April 15, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa ââ'¬" The Penn State women's tennis team (8-10, 4-4) fell to big ten competitor No. 40 Northwestern (10-8, 8-0) 6-1. Next, Penn State will host Illinois (12-7, 6-2) on their Senior Day Sunday, April 17.
"I give Northwestern credit," said head coach Chris Cagle, "I think they played a good match in singles and doubles today. We definitely had our chances up and down the lineup. We will learn from today and get ready for Illinois on Sunday. I know our team will be fired up for Senior Day."
In singles action, Jacqueline Zuhse (Boca Raton, Fla.) was swept at No. 4 by Alex Chatt. Then, Nortwestern's Maddie Lipp defeated Devan McCluskey (Phoenix, Ariz.) 6-6, 6-2. Katherine Whiteaway (Sawbridgeworth, England) fell in her tiebreaker during her first set at No. 6 and lost the match 7-6(4), 6-1. Dasha Sapogova (Belarus, Minsk) put up a fight in her three set match at No. 5 and went unfinished due to injury 6-2, 1-6, 2-1. At No. 2 Katia Blik (Moscow, Russia) was defeated in her three set match against Alacia Barnett 6-3, 6-7, 11-9. Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) gained a Nittany Lion victory at No. 1 defeating Erin Larner 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
In doubles play, Northwestern secured the doubles point. Blik and Tutelman fell at No. 2 to Rischbieth and Barnett 6-0. Duo Surin and McCluskey were defeated by Lipp and Chatt 6-4, and Zuhse and Whiteaway went unfinished at No. 3.
Next the Nittany Lions will take on Illinois during their Senior Day on Sunday, April 17 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.