Feb. 28, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa; February 28, 2016--The Penn State women's tennis team defeated Marshall today at home, sweeping the Herd 6-1. The win improves Penn State to 3-6 on the year.
In No. 1 singles Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) defeated Derya Turhan 6-4, 6-4 and Katia Blik (Moscow, Russia) was defeated by Rachael Morales 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. At No. 3 singles Devan McCluskey defeated Anna Pomyatinskaya 6-1,6-2. Jacqueline Zuhse (Boca Raton, Fla.) defeated Maddie Silver 6-1,6-4 at No. 4 match. In No. 5 singles Katherine Whiteaway (Sawbridgeworth, England) downed Marija Bogicevic, 6-4 retirement (injury). In the No. 6 match Samantha Tutelman defeated Anne Gulsrud 6-1, 6-4.
Partners Devan McCluskey (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Kim Surin (Montreal, Canada) secured the doubles point for the team at No. 1 singles when they defeated Turhan and Morales 7-5. In the No. 2 match Zuhse and Whiteaway went unfinished against Pomyatinskaya and Silver 6-5. Penn Staters Blik and Tutelman clinched the doubles point at No. 3 doubles against Bogicevic and Gulsrud 6-1.
"I felt like the team played well across the board today," said coach Cagle, "Marshall is a program that during the three years of me being here we haven't beaten; they are a quality program every year. They have had a number of close matches against ranked team so for us to win today at 6-1 and play at the level we did I was pretty happy and it is going to springboard us into our spring break trip."
Penn State will travel to Tampa, Fla. to take on South Florida on Tuesday, Mar. 8. Fans are encouraged to follow the Penn State women's tennis team on twitter @PennStateWTEN and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennStateWTEN.