UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's tennis team (10-10) dropped a hard-fought home match to the Iowa Hawkeyes (8-8) at tarni Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
DOUBLES
Iowa earned the doubles point with wins on courts two and three.
Yvonne Zuffova and Alexandra Nielsen fell to Marisa Schmidt and Daianne Hayashida 6-3, before Ioana Gheorghita and Alina Lebedeva were defeated by Barbora Pokoma and Pia Kranholdt in a 6-4 contest.
Sofiya Chekhlystova and Carla Girbau went 4-3, unfinished across from Samantha Mannix and Vipasha Mehra on court one.
SINGLES
Olivia Dorner grabbed the equalizer and first singles point of the match for Penn State in a 6-3, 6-0 decision on No. 5. Chekhlystova followed that up with a 62, 6-1 victory over Samnthat Mannix on court one.
Zuffova fell to Schmidt 6-2, 6-4 on No. 2, before Gheorghita lost 6-0, 7-5 to Hayashida. Karly Friedland made the match 3-3 on court six as she took down Kranholdt 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. The Hawkeyes clinched the match on court four as Girbau fell to Mehra, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2.
RESULTS
Iowa 4, Penn State 3
Doubles Results
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Sofiya Chekhlystova/Carla Girbau (PSU) vs. Samantha Mannix/Vipasha Mehra (IU) 4-3, unfinished
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Marisa Schmidt/Daianne Hayashida (IU) def. Alexandra Nielsen/Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 6-3
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Barbora Pokoma/Pia Kranholdt (IU) def. Ioana Gheorghita/Alina Lebedeva (PSU) 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles Results
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Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU) def. Samantha Mannix (IU) 6-2, 6-1
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Marisa Schmidt (IU) def. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 6-2, 6-4
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Daianne Hayashida (IU) def. Ioana Gheorghita (PSU) 6-0, 7-5
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Vipasha Mehra (IU) def. Carla Girbau (PSU) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2
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Olivia Dorner (PSU) def. Barbora Pokoma (IU) 6-3, 6-0
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Karly Friedland (PSU) def. Pia Kranholdt (IU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 44
UP NEXT
The Nittany Lions will be back in action at the Sarni Tennis Center on Sunday, April 9 at 11 a.m. ET against Nebraska for senior day.