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WTEN - Youngblood
5
Winner Penn State Abington PSAW (1-0)
2
Eastern University EUWT (0-2)
Winner
Penn State Abington PSAW
(1-0)
5
Final
2
Eastern University EUWT
(0-2)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Abington Defeats Eastern to Open Fall Season

St. Davids, Pa. - The Penn State Abington women's tennis team picked up a 5-2 victory at Eastern University in a non-conference contest to open the fall portion of the 2024-25 schedule on Saturday afternoon at the Eastern Tennis Courts.   Under the new rules established by the ITA, the match was played to seven points with doubles counting as one team point.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 5, Eastern 2
Records: Penn State Abington (1-0) | Eastern (0-2)
Location: St. Davids, Pa. (EU Tennis Courts)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington earned the team point in doubles after winning first and second flight.  The team of Laurie Flemming and Isabella DePorre earned the victory at first doubles with a 6-2 victory over Eastern's Mary Brusstar and Anisah Smith.  At second doubles, Jess Battulga and Soniyah Youngblood defeated Sarah Mower and Rhyan Metzger, 6-3.
 
* In singles play, Flemming won her first singles match with ease after shutting out Brusstar in the first set, 6-0.  Flemming then won the second set by the score of 6-2.
 
* At third singles, Battulga won her first collegiate match.  After dropping the first set, 7-6, Battulga rallied and took the second set with a dominant 6-1 victory to tie the match.  She then won the tie-breaker, 10-7, in which she never trailed.
 
* Abington clinched the team victory after Youngblood won her fourth singles match against Metzger.  Youngblood took the opening set, 7-5, before Metzger went on to tie the match with a 6-3 victory in the second set.  Not fazed by the setback, Youngblood scored the first six points of the tie-breaker in which she won, 10-4.  
 
* Nika Kosashvili won her first collegiate match after going a full three sets against Anaya Birch.  Kosashvili won the first set, 6-2, but Birch picked up the victory in the second set (6-0) to force a third set tie-breaker.  Kosashvili led throughout the tie-break and cruised to a 10-3 victory.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the ninth meeting between Abington and Eastern since the start of the 2011 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 2-7 versus the Eagles snapping a four-match losing streak in the series. The win was Abington's first against Eastern since 2015.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 19 as the Nittany Lions host Neumann University in a non-conference contest.  Match time is set for 12 p.m. at the Tennis Courts on campus.
 
 
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