Penn State Women's Tennis falls 7-0 to Old DominionPenn State Women's Tennis falls 7-0 to Old Dominion
Mark Selders

Penn State Women's Tennis falls 7-0 to Old Dominion

NORFOLK, Va.-- The Penn State women's team opened the 2022 spring season with  a 7-0 defeat to Old Dominion in Norfolk Sunday afternoon.  

 
Doubles 

Old Dominion earned doubles points with wins across all three courts. 


On court one, Karly Friedland and Alexandra Nielsen fell 6-0 to Tatsiana Sasnouskaya and Alesya Yakubovich. In the No. 2 double pairing, Gabby O'Gorman and Sofiya Chekhlystova fell to Yulia Starodubtseva and Alexandra Viktorovitch, 6-2. Olivia Ryan and Yvonne Zuffova fought hard in the No. 3 bout, but fell to Marina Alcaide and Shahar Biran, 6-3. 

Singles 

Old Dominion's momentum carried over to singles play as they it collected singles wins across the board.  

Penn State's Sofiya Chekhlystova put up a strong fight against Yulia Starodubtseva but ultimately fell in a three-set match. Chekhlystova took the first set 6-2, lost the second 6-0 and fell short in tiebreaker, 10-8. 

Court No. 2 housed a close match between Alexandra Nielsen and Sofia Johnson. Nielsen held a tight first set but was defeated in the end, 6-4, 1-0. 

Alina Lebedeva worked to find her first colligate singles win, but fell in a close match to Alesya Yakubovich, 6-3, 3-0. 

Freshman Yvonne Zuffova came up just short to Marina Alcaide, 7-5. 

Doubles Results: 

  1. Tatsiana Sasnouskaya/Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. Alexandra Nielsen/Karly Friedland (PSU), 6-0 
     

  1. Yulia Starodubtseva/Alexandra Viktorovitch (ODU) def. Gabby O'Gorman/Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU), 6-2 

  1. Marina Alcaide/Shahar Biran (ODU) def. Olivia Ryan/Yvonne Zuffova (PSU), 6-3 

Singles Results: 

  1. Yulia Starodubtseva (ODU) def. Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU) 2-6, 6-0, 10-8 

  1. Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (ODU) vs. Gabby O'Gorman (PSU) 6-4, 1-2 

  1. Marina Alcaide (ODU) def. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 7-5 

  1.  Viktorovitch (ODU) def. Karly Friedland (PSU) 6-0,6-1 

  2. 7. Sofia Johnson (ODU) defeats Alexandra Nielsen (PSU) 6-4, 6,1

  3.  Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. Alina Lebedeva (PSU) 6-3, 3-0 
     

 UP NEXT 

The Nittany Lions continue their spring season at home hosting West Virginia Friday, Jan. 21. The first serve is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET. 

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