UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State Women’s Tennis’ Olivia Dorner earned a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection on Tuesday. The rising senior obtained a 3.5 GPA as an Accounting major.
Dorner helped lead the Nittany Lions to a 14-10 (5-8 Big Ten) record in the spring. The team boasted a 10-2 record in Happy Valley, which was the most wins at home since 2012.
The Williamsport, Pennsylvania native played at the top court for singles, finishing with a 12-13 (8-8 dual) record. The junior picked up a massive, ranked victory over No. 46 Grace Piper, 6-4, 6-4, as the team would defeat No. 14 USC for its highest-ranked win in at least 20 years.
On the doubles side, the tandem of Dorner and Maiko Uchijima proved to be one of the top duos in the Big Ten, finishing with a 22-9 (12-7 dual) dual record. During the fall, they won the ITA Northeast Regional doubles final and earned a bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship.
Dorner earned Co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors for this achievement and a top 16 finish in the singles competition.
The pair won three matches against ranked opponents during the 2024-25 campaign. Dorner and Uchijima took down Duke’s No. 61 Shavit Kimchi and Ellie Coleman, 6-3, at the UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational. At ITA All-Americans, they bested Arkansas’ No. 51 Grace O'Donnell and Anet Koskel, 6-1, 7-5. During the spring, Dorner and Uchijima defeated Purdue’s No. 86 Carmen Guevara and Tara Milic, 6-3 for their third ranked victory of the season.
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