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WTEN - Soniyah Senior Day Web
7
Winner Lancaster Bible College LBCWT (1-5, 1-0 UEC)
0
Penn State Abington PSA-W (1-6, 0-1 UEC)
Winner
Lancaster Bible College LBCWT
(1-5, 1-0 UEC)
7
Final
0
Penn State Abington PSA-W
(1-6, 0-1 UEC)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Abington Drops Conference Opener Against Chargers

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's tennis team dropped its United East Conference (UEC) opener to visiting Lancaster Bible College by the score of 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Abington Tennis Courts on campus. Prior to the match, the team honored Soniyah Youngblood in part of Senior Day festivities.  Youngblood was competing in one of her final home regular season matches of her four-year career.
 
Score: Lancaster Bible 7, Penn State Abington 0
Records: Penn State Abington (1-6, 0-1 UEC) | Lancaster Bible (1-5, 1-0 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (PSA Tennis Courts)
 
How It Happened
 
* Lancaster Bible earned the team point in doubles play after winning all three competitions.  Sophomore Maman Saly Mbengue and freshman Juliana De Souza trailed 3-0 in their second doubles match versus Natalie Hoover and Becky Dimov before scoring four straight points to take a 4-3 lead.  However, Hoover and Dimov bounced back and went on to take the match by the score of 7-5.
 
* In singles play, De Souza went the distance against Lindsey Ochs at third flight.  De Souza won the first set, 6-4, but Ochs came back to tie the match with an identical score in the second set.  De Souza went ahead 3-2 in the decisive third set, however Ochs scored the next four points to win the set, 6-3.
 
* Youngblood had a strong senior day showing at second singles but came up short against Hoover who won the match in straight sets by the scores of 6-4, 6-4.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 17th meeting between Abington and Lancaster Bible since the start of the 2011-12 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 10-7 versus the Chargers in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, March 25 as the Nittany Lions host Cairn University in a United East contest.  Match time is set for 1 p.m.
 
 
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