BATON ROUGE, La. – The Penn State women's tennis (2-3) team fell, 5-2, against LSU on Sunday. The Nittany Lions went 1-1 on the weekend.
DOUBLES
LSU clinched the first point of the match by taking doubles wins on courts one and three.
Sofiya Chekhlystova and Karly Friedland fell to No. 7 ranked Anastasiya Komar and Nikita Vishwase of LSU, 6-2. Alexandra Nielsen and Yvonne Zuffova lost their match to the Tiger's Safiya Carrington Maggie Cubitt, 6-4.
SINGLES
LSU executed the victory by taking the matches on courts one, two, three and six. Ioana Gheorghita and Olivia Dorner took home the lone wins for the Blue and White.
Ioana Gheorghita defeated Nina Geissler, 6-3, 7-5 at the No. 4 singles position. Olivia Dorner collected her second singles win of the weekend by taking the match over Maggie Cubitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
UP NEXT
The Penn State women's tennis team will travel to West Virginia to take on Marshall of Feb. 4 at noon E.T. and West Virginia on Feb. 5 at noon E.T.
RESULTS
LSU 5, Penn State 2
Doubles Results
- No. 7 Anastasiya Komar/Nikita Vishwase (LSU) def. Sofiya Chekhlystova/Karly Friedland (PSU) 6-2
- Kylie Collins/Nina Geissler (LSU) vs. Ioana Gheorghita/Carla Girbau (PSU) 4-3, unfinished
- Safiya Carrington/Maggie Cubitt (LSU) def. Alexandra Nielsen/Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles Results
- No. 7 Kylie Collins (LSU) def. No. 53 Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU) 7-5, 6-2
- No. 32 Anastasiya Komar (LSU) def. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 6-2, 6-3
- Safiya Carrington (LSU) def. Carla Girbau (PSU) 6-3, 6-2
- Ioana Gheorghita (PSU) def. Nina Geissler (LSU) 6-3, 7-5
- Olivia Dorner (PSU) def. Maggie Cubitt (LSU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Nikita Vishwase def. Alexandra Nielsen 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6
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