MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The Penn State women’s tennis team closed out action at the Martha Thorn Invitational on Sunday following three days of competition.
Seniors Jordina Cegarra, Katerina Dimitrova, and Kate Zink, junior Brianna Baldi, and freshmen Charlotte Benedetti Ravon and Susan Souhrada represented the Nittany Lions in Morgantown, with Benedetti Ravon and Souhrada each earning their first collegiate victories over the weekend.
Benedetti Ravon picked up four wins, including two in singles play. She defeated Marshall’s Polina Gumeniuk, 6-0, 6-3 before besting Liberty’s Maria Turchetto 6-3, 6-4. Benedetti Ravon also earned two doubles victories alongside Cegarra, who competed exclusively in doubles.
The pair defeated West Virginia’s Laura Villanueva Morillo and Lucia Tognoni, 6-4, and Liberty’s Turchetto and Yoanna Radulova, 6-3.
Souhrada earned her first two collegiate singles victories, defeating Marshall’s Amelie Gomez, 6-4, 6-1 before adding a 6-2, 6-4 win over Liberty’s Daniella O’Neill.
Dimitrova also secured two singles wins in Morgantown, besting Liberty’s Aranai Martinez in a three-set thriller, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9, after her win on Friday against the Mountaineers’ Daniela Gonzales, 1-6, 6-1, 10-7.
After dropping her opening match, Baldi notched back-to-back victories, defeating Duquesne’s Denisee Arinez Guilarte, 7-6, 7-5, and downing Duquesne’s Jana Bozinkova, 6-3, 6-2. Baldi also teamed up with Zink for a doubles victory over Duquesne’s Bozinkova and Sofia Serrano, 6-2.
Zink competed in two singles matches, losing to Bozinovka 2-6, 0-6, and to Duquesne’s Gabriella Dusi in a three-set battle, 6-2, 6-7, 5-10.
The Nittany Lions will now head to Princeton, New Jersey, for the ITA Regional Championships, set for Oct. 15-20.
Doubles Results:
Isabella Walker/Polina Gumeniuk (MAR) def. Brianna Baldi/Charlotte Benedetti Ravon (PSU): 6-3
Aranai Martinez/Daniella O’Neill (LIB) def. Susan Souhrada/Jordina Cegarra (PSU): 6-3
Alina Mokrynska/Nour El Ouazzani (MAR) def. Katerina Dimitrova/Kate Zink (PSU): 6-4
Jordina Cegarra/Charlotte Benedetti Ravon (PSU) def. Laura Villanueva Morillo/Lucia Tognoni (WVU): 6-4
Jordina Cegarra/Charlotte Benedetti Ravon (PSU) def. Yoanna Radulova/Maria Turchetto (LIB): 6-3
Daniela Gonzales/Sosanne Malaak (WVU) def. Katerina Dimitrova/Susan Souhrada (PSU): 6-3
Aranai Martinez/Daniella O’Neill (LIB) def. Katerina Dimitrova/Susan Souhrada (PSU): 6-3
Kate Zink/Brianna Baldi (PSU) def. Sofia Serrano/Jana Bozinovka (DUQ): 6-2
Aranai Martinez/Daniella O’Neill (LIB) def. Kate Zink/Brianna Baldi (PSU): 6-3
Singles Results:
Charlotte Benedetti Ravon (PSU) def. Maria Turchetto (LIB): 6-3, 6-4
Rio Maeda (WVU) def. Charlotte Benedetti Ravon (PSU): 6-0, 6-3
Charlotte Benedetti Ravon (PSU) def. Polina Gumeniuk (MAR): 6-0, 6-3
Nour El Ouazzani (MAR) def. Brianna Baldi (PSU): 5-7, 6-1,10-5
Brianna Baldi (PSU) def. Denisee Arinez Guilarte (DUQ): 7-6, 7-5
Brianna Baldi (PSU) def. Jana Bozinkova (DUQ): 6-3, 6-2
Susan Souhrada (PSU) def. Amelie Gomez (MAR): 6-4, 6-1
Isabella Walker (MAR) def. Susan Souhrada (PSU): 6-7, 6-1, 11-9
Susan Souhrada (PSU) def. Daniella O’Neill (LIB): 6-2, 6-4
Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Aranai Martinez (LIB): 6-4, 6-1
Katerina Dimitrova (PSU) def. Daniela Gonzales (WVU): 1-6, 6-1, 10-7
Amelie Gomez (MAR) def. Katerina Dimitrova (PSU): 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
Jana Bozinovka (DUQ) def. Kate Zink (PSU): 6-2, 6-0
Gabriella Dusi (DUQ) def. Kate ZInk (PSU): 2-6, 7-6, 10-5
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