Feb. 27, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa; February 26, 2016--The Penn State women's tennis team was defeated today at home by No. 2 Ohio State, dropping a 7-0 meeting.
The match was the Big Ten opener for both teams.
In No. 1 singles, Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) lost to No. 1 Francesca Di Lorenzo, the nation's top-ranked player in the latest ITA rankings, 7(7)-6(4), 6-4. In the No. 2 match Katia Blik (Moscow, Russia) was defeated by Anna Sanford 7(7)-6(3), 6-3. In No. 3 singles, Devan McCluskey (Phoenix, Ariz.) fell in a closely contested three set match against Gabriella De Santis 2-6,6-4,4-6.
In the No. 4 Jacqueline Zuhse (Boca Raton, Fla.) lost to Miho Kowase 7-5, 6-0. During the No. 5 singles match, Katherine Whiteaway (Sawbridgeworth, England) was defeated by Ferny Angeles Paz 6-2, 6-3. In the No. 6 match Samantha Tutelman (New York, N.Y.) fell to No. 102 Olivia Sneed 6-2, 6-4.
Cagles' squad lost the point in doubles action. In the No. 1 match McCluskey and Surin were defeated by Sanford and Kowase 6-4. Whiteaway and Zuhse lost to duo Di Lorenzo and Sneed in the No. 2 doubles match 6-3. In No. 3 doubles duo Blik and Tutelman were defeated by Angeles Paz and Niehaus 7(7)-6(3).
"The score of the match is not indicative of how close it was on every court and how high the level of play was on every court. We will take the positives from this match as well as the areas that we need to get better at and we will prepare for marshall on Sunday. It was great having a large crowd out tonight, it had a large impact on our match. I hope we will have the same attendance and energy for Sundays match up."
Penn State will host Marshall University on Sunday, Feb. 28; at 11 a.m. Fans are encouraged to follow the Penn State women's tennis team on twitter @PennStateWTEN and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennStateWTEN.