WTEN Shutout by No. 36 Northwestern, 4-0WTEN Shutout by No. 36 Northwestern, 4-0

WTEN Shutout by No. 36 Northwestern, 4-0

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; April 15, 2017ââ'¬" The Penn State women's tennis team fell to no. 36 Northwestern 4-0. Three singles matches went unfinished. The Nittany Lions take on Illinois before returning home to close out the season next weekend against Purdue and Indiana.

Northwestern jumped to an early 1-0 lead when they captured the doubles point.

The Nittany Lions close out the road portion of their season when they take on Illinois tomorrow April 16 at 12:00p.m. ET. Live stats for the match can be found here: http://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/11/4/wtennis_livestatsvideo.aspx.

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Doubles Results:

1. #15 Alex Chatt/Maddie Lipp (NU) def. Dunn, Bennett/McCluskey, Devan (PSU) 6-3

2. Erin Larner/Rheeya Doshi (NU) vs. Hanley, Shannon/Zuhse, Jacqueline (PSU) 4-4, unfinished

3. Brooke Rischbieth/Lee Or (NU) def. Smith, Samantha/Blik, Ekaterina (PSU) 6-2

Singles Results:

1. #122 Erin Larner (NU) vs. Blik, Ekaterina (PSU) 6-2, 5-2, unfinished

2. Maddie Lipp (NU) def. McCluskey, Devan (PSU) 6-1, 6-2

3. Rheeya Doshi (NU) def. Zuhse, Jacqueline (PSU) 6-1, 7-5

4. Alex Chatt (NU) def. Smith, Samantha (PSU) 6-3, 6-1

5. Lee Or (NU) vs. Dunn, Bennett (PSU) 2-6, 4-3, unfinished

6. Jillian Rooney (NU) vs. Hanley, Shannon (PSU) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished