Score: Penn State 4, VCU 3
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 1-4, Penn State 2-3
The short story: VCU freshmen Anna Rasmussen and Janina Braun teamed together for a doubles victory and each captured singles wins, but it wasn't enough for the Rams to hold off Penn State Sunday at Thalhimer Tennis Center.
OPENING SERVE
- VCU led 1-0 and 2-1 in the match before consecutive wins by Penn State on the No. 2, 3 and 1 singles courts pushed the Nittany Lions to the win.
- Rasmussen and Braun coasted past Penn State's Jacqueline Zuhse and Katherine Whiteaway 6-1 to open doubles play. The Rams clinched the doubles point later when Olga Barshcheuskaya and Darya Berezhnaya finished off Devan McClusky and Katia Blik 6-4.
- Braun had little trouble with Kelly Mengel in a 6-1, 6-1 rout. The Berlin, Germany native has won her last three singles matches.
RESULTS
Penn State 4, VCU 3
Singles
1-Kimberly-Ann Surin (PSU) def. #83 Olga Barshcheuskaya, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3
2-Anna Rasmussen (VCU) def. Katia Blik, 7-5, 6-2
3-Devan McCloskey (PSU) def. Darya Berezhnaya, 6-3, 6-4
4-Jaqueline Zuhse (PSU) def. Magda Aubets, 6-3, 6-4
5-Katherine Whiteaway (PSU) def. Sofia Segerfors, 6-1, 6-4
6-Janina Bruan (VCU) def. Kelly Mengel, 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6
Doubles
1-Barshcheuskaya/Berezhnaya (VCU) def. McCluskey/Blik, 6-4
2-Rasmussen/Braun (VCU) def. Zuhse/Whiteaway, 6-1
3-Surin/Mengel (PSU) def. Segerfors/Aubets, 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
WHAT'S NEXT
- VCU will take on Liberty on Friday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. in Lynchburg, Virginia.
