UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-- The Penn State women's tennis team defeated Nebraska, 4-3 in Big Ten action Sunday morning at the Indoor Tennis Center. The Nittany Lions (10-4, 2-1 B1G) improve to a perfect 6-0 at home with the victory over the Huskers (8-12, 0-4 B1G).
"Nebraska might not have a Big Ten win at this point but all of their matches have been close," said head coach Chris Cagle. "You give Nebraska a lot of credit for staying in there and fighting and not hanging their head and then, we could do a better job of finishing as well. Our team did a great job coming out and taking the doubles point and being really strong in singles. It is good to get a Big Ten win, now we'll go to [No. 24] Michigan on Friday and we know it'll be a test and we'll be ready."
DOUBLES
Penn State claimed the doubles point, going 2-1. Olivia Rohrbacher (Sandusky, Ohio) and Gabby O'Gorman (Gunnedah, N.S. Wales, Australia) clinched the doubles point on court No. 1. Rohrbacher and O'Gorman defeated Vasanti Shinde and Marina Cozac, 6-3.
Chelsea Sawyer (Clemmons, N.C.) and Frederikke Svarre (Copenhagen, Denmark) claimed the other win for the Nittany Lions, defeating Jeannie Lozowski and Hayley Haakenstad, 6-3.
SINGLES
The Nittany Lions went 3-2 in singles play. O'Gorman joined Svarre in the spring double digit wins club with her victory over Shinde, 6-3, 6-3.
Sawyer gutted out a tiebreak in the second set to claim the win over Jeannie Lozowski, 6-4, 7-6(1) and clinch the match for Penn State. Samantha Smith (Cary, N.C.) won out against Jessica Aragon, 6-1, 6-3.
UP NEXT
The Nittany Lions will hit the road again for two Big Ten matches, against No. 24 Michigan and Michigan State. Penn State will take on Michigan on Friday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. and Michigan State on Sunday, March 31 at 1 p.m.
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