NORFOLK, Va.– The Penn State women’s team opened the 2022 spring season with a 7-0 defeat to Old Dominion in Norfolk Sunday afternoon.
Doubles
Old Dominion earned doubles points with wins across all three courts.
On court one, Karly Friedland and Alexandra Nielsen fell 6-0 to Tatsiana Sasnouskaya and Alesya Yakubovich. In the No. 2 double pairing, Gabby O’Gorman and Sofiya Chekhlystova fell to Yulia Starodubtseva and Alexandra Viktorovitch, 6-2. Olivia Ryan and Yvonne Zuffova fought hard in the No. 3 bout, but fell to Marina Alcaide and Shahar Biran, 6-3.
Singles
Old Dominion’s momentum carried over to singles play as they it collected singles wins across the board.
Penn State’s Sofiya Chekhlystova put up a strong fight against Yulia Starodubtseva but ultimately fell in a three-set match. Chekhlystova took the first set 6-2, lost the second 6-0 and fell short in tiebreaker, 10-8.
Court No. 2 housed a close match between Alexandra Nielsen and Sofia Johnson. Nielsen held a tight first set but was defeated in the end, 6-4, 1-0.
Alina Lebedeva worked to find her first colligate singles win, but fell in a close match to Alesya Yakubovich, 6-3, 3-0.
Freshman Yvonne Zuffova came up just short to Marina Alcaide, 7-5.
Doubles Results:
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Tatsiana Sasnouskaya/Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. Alexandra Nielsen/Karly Friedland (PSU), 6-0
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Yulia Starodubtseva/Alexandra Viktorovitch (ODU) def. Gabby O’Gorman/Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU), 6-2
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Marina Alcaide/Shahar Biran (ODU) def. Olivia Ryan/Yvonne…
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