NCAA Womens Tennis

Penn State Travels to Face No. 55 Nebraska and Iowa

Penn State Travels to Face No. 55 Nebraska and Iowa


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women’s tennis team (6-7) will travel to No. 55 Nebraska (7-4) on Friday at 11 a.m. ET, before heading to Iowa City, Iowa to take on the Hawkeyes (4-7) on Sunday at noon.  


Last Time Out 

The Nittany Lions fell short to UNCW last Sunday 4-3, in Willington, N.C. 

UNCW earned an early lead by securing the doubles point. In their first doubles match as a duo, Penn State’s Deanna Lasorda and Alexandra Nielsen defeated Anna Daniels and Brinley Bel of UNCW, 6-2. 

Penn State tied the match with singles win from Danielle Alamo over Stela Joksimovic, 6-4, 6-1. The Nittany Lion’s earned singles wins on courts No. 2 and 3 from Gabby O’Gorman and Alexandra Nielsen


Scouting The Cornhuskers 

No. 55 Nebraska enters this weekend 7-4 on the season and will take on No. 34 Texas Tech on Wednesday before battling the Nittany Lions on Friday.  

The Cornhuskers hold a strong season schedule so far, battling four teams within the top 50 including Iowa State, Kansas, Memphis, and Minnesota. 

Preparing For the Hawkeyes 

Iowa comes into the weekend 4-7 on the season to face two Big Ten opponents Ohio State on Friday and Penn State on Sunday.  

Prior to this weekend’s matchups for Iowa, they were swept 2-5 against No. 48 Memphis. 

A live steam link, as well as a live statistics link for both matches this weekend will be shared via. Twitter on match day. 

Keep up with the Penn State women’s tennis team at GoPSUsports.com. For continued updates throughout the year, make sure to `like’ our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewten and follow our twitter @pennstateWTEN. 

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