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Mark Selders

Penn State Women's Tennis Prepares for Super ITA Regionals

Charlottesville, VA.-- Six Nittany Lions are headed to Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend to compete in Super ITA Regionals, Oct. 22-25.  

Penn State women's tennis will travel three doubles pairs this weekend including Gabby O'Gorman/ Sofiya Chekhlystova, Karly Friedland/ Alexandra Nielsen and Yvonna Zuffova/Alina Lebedeva. Three Penn State individual players will also continue in this weekend's competition, Yvonne, O'Gorman and Chekhlystova. 

"I'm super excited to be playing in my first Super Regionals this weekend in UVA," said freshman Zuffova. "It's going to be so much fun playing this tournament. I cannot wait to support my team and play some matches." 

Schedule of Play 

October 22: 
Doubles round of 16 

Singles round of 32 & singles back draw 

October 23: 

Round of 16 singles 

Singles Quarterfinals 

Doubles Quarterfinals 

October 24: 

Singles Semifinals 

Doubles Semifinals 

October 25 

Singles Finals 

Doubles Finals 

There will be no live scoring throughout the weekend so be sure to follow Penn State Women's Tennis across social media for updates. 

Last time out the Blue and White faced James Madison, West Virginia, and Louisville in the Martha Thorn Invitational, Oct.15-17. 

On day one of competition the Nittany Lions captured 7 team wins, including 4 singles wins and 3 doubles wins. Singles wins were highlighted by Soifya Chekhlystova's 7-6, 6-1 victory as well as freshman Deanna Lasorda's win, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles play was highlighted by a clean sweep of wins from duos O'Gorman/Chekhlystova, Hirsch/Ryan and Friedland/Lebedeva. 

Day two of play mirrored Penn State's success from day 1 with a collection of 4 singles wins. These battles were won by Chekhlystova, O'Gorman, Lasorda, and Weinberg. Penn State also collected two doubles wins, earned by O'Gorman/Chekhlystova and Friedland/Ryan. 

The Nittany Lions continued their victorious streak throughout day 3 of tournament play, resulting in 4 singles wins to close out their weekend in Morgantown. Chekhlystova, Friedland and O'Gorman earned wins against their competition against West Virginia. Ryan battled for the remaining Penn State win by defeating Momoko Nagato in a 3-set match. 

Keep up with the Penn State women's tennis team at GoPSUsports.com. For continued updates throughout the year, make sure to `like' our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewten and follow our twitter @pennstateWTEN.