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WTEN - Lilly Downey
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Winner Rutgers-Camden RUC
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Rutgers-Camden RUC
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Abington Falls to Camden, 5-2

Camden, N.J. – The Penn State Abington women's tennis team dropped a non-conference contest at Rutgers University – Camden by the score of 5-2 on Saturday morning at the Camden Community Park.
 
Score: Rutgers-Camden 5, Penn State Abington 2
Records: Penn State Abington (1-2, 0-0 UEC) | Rutgers-Camden (2-4, 0-1 NJAC)
Location: Camden, N.J. (Camden Community Center)

How It Happened
 
* At first doubles, the team of junior Jana Zollner and freshman Lilly Downey improved to 3-0 on the year after defeating Camden's Zora Chatman and Leila O'Brien by the score of 6-2.   The Abington duo won the first three games and went on to cruise to the four-point victory.
 
* The Scarlet Raptors earned the team point after doubles competitions. Camden won at second doubles by the score of 6-0 and took the point at third doubles by default.
 
* Zollner remained undefeated at singles play after shutting out Camden's Jillian Jaugan in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
 
* Abington also got the win at third singles as senior Sevara Tursunboeva rallied to defeat Elif Ozbay in three sets.  Tursunboeva dropped the first set, 6-3, but bounced back with a 6-4 victory in the second set. With the match already determined, the third set was a 10-point super tiebreaker.  Tursunboeva won four of the first five points and cruised to a 10-4 win.
 
* Freshman Misha Braski went the distance versus O'Brien at fourth singles.  Braski trailed the first set, 4-3, but won the next two games for a 5-4 lead.  At 5-5, she broke serve and held to take the set, 7-5. In a back-and-forth second set, O'Brien went on to take the set, 6-4, to force a third set tiebreak. Tied 6-6, in the tiebreak, O'Brien won four of the next five points for the 10-7 win.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked just the third meeting between Abington and Camden since the start of the 2018-19 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 1-2 versus the Scarlet Raptors in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington will wrap up the fall portion of the 2026-27 season on Thursday, Oct. 15 with a road contest at Neumann University.  Match time is set for 3 p.m.
 
 
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