Terps Battle Through The Storm To Top Penn State, 4-2

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The No. 59 University of Maryland women’s tennis team (16-7, 5-5 B1G) defeated No. 62 Penn State (11-13, 3-7 B1G) 4-2 on Saturday morning at the Junior Tennis Champions Center.

The Terps picked up the opening point of the match after taking doubles play with wins at No. 1 and No. 2. 

The Terps scored 2 points in No. 2 and No. 6 singles. Minorka Miranda won her match against Yvonne Zuffova in straight sets and Francesca Feodorov also won in straight sets 6-1, 7-5. With these points the Terps led 3-0. Penn State made the match 3-2 after Hannah McColgan and Marta Perez Mur were unable to win at No. 1 and No. 6 in the singles.

Kallista Liu clinched the match for the Terps on court 4 with a third set victory 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Breaking Down The Action

Singles    

1. #70 Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU) def. Marta Perez Mur (UMD) 1-6, 6-2, 6-0

2. Minorka Miranda (UMD) def. Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) 6-3, 6-4

3. Selma Cadar (UMD) vs. Ioana Gheorghita (PSU) 7-5, 5-7, 2-2, unfinished

4. Kallista Liu (UMD) def. Olivia Dorner (PSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

5. Karly Friedland (PSU) def. Hannah McColgan (UMD) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2

6. Francesca Feodorov (UMD) def. Alexandra Nielsen (PSU) 6-1, 7-5

Order of finish: (2,6,1,5,4)

Doubles 

1. Minorka Miranda/Marta Perez Mur (UMD) def. Karly Friedland/Olivia Dorner (PSU) 6-4

2. #69 Selma Cadar/Mary Brumfield (UMD) def. Sofiya Chekhlystova/Alexandra Nielsen (PSU) 6-1

3. Jojo Bach/Hannah McColgan (UMD) vs. Ioana Gheorghita/Alina Lebedeva (PSU) 4-5, unfinished

Order of finish:  (2,1)

Looking Ahead

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