "They came out a battled hard all day. Coach Fenwick and I were proud of the fight from our team and we know we will build on todays match and be better as a result"
Next, the Nittany Lions are scheduled to head to the ITA National Indoors in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, January 23rd. Keep up with the Penn State women's tennis team at gopsusports.com. Check out more about the team by "liking" them on Facebook and Twitter @PennStateWTEN