Women’s Tennis Edges No. 50 Illinois, 4-3

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.—Penn State women’s tennis (10-9, 4-3 B1G) defeated No. 50 Illinois (13-7, 6-2 B1G), 4-3, in a Big Ten conference matchup on Sunday afternoon.
 
The match came down to Alina Lebedeva winning her match on court No. 6, 6-0, 6-1.
 
“It was the first time for me when the match came down to my court,” said Lebedeva. “I won and honestly, it was one of the greatest feelings to clinch the match for my team and see how happy every one of my teammates was!”
 
DOUBLES
 
The Nittany Lions captured an early lead over The Fighting Illini in doubles play, earning victories on courts No. 2 and 3.
 
Duo, Gabby O’Gorman and Alexandra Nielsen swept Emily Casati and Kasia Treiber on court No. 3, 6-0. The doubles point was clinched on court No. 2 by partners Yvonne Zuffova and Olivia Ryan, 6-3, over Josie Frazier and Ashley Yeah.
 
Court No. 1 was left unfinished with a 5-3 Illinois lead by Kate Doung and Megan Heuser over Penn State’s Sofiya Chekhlystova and Karly Friedland.
 
 
SINGLES
 
Penn State and Illinois went back and forth in singles play, with the Nittany Lions earning victories on courts No. 1, 3 and 6. 
 
O’Gorman defeated Frazier, 6-1, in straight sets on court No. 3 to increase the lead for the Nittany Lions, 2-0. 
 
The match was quickly tied at 2-2 after Illinois picked up a 6-3, 7-6 win from Yeah over Zuffova on court No. 2. Illinois secured another victory on court No. 4, 6-3, 7-5 between Heuser and Friedland.
 
Chekhlystova captured a hard-fought win in three sets over Duong on court No. 1. Chekhlystova took the first set…