Cyclones Fall To Penn State, 4-3, In Season Opener

Sunday, January 19

Manhattan, Kan.

10:00 AM

Iowa State

Penn State

Cyclones Fall To Penn State, 4-3, In Season Opener

01.19.2020 | Tennis

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Iowa State tennis team dropped a tough 4-3 decision to Penn State Sunday afternoon in the season opener in Manhattan, Kansas.

Penn State took the doubles point behind wins at No. 1 and No. 2, but the Cyclones battled back with three singles win.

Maty Cancini rolled past Penn State's Frederikke Svarre to earn a 6-2, 7-6 win at No. 2 singles. At the top slot, freshman Thasaporn Naklo took a three-set victory over Gabby O'Gorman, winning 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.

Naklo's fellow freshman Ting-Pei Chang defeated PSU's Shannon Hanley, 6-3, 6-1.

Unfortunately for the Cyclones it wasn't enough as Penn State was able to secure three-set wins at No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 singles to earn the victory.

The Cyclones return to action next weekend at Life Time Fitness in Urbandale. ISU hosts a Creighton (Noon) and South Dakota (5 p.m.) on Friday, followed by Northern Iowa (11 a.m.) and Omaha (3:30 p.m.) on Sunday.

Doubles
#1 – Gabby O'Gorman/Olivia Rohrbacher (PSU) def. Christin Hsieh/Thasaporn Naklo (ISU), 6-4
#2 – Samantha Smith/Shannon Hanley (PSU) def. Maty Cancini/Ting-Pei Chang (ISU), 6-3
#3 – Chie Kezuka/Margarita Timakova (ISU) vs. Frederikke Svarre/Olivia Ryan (PSU), DNF

Singles
#1 – Naklo (ISU) def. O'Gorman (PSU), 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
#2 – Maty Cancini (ISU) def. Svarre (PSU), 6-2, 7-6
#3 – Rohrbacher (PSU) def. Hsieh (ISU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
#4 – Chang (ISU) def. Hanley (PSU), 6-3, 6-1
#5 – Ryan (PSU) def. Kezuka (ISU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
#6 – Smith (PSU) def. Timakova (ISU), 6-7, 6-0, 6-3