2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)
Awards: Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Played in 30 singles matches, including 21 dual matches, and 30 doubles matches, including 22 dual matches…Tallied 11 singles wins and 10 doubles wins…Mostly competed at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles.
Rankings: Finished the season as the No. 13 singles player in the ITA Northeast Region…Ranked as the No. 9 doubles team in the ITA Northeast Region, pairing with Karly Friedland…Dorner and Friedland ranked as high as No. 69 in the ITA Doubles Poll.
Match-By-Match: UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational (9/15-17): Earned singles wins over ODU’s Allison Isaacs (6-3, 6-4) and Auburn’s Ava Esposito (1-6, 6-3, 11-9)…Combined with Yvonne Zuffova for an 8-1 win over Vanderbilt’s Bridget Stammel/Amy Stevens. ITA Regionals (10/19-23): Collected a singles win over Towson’s Mya Spencer (6-2, 6-4)…Paired with Karly Friedland for an 8-6 win over Richmond’s Elizabeth Novak/Lainey O’Neil. Auburn Invitational (11/3-5): Picked up a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win over Auburn’s Kaitlyn Carnicella…Dorner and Friedland defeated Furman’s Sara Isabel/Maeve Thornton (6-2). at Kentucky (1/20): Paired with Friedland for a 6-1 win at No. 1 over the No. 25 doubles duo in the country. at Penn (1/28): Picked up a 7-5 win at No. 1 doubles. Saint Francis (2/2): Competed at No. 1 singles, defeating Diana Zuba (6-1, 6-4)…Combined with Friedland for a 6-0 win at No. 1. at Yale (2/18): Earned a win at No. 2 singles against Shyla Aggarwal (6-2, 6-2)…Teamed up with Friedland for a 6-4 win at No. 1. Princeton (3/3): Tallied a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 victory at No. 2 against Leena Bennetto. Michigan State (3/15): Recorded a win at No. 3 against Liisa Vehvilainen (6-0, 6-0). at Michigan (3/17): Earned a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles, combining with Friedland. Rutgers (3/29): Collected a win at No. 2 over Amira Badawi (7-5, 4-6, 6-4). Maryland (3/31): Tallied a 7-6(6) win at No. 2 doubles, pairing with Friedland. Northwestern (4/21): Earned a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 3 against Christina Hand. Big Ten Tournament (4/25-26): Notched a win at No. 3 against Iowa’s Barbora Pokorna (5-7, 6-2, 6-0).
2022-23 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Tallied 17 singles wins, including 15 in dual matches while playing mostly at No. 5…Earned nine doubles wins, including four in dual matches, while competing at all three doubles positions.
Match-By-Match: Buckeye Invitational (10/14): Collected a win over Xavier’s Kat Lyman (4-6, 6-3, 6-2)…Paired with Karly Friedland for a 7-6(7) win over Ohio State’s Kathleen Jones/Dani Schoenly. ITA Atlantic Regionals (10/20): Picked up a win against Maryland’s Jojo Bach (6-1, 5-7, 10-3)...Combined with Sofiya Chekhlystova for wins over George Mason’s Maitree Rout/Ashley Fitz-Patrick (8-0), Old Dominion’s Shahar Biran/Alesya Yakubovich (8-7(3)), Marshall’s Gabrielle Clairotte/Rieke Gillar (8-0) and West Virginia’s Momoko Nagato/Michaela Kucharova (8-6). Xavier (1/14): Earned a win against Blessing Nwaozuzu (6-0, 6-2). Old Dominion (1/15): Claimed a 6-3, 4-6, 19-17 win over Alexandra Viktorovich. vs. Harvard (1/28): Started a six-match win streak with a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Sany Gawande. at LSU (1/29): Earned a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Maggie Cubitt. at Marshall (2/4): Recorded a 7-6 (4), 6-1 win over Sophia Hurrion. Kentucky/Saint Francis (2/11): Secured wins over Kentucky’s Zoe Hammond (6-3, 6-4) and Saint Francis’ Kelly Dowuona (6-1, 6-2)...Combined with Karly Friedland for a 6-1 win over Saint Francis’ Dowuona/Anoek Pruijmboom. at Notre Dame (2/17): Notched a 6-4, 6-4 win over Carrie Beckman. Duquesne/James Madison (2/26): Earned wins over Duquesne’s Margot Pessy (6-3, 6-1) and James Madison’s Daniela Voloh (6-3, 7-6 (7))…Paired with Alina Lebedeva for a 6-2 victory over Duquesne’s Ana Utrilla Benito/Ellen Shanahan. at Charlotte (3/11): Picked up a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over Emma Wilkins. Indiana (3/26): Secured a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Nicole Toedosescu. Iowa (4/7): Tallied a 6-3, 6-0 win against Barbora Pokorna. at Michigan State (4/16): Notched a 6-3, 6-3 win over Marley Lambert. at Rutgers (4/23): Earned a doubles win over Tara Chilton/Amira Badawi (6-4). at Maryland (4/27): Collected a 6-1, 6-2 win against Hannah McColgan…Picked up a doubles win against Minorka Miranda/Marta Perez Mur (6-4).
Olivia Dorner Season 2022-23
Women’s Tennis’ Dorner and Uchijima Fall in Round of 32 at NCAA Doubles Championship
The tandem closes a historic fall campaign with the program's first NCAA Individual Championships appearance since 2012-13
Women’s Tennis’ Dorner and Uchijima Make Trip to NCAA Doubles Championship
The duo will begin competition on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Hurd Tennis Center on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas
Women’s Tennis’ Dorner and Uchijima Receive Opponent for NCAA Doubles Championship
The pair qualified by winning the doubles final at the ITA Northeast Regional
Women’s Tennis to Play at Cornell Invitational
Penn State will compete against four programs over the weekend
Women’s Tennis’ Dorner Selected as Big Ten Co-Player of the Week
Dorner, playing beside Maiko Uchijima, captured the doubles title and advanced to the round of 16 in singles play at the ITA Northeast Regional
Dorner and Uchijima Win Doubles Final at ITA Regionals
The pair becomes the first Nittany Lions to qualify for NCAA Individual Championships since 2012
Women’s Tennis Gears Up for ITA Regionals
The tournament will run from Oct. 10-15 in Philadelphia
Dorner and Uchijima Wrap Up Play at ITA All-American Championships
The tandem earned a victory over the No. 51 doubles team at the tournament
Women’s Tennis’ Dorner, Uchijima Travel to the ITA All-American Championships
The No. 49 doubles pair will start competition on Monday, Sept. 23
Women’s Tennis’ Uchijima Named Big Ten Player of the Week
Uchijima earned victories in five matches at the UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational
Women’s Tennis Concludes Three-Day Stint at UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational
Five Nittany Lions earned victories across singles and doubles competition
Women’s Tennis Set to Compete at UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational
Nittany Lions open fall competition