UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-- Frederikke Svarre (Copenhagen, Denmark) captured her sixth straight singles win of the season to lead the Penn State women's tennis team to a 7-0 victory over Cornell. Penn State had its sixth straight doubles point win, its best start in over a decade.
Svarre is 6-0 in singles to start the season, the last time a Penn State player started off a dual season with six wins was in 2013 when Chelsea Utting started with nine wins.
Penn State improves to 5-1 on the season, remaining a perfect 5-0 at home. Cornell drops to 2-3 on the season.
"I give all 10 of the girls on our team a lot of credit," said head coach Chris Cagle. "We bounced back from Friday, which wasn't an easy day for us. We came back and put out a great team effort today. Our goal was to go in today and win every single match, and that's what we did. Full credit to the team."
Doubles
Penn State continued its doubles dominance, going 3-0 to secure the point. Through six matches, the Nittany Lions have won every doubles point, and have dropped only one match.
Svarre and Olivia Ryan (Victoria, Australia) started the Nittany Lions off with a win over Ana Elhom and Maria Adiaconitei, 6-1.
Gabby O'Gorman (Gunnedah, N.S. Wales, Australia) and Olivia Rohrbacher (Sandusky, Ohio) clinched the doubles point when they defeated Katherine Nguyen and Sarah Campbell, 7-5.
Samantha Smith (Cary, N.C.) and Shannon Hanley capped off the perfect doubles outing with a win over Mariko Iinuma and Valerie Ho, 7-6(3).
Singles
O'Gorman returned to form in her match against Nguyen, easily dispatching her in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0,
Svarre continued her perfect singles record, defeating Campbell, 6-3, 6-2.
Rohrbacher clinched the match win for Penn State, defeating Iinuma, 7-5, 7-5.
Smith won in come-from-behind fashion to keep her singles record unblemished at 5-0. She needed a third set to defeat Adiaconitei, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Ryan handled Elhom in a straight set win, 6-3, 6-4.
Hanley defeated Campbell, 6-4, 6-3, to complete the sweep for Penn State.
Up Next
The Nittany Lions will have a week off and then will travel to Huntington, W.Va. to face Furman on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 12 p.m. then they will face host Marshall on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m.
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Full Box Score
Doubles Final:
1. Gabby O'Gorman/Olivia Rohrbacher (PSU) def. Katherine Nguyen/Sarah Campbell (COR) 7-5
2. Samantha Smith/Shannon Hanley (PSU) def. Mariko Iinuma/Valerie Ho (COR) 7-6 (7-3)
3. Frederikke Svarre/Olivia Ryan (PSU) def. Ana Elhom/Maria Adiaconitei (COR) 6-1
Order of finish: (3, 1, 2)
Singles Final:
1. Gabby O'Gorman (PSU) def. Katherine Nguyen (COR) 6-0, 6-0
2. Olivia Rohrbacher (PSU) def. Mariko Iinuma (COR) 7-5, 7-5
3. Samantha Smith (PSU) def. Maria Adiaconitei (COR) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Frederikke Svarre (PSU) def. Valerie Ho (COR) 6-3, 6-2
5. Shannon Hanley (PSU) def. Sarah Campbell (COR) 6-4, 6-3
6. Olivia Ryan (PSU) def. Ana Elhom (COR) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: (1,4,2,3,6,5)
