IUWT Drops Contest to Nittany Lions, 4-1

Sunday, March 24

Bloomington, Ind.

11:00 AM

Indiana University

Penn State

BLOOMINGTON, IN - March 2, 2024 - graduate Lene Mari Hovda of the Indiana Hoosiers during the meet between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at IU Tennis Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Grace Waggoner/IU Athletics

3/24/2024 3:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana women's tennis (6-13, 0-5 B1G) drops their final match of the weekend to Penn State, 4-1, at the IU Tennis Center.

KEY MOMENTS
• Penn state took the doubles point after winning No. 3 doubles. The Hoosiers evened it out after graduate student Saby Nihalani and freshman Li Hsin Lin earned a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles. The Nittany Lions eventually took the point with a 7-5 win at No. 1 doubles.
• Indiana fell to 0-3 after PSU earned wins at No. 1 and No. 6 singles. Sophomore Nicole Teodosescu dropped a competitive first set in No. 1 singles, falling 7-5 in a tiebreaker before Penn State clinched the win 6-1.
• Freshman Elisabeth Dunac put the Hoosiers on the board after she won No. 2 singles for her first conference win of the season.
• The Nittany Lions secured the win in No. 3 singles. Saby Nihalani hung in there in the first set after entering a tiebreaker. Nihalani lost the set 7-6 (7-3) before PSU clinched the point with a 6-3 win in the second set.

INDIANA 1, PENN STATE 4
SINGLES

Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU) def. Nicole Teodosescu (IU), 7-6(7-5), 6-1
Elisabeth Dunac (IU) def. Olivia Dorner (PSU), 7-6(7-3), 6-4
Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) def. Saby Nihalani (IU), 7-6(7-3), 6-3
Li Hsin Lin (IU) vs. Jordina Cegarra (PSU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-6 (unfinished)
Lene Mari Hovda (IU) vs. Karly Friedland (PSU), 6-4, 3-6, 2-1 (unfinished)
Alina Lebedeva (PSU) def. Magdalena Swierczynska (IU), 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES

Karly Friedland/Olivia Dorner (PSU) def. Nicole Teodosescu/Lene Mari Hovda (IU), 7-5
Saby Nihalani/Li Hsin Lin (IU) def. Sofiya Chekhlystova/Yvonne Zuffova (PSU), 6-3
Alina Lebedeva/Jordina Ceggarra (PSU) def. Elisabeth Dunac/Chase Boyer (IU), 6-2

ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 1, 6, 2, 3
Doubles: 3, 2, 1

UP NEXT
Indiana will head north to Michigan for a double-dual weekend against in-state teams in No. 2 Michigan (March 30) and Michigan State (March 31).

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