2023-24 (JUNIOR)
Awards: Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Competed in 33 singles matches, including 21 in dual matches, and 31 doubles matches, including 21 in dual matches…Tallied 11 singles wins and 12 doubles victories…Competed mostly at No. 3 singles and No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
Match-By-Match: UPenn Hidden Dual (9/8-10): Collected singles wins over Temple’s Thamara Frasser Kawaratani (6-4, 6-4) and LIU’s Lucia Garrigues Melendez (6-2, 7-5)…Paired with Jordina Cegarra for a win over LIU’s Leopoldine Boisseau/Ekaterine Jorjoliani (6-2)…Combined with Katerina Dimitrova for a 6-2 win over Penn’s Saige Roshkoff/Elieen Wang. UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational (9/15-17): Picked up a win against Wisconsin’s Rosie Garcia Gross (5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4)…Combined with Olivia Dorner for an 8-1 win over Vanderbilt’s Amy Stevens/Bridget Stammel. ITA Regionals (10/19-23): Reached the quarterfinals in singles with wins over Loyola’s Olivia Tracey (6-1, 6-4), Marshall’s Emma Vanderheyden (6-4, 6-1) and Delaware’s Slade Coetzee (6-4, 6-2)…Paired with Alina Lebedeva for wins over Howard’s Ava Chambers/Jordan Grayson (8-1) and Georgetown’s Morgan Coburn/Avantika Willy (8-4). at Penn (1/28): Combined with Deanna Lasorda for a 7-5 win at No. 3. Saint Francis (2/2): Earned a 6-2, 7-6(2) win at No. 3 against Sara Jankovic. at Old Dominion (2/4): Paired with Sofiya Chekhlystova for a 6-2 win at No. 2. Delaware (2/17): Combined with Chekhlystova in a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles. Yale (2/18): Picked up a 7-5, 6-3 win over Mirabelle Bretkelly at No. 3…Paired with Chekhlystova for a 6-3 win at No. 2. at Loyola Marymount (3/8): Teamed up with Chekhlystova in a 6-2 win at No. 2. at UCSB (3/9): Collected a win at No. 3 against Kira Reuter (4-6, 6-2, 6-4). Michigan State (3/15): Earned a 6-4 doubles win at No. 2. at Indiana (3/24): Recorded a win at No. 3 over Sabhyata Nihalani (7-6(3), 6-3). Rutgers (3/29): Paired with Chekhlystova for a 6-3 win at No. 2. Maryland (3/31): Notched a 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 4 against Maria Budin.
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)
Season: Collected 11 singles wins, including eight in dual matches, mostly playing No. 2…Earned five wins, including three in dual matches, playing at No. 2 and No. 3.
Match-By-Match: Buckeye Invitational (10/14): Earned a win over Xavier’s Imani Graham (5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (11))…Paired with Alina Lebedeva for a 6-3 win over Xavier’s Blessing Nwaozuzu/Abby Siminski. ITA Regionals (10/20): Collected a 6-0, 7-5 win over West Virginia’s Camilla Bossi and a 6-3, 6-0 win over Marshall’s Johanna Strom…Combined with Carla Gibrau for an 8-2 win over Richmond’s Andrea Campodonico/Marta Buendia. vs. Harvard (1/28): Notched a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 10-6 win over Maxi Duncan…Teamed up with Alexandra Nielsen for a 6-1 win over Sany Gawande/Angel You. at West Virginia (2/5): Collected a 6-4 win over Pei-Ju Hsieh/Maja Dodik. Kentucky/Saint Francis (2/11): Posted wins over Kentucky’s No. 58 Florencia Urrutia (2-6, 7-5, 6-4) and Saint Francis’ Bente Vandeputte (6-1, 6-1)…Earned a doubles win, while teaming up with Lebedeva, against Marie Discini/Valeria Vinces (6-2). James Madison/Duquesne (2/26): Recorded a win over JMU’s Daria Afanasyeva (3-6, 7-5, 6-2) and a victory at No. 1 against Duquesne’s Natasha Novak (6-3, 6-2). Minnesota (3/17): Posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Anet Koskel. Indiana (3/26): Registered a 6-0, 6-4 win over Saby Nihalani. Nebraska (4/9): Collected a 6-4, 6-4 win against Samantha Alicea.
Yvonne Zuffova Season 2022-23
Women’s Tennis Earns Commanding 4-0 Victory Over Mount St. Mary’s
The Nittany Lions improved to 6-1 on the season, their best seven match start since 2012-13 (7-0)
Women’s Tennis Sweeps Through Doubleheader
The Nittany Lions dominated St. Bonaventure, 7-0, and Niagara, 4-0, without dropping a set in both matches
Women’s Tennis Drops Match At Yale
The pairs of No. 46 Dorner/Uchijima and Cegarra/Grigoras earned doubles victories to remain undefeated for the spring
Women’s Tennis Travels to Yale
The program is off to its first 3-0 start since the 2018-19 season
Women’s Tennis Dominates Saint Francis 7-0
The Nittany Lions swept through the contest without dropping a set
Women’s Tennis Takes on Saint Francis in Happy Valley
The team is off to a 2-0 start after beating Villanova and Old Dominion in its home-opening weekend
Women’s Tennis Tops Old Dominion in 4-3 Thriller
Back-to-back singles wins from Maria Daciana Ciubotaru and Yvonne Zuffova clinched the dual for the Nittany Lions
Women’s Tennis Captures 7-0 Season-Opening Victory over Villanova
The team did not drop a single set en route to a dominant victory
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
Women’s Tennis Finishes Play at WVU Martha Thorn Invitational
Three Nittany Lions win multiple singles matches
Women’s Tennis Travels to WVU Martha Thorn Invitational
The Nittany Lions will be joined by five programs 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 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