BATON ROUGE, LA. – Harvard women's tennis was bested by Penn State University 7-0 on Saturday, January 28, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Starting in doubles, the Crimson were defeated in their first two matches, giving the doubles point to the Nittany Lions. The doubles match featuring Harvard's
Sophia Ho and
Maxi Duncan against PSU's Karly Friedland and Sofiya Chekhlystova, would end in a 5-5 draw.
In singles, after defeating LSU's No. 7 ranked singles player in the country, Kylie Collins,
Charlotte Owensby came up just short against PSU's No. 53 ranked player in the country, Sofiya Chekhlystova.
Sophia Ho battled fiercely in her match against PSU's Carla Girbau. However, her match would end after a default.
Up Next
The Crimson head to Durham, North Carolina to take on Duke University on Saturday, February 4.
Results
Doubles
- Sophia Ho / Maxi Duncan (HARV) vs. Karly Friedland / Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU): 5-5 (DNF)
- Carla Girbau / Ioana Gheorghita (PSU) def. Iveta Daujotaite / Charlotte Owensby (HARV): 6-4
- Yvonne Zuffova / Alexandra Nielsen (PSU) def. Sany Gawande / Angel You (HARV): 6-1
PSU wins doubles point
Singles
- No. 53 Sofiya Chekhlystova (PSU) def. Charlotte Owensby (HARV): 6-3, 6-3
- Yvonne Zuffova (PSU) def. Maxi Duncan (HARV): 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 10-6
- Carla Girbau (PSU) def. Sophia Ho (HARV): 0-6, 6-2, 3-2 (Default)
- Ioana Gheorghita (PSU) def. Angel You (HARV): 6-4, 6-4
- Olivia Dorner (PSU) def. Sany Gawande (HARV): 6-2, 6-4
- Karly Friedland (PSU) def. Iveta Daujotaite (HARV): 6-3, 6-2
