URBANA, Ill. - Penn State Women’s Tennis (13-6, 4-5 B1G) dropped to Illinois (10-10, 5-4 B1G), 4-0, on Saturday afternoon.
Illinois took the doubles point. On court two, Olivia Dorner and Maiko Uchijima fell to Violeta Martinez and Alice Xu, 6-1. Kate Zink and Maria Daciana Ciubotaru dropped to McKenna Schaefbauer and Kasia Treiber, 6-1, on court three.
Playing at the top spot, Jordina Cegarra and Patricia Grigoras held a 5-2 lead over Megan Heuser and Kida Ferrari before the match went unfinished.
Illinois won three straight singles contests to clinch the match. Zink fell to Treiber, 6-0 ,6-0, on court six. At the two spot, Grigoras dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match to Heuser. To end the dual, Ciubotaru fell to Ariel Madatali, 6-2, 6-1, on court five.
Dorner on court one, Uchijima on court three and Cegarra on court four had their matches go unfinished.
The Nittany Lions head upstate to Evanston, Illinois for a matchup with Northwestern tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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Results
Doubles
1. Jordina Cegarra/Patricia Grigoras (PSU) vs. Megan Heuser/Kida Ferrari (ILL): 5-2 (unfinished)
2. Violeta Martinez/Alice Xu (ILL) def. Olivia Dorner/Maiko Uchijima (PSU): 6-1
3. McKenna Schaefbauer/Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Kate Zink/Maria Daciana Ciubotaru (PSU): 6-1
Singles
1. Olivia Dorner (PSU) vs. McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL): 6-4, 4-2 (unfinished)
2. Megan Heuser (ILL) def. Patricia Grigoras (PSU): 6-3, 6-3
3. Maiko Uchijima (PSU) vs. Violeta Martinez (ILL): 3-6, 1-5 (unfinished)
4. Jordina Cegarra (PSU) vs. Kida Ferrari (ILL): 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (unfinished)
5. Ariel Madatali (ILL) def. Maria Daciana Ciubotaru (PSU): 6-2, 6-1
6. Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Kate Zink (PSU): 6-0, 6-0