COLLEGE PARK, MD. – The No. 47 Maryland women's tennis team was edged out by Penn State on Saturday at the Tennis Center at College Park, 3-4. The Terps fell to 9-6 on the season and 2-2 in the Big Ten conference.

Maryland started of the morning strong by winning the doubles point. Sisters Olga Bredikhina and Nataliya Bredikhina clinched an 8-4 victory over Nittany Lions pair Kimberley-Ann Surin and Devan McCluskey. To secure the doubles point for the Terps, Welma Luus and Alexandra Stanova defeated Victoria Kisialeva and Dasha Sapogove, 8-1.

The Nittany Lions wasted no time in getting Penn State on the board with a 6-2, 6-1 win from Surin over N. Bredikhina. In the No. 5 spot, O. Bredikhina fell to McCulskey 6-4, 6-3, while Olivia Gaudreault was edged out by Jacqueline Zuhse 6-4, 7-5.

Luus and Tour energized the Terps by defeating Sapagova, 6-2, 6-3, and Kisialeva, 6-3, 4-6, 1(9). Penn State came out on top with a hard earned victory from Katia Blik over Stanova, 7-6(5), 5-6, 6-4.

The Terps take on No. 22 Ohio State on Sunday morning at the Tennis Center at College Park. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Doubles Results
1.       Luus/Stanova (MD) def. Kisialeva/Sapogova (PS), 8-1
2.       N. Bredikhina/O.Bredikhina (MD) def. Surin/McCluskey (PS), 8-4
3.       Tour/Gaudreault (MD) vs. Xuhse/Whiteaway (PS), UNF
Singles Results
1.       Blik (PS) def. Stanova (MD), 7-6(5), 5-6, 6-4
2.       Tour (MD) def. Kisialeva (PS), 6-3, 4-6, 1(9)
3.       Surin (PS) def. N. Bredikhina (MD), 6-2, 6-1
4.       Luus (MD) def. Sapogova (PS), 6-2, 6-3
5.       McCulskey (PS) def. O. Bredikhina (MD), 6-4, 6-3
6.       Zuhse (PS) def. Gaudreault (MD) , 6-4, 7-5

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