April 8, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa-The Penn State women's tennis team (7-9, 3-3) took down Big Ten competitor Nebraska (17-5, 4-4) 5-2. Next, Penn State will take on Iowa, their second conference competitor of the weekend, on Sunday, April 10 at 11 a.m.
The Nittany lions put up a fight to secure the doubles point. Junior, Katia Blik (Moscow, Russia) clinched the match win at No. 2 against the Huskers 6-3, 6-3.
"Nebraska is a well coached team that we always have a close match with," said head coach Chris Cagle, "Tonight was no different. We are just all really excited to come out on top with a win. The doubles point was a key to the match and us competing up and down the line lead us to a strong 5-2 win tonight."
Nebraska gained their first match point defeating Katherine Whiteaway (Sawbridgeworth, England) at No. 6, 6-3, 6-3. Then, Jacqueline Zuhse (Boca Raton, Fla.) defeated Liza Andersson 6-3, 7-5 at No. 4. The Huskers answered with a tough defeat over Devan McCluskey (Phoenix, Ariz.) 7-6(3), 6-3 at No. 3. Dasha Sapogova secured a 3-2 lead for Penn State after taking down Katerina Matysova in a three set match at No. 5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Katia Blik defeated Mary Hanna at No. 2 and clinched the match win for the Nittany Lions 6-3, 6-3.
In doubles play, duo Zuhse and Whiteaway were defeated by the Huskers 6-1. Blik and Tutelman were quick to answer with a 5-4 victory over Matysova and Maddox-Herr. Surin and McCluskey clinched their tiebreaking match at No. 1 and the doubles point for Penn State.
Keep up with full coverage of the Penn State women's tennis team as they take on Iowa on Sunday, April 10 at 11 a.m. at GoPSUsports.com. Live match updates are available on our Facebook, Penn State Women's Tennis, and Twitter, @pennstateWTEN.