UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-- The Penn State women's tennis team will play host to Pittsburgh, Temple and Bucknell this coming weekend. All three matches will be played in the indoor tennis center.
Penn State (1-0) will face Pittsburgh (0-0) on Friday, Jan. 18 at 5 p.m. Due to the incoming winter storm this weekend, the matches on Sunday, Jan. 20 against Temple at 11 a.m. and against Bucknell at 4:30 p.m. have been postponed at this time and no make up date has been announced.
"We have a big weekend of tennis ahead for our team," said head coach Chris Cagle. "Our matches with Pitt have always been closely contested and we expect them to come in ready to play. Sunday will be a good test for us with two matches, first against Temple followed by Bucknell. We are working on preparing for this weekend by focusing on ourselves and the things we need to do to be successful. I look forward to the weekend starting on Friday versus Pitt!"
Last Time Out
The Nittany Lions started off the season on a strong note, defeating Navy 7-0. Penn State won five singles matches in straight sets and went 3-0 in doubles.
Pittsburgh
The Panthers are opening their season against the Nittany Lions. Luisa Varon went 7-3 in singles play to lead Pittsburgh in the fall. Claudia Bartolome and Gabriela Rezende had a team-high four doubles wins as a duo in the fall.
Bartolome is the No. 76 ranked singles player in the country.
Last year, Pittsburgh defeated the Nittany Lions in a tight match, 5-2.
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Temple
Temple is traveling to Penn State after splitting its opening weekend, defeating Hampton 6-1 and falling to Old Dominion 4-3.
The Owls traveled to Penn State last year and the Nittany Lions were able to defeat a short-handed Temple team 4-0.
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Bucknell
The Bison are also opening up their spring season against the Nittany Lions. Sofia Ayuso led Bucknell with a 10-5 singles record in the fall. Cayla Koch and Paige Leavy went 9-2 in doubles play as a duo to lead the team.
The last time Penn State and Bucknell met was in 2014, with then no. 49 Penn State taking away a 6-1 win over the Bison.
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Up Next
The Nittany Lions will finish up their homestand on Sunday, Jan. 27 hosting a double header against George Washington at 10 a.m. followed by Towson at 3 p.m.
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