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Women's Tennis Competes at UPenn Hidden Dual

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Penn State women's team competed at the UPenn Hidden Dual against players from Penn, LIU and Temple this weekend, Sept. 8-10.
 
Alina Lebedeva won six matches throughout the weekend. On day one, Lebedeva, with partner Katerina Dimitrova, defeated a duo from Temple, 6-3. She also bested Temple's Sena Takebe, 6-2, 6-1.
 
On day two, Lebedeva had two singles wins against Liza Tkochenko from Penn, 6-4, 6-3, and Leo Boisseau from LIU, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
 
Lebedeva finished out her weekend with a singles and doubles win. She won her doubles match again, alongside Dimitrova, against a pair from LIU, 6-1. Lebedeva picked up a singles win over Penn's Eileen Wang, 6-3, 6-3.
 
Karly Friedland took home three wins from the tournament. On day one, she won a doubles match with partner Katerina Dimitrova against a pair from LIU, 6-2, and a singles win against Temple's Evie Wei, 6-3, 6-4. 
 
On day two, Friedland and her partner, Jordina Cegarra, won their match, 6-4, against a pair from Penn. Friedland also had a singles win against Penn's Eileen Wang, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 10-4.
 
Friedland, on day three, and Cegarra clinched another doubles win, 6-4, against a pair from LIU.

Yvonne Zuffova tallied four wins during the weekend. On day one, Zuffova took a doubles win with her partner, Cegarra, against a pair from LIU, 6-2. She won a singles match over Temple's Thamara Frasser Kawaratani, 6-4, 6-4.

On day two, Zuffova and Dimitrova clinched a win against a pair from Penn, 6-2. She also took a singles win against Lucy Garrigues of LIU, 6-2, 7-5.

In addition to her three doubles wins, Dimitrova finished her first tournament as a Nittany Lion gaining a singles win. She defeated Penn's Sasha Motlagh, 7-5, 6-2.

Cegarra also started her career in the blue and white with a singles win against Temple's Samantha Nanere, 6-4, 6-3, in addition to her three doubles wins.
 
Daniella Alamo, Deanna Lasorda and Kate Zink all competed in the tournament throughout the weekend.
 
RESULTS
 
Friday:
 
Round 1 Doubles vs. LIU:

  1. Karly Friedland/Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Saki Oyama/Clara Tardivel (LIU) 6-2
  2. Yvonne Zuffova/Jordina Cegarra (PSU) def. Kate Jorjoliani/Leo Boisseau (LIU) 6-2
  3. Jasmine Maduel/Lucy Garrigues (LIU) def. Deanna Lasorda/Alina Lebedeva (PSU) 7-6 (7-4)

Round 2 Doubles vs. Temple:

  1. Evie Wei/Jessie Zheng (Temple) def. Yvonne Zuffova/Jordina Cegarra (PSU) 7-6 (9-7)
  2. Alina Lebedeva/Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Samantha Nanere/Sena Takebe (Temple) 6-3
  3. Marianthi Christoforidou/Thamara Frasser Kawaratani (Temple) def. Danielle Alamo/Kate Zink Temple (PSU) 6-2

Round 1 Singles vs. Temple:

  1. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) def. Thamara Frasser Kawaratani (Temple) 6-4, 6-4
  2. Jordina Cegarra (PSU) def. Samantha Nanere (Temple) 6-4, 6-3
  3. Jessie Zheng (Temple) def. Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
  4. Karly Friedland (PSU) def. Evie Wei (Temple) 6-3, 6-4
  5. Alina Lebedeva (PSU) vs. Sena Takebe (Temple) 6-2, 6-1
  6. Marianthi Christoforidou (Temple) def. Danielle Alamo (PSU) 6-4, 6-1

Saturday:
 
Round 1 Doubles vs. UPenn:

  1. Karly Friedland/Jordina Cegarra (PSU) def. Gavriella Smith/Liza Tkochenko (UPenn) 6-4
  2. Yvonne Zuffova/Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Eileen Wang/Saige Roshkoff (UPenn) 6-2
  3. Sasha Motlagh/Esha Velaga (UPenn) def. Deanna Lasorda/Danielle Alamo (PSU) 7-5

Round 1 Singles vs. UPenn:

  1. Gavriella Smith (Penn) def. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 6-4, 6-4
  2. Esha Velaga (Penn) def. Jordina Cegarra (PSU) 6-4, 6-0
  3. Karly Friedland (PSU) def. Eileen Wang (Penn) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 10-4
  4. Alina Lebedeva (PSU) def. Liza Tkochenko (Penn) 6-4, 6-3
  5. Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Sasha Motlagh (Penn) 7-5, 6-2
  6. Saige Roshkoff (Penn) def. Kate Zink 6-1, 6-2

Round 2 Singles vs. LIU:

  1. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) def. Lucy Garrigues (LIU) 6-2, 7-5
  2. Alina Lebedeva (PSU) def. Leo Boisseau (LIU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4)
  3. Saki Oyama (LIU) def. Katerina Dimitrova 6-2, 2-6, 10-6
  4. Jordina Cegarra (PSU) def. Kate Jorjolani (LIU) 6-1, 6-3
  5. Jasmine Maduel (LIU) def. Danielle Alamo (PSU) 4-6, 5-4, ret.
  6. Mia Tsoukalas (LIU) def. Kate Zink (PSU) 6-1, 6-3

Sunday:
 
Round 1 Doubles vs. LIU:

  1. Jordina Cegarra/Karly Friedland (PSU) def. Saki Oyama/Clara Tardivel (LIU) 6-4
  2. Alina Lebedeva/Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Jasmine Maduel/Lucy Garrigues (LIU) 6-1
  3. Leo Boisseau/Mia Tsoukalas (LIU) def. Yvonne Zuffova/Deanna Lasorda (PSU) 6-3

Round 1 Singles vs. Penn:

  1. Gavriella Smith (Penn) def. Karly Friedland (PSU) 6-4, 6-3
  2. Esha Velaga (Penn) def. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 7-5, 6-4
  3. Saige Roshkoff (Penn) def. Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
  4. Alina Lebedeva (PSU) def. Eileen Wang (Penn) 6-3, 6-3
  5. Sasha Motlagh (Penn) def. Kate Zink (PSU) 6-0, 6-2

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