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Women's Tennis
Updated November 6, 2009 4:00 AM
The search isn't over yet.
Freshman Amy Simidian couldn't stop laughing.
Updated November 4, 2009 4:00 AM
Movement and consistency have been the themes of the fall season.
Coaches Dawna Prevette and Evan Clark have been beating those two things into the Penn State women's tennis team all season.
Updated October 27, 2009 4:00 AM
Amy Simidian showed up to practice Monday at the Sarni Tennis Center, while the Wilson/ITA Atlantic Regional in Blacksburg, Va., was still going on.
Updated October 24, 2009 7:47 PM
Freshman Amy Simidian highlighted day three of the Wilson/ITA Atlantic Regional tournament for Penn State with a second-round singles victory. Updated 7:47 PM
Updated October 22, 2009 9:50 PM
Sarah Lotto won two matches in the qualifying round of the Wilson/ITA Regional Thursday in Blacksburg, Va.
Sarah Lotto expects this weekend to be tough.
Updated October 20, 2009 4:00 AM
It would seem the Penn State women's tennis team is at a disadvantage.
Updated October 16, 2009 4:46 AM
It was match point and the ball was in the air.
Updated October 15, 2009 4:02 AM
Evan Clark wants consistency.
Updated October 13, 2009 4:48 AM
Coach Dawna Prevette said she could go down the list of players on the women's tennis team and point out where they needed to improve.
Updated October 12, 2009 4:00 AM
Sophomore Michaela Stracar stepped out of her comfort zone this weekend.
Updated October 10, 2009 11:40 PM
Sophomore Michaela Stracar picked up victories in both singles and doubles to lead the Penn State women's tennis team in the second day of the University of Kentucky Invitational. Updated 11:40 PM
Despite dropping her first singles match as a member of the Penn State women's tennis team, Petra Januskova began her college career with a bang Friday at the University of Kentucky Invitational. Updated 2:33 PM
Updated October 9, 2009 4:00 AM
It has been nearly a month since Maria Prishlyak finished second in her pool at the William and Mary Invitational.
Updated October 7, 2009 4:44 AM
Penn State women's tennis coach Dawna Prevette confirmed on Tuesday that junior Denisa Zobeideh will not be competing in this weekend's University of Kentucky's Invitational as she is recovering from sesamoiditis.
In the third set of her singles match last year at the Big Ten tournament, Lauren McCarthy was told to exit the court and stop playing.
Updated September 30, 2009 4:46 AM
Lauren McCarthy no longer has to send messages to her new teammate from Canada via "smoke signals."
Updated September 29, 2009 4:00 AM
Playing a full schedule in both the fall and spring wouldn't make much sense. That's how coach Dawna Prevette feels at least.
Updated September 25, 2009 4:41 AM
Three weeks off from playing may seem like a bad thing, but the Penn State women's tennis team thinks otherwise.
Amy Simidian and Lauren McCarthy erupted in laughter Tuesday at the Penn State Indoor Tennis Center when McCarthy's shot from the baseline ricocheted off her doubles partner standing at the net.
Updated September 16, 2009 4:50 AM
This fall, Dawna Prevette wants her Penn State women's tennis team to move better.
Updated September 14, 2009 4:44 AM
Maria Prishlyak was in position to win her championship match.
Updated September 11, 2009 4:43 AM
After a 10-second pause to think the question over, Allie Hefter finally decided that the season would be a success if everyone played to the best of their abilities.
Updated September 9, 2009 4:48 AM
Lauren McCarthy has walked by the faded team photographs at the indoor tennis center on her way to practice nearly everyday for the past three years.
Updated September 8, 2009 4:47 AM
Tears filled the eyes of Carol Backentose Friday as she stood among her former teammates and coach at the Sarni Tennis Center.
Updated September 3, 2009 4:50 AM
Kristen Roth took a risk when she decided to come to Penn State last year.
Updated April 30, 2009 4:59 AM
About to bite into a slice of pepperoni pizza, sophomore Denisa Zobeideh removed the pepperoni. That's all it took for Dawna Prevette, head coach of the Penn State women's tennis team, to suspend her for the next tournament, Zobeideh's father said.
Updated April 24, 2009 4:00 AM
As the spring season comes to a close, the Penn State women's golf team looks to revive its season and clinch a berth in the national championship tournament with a strong performance at the Big Ten Championships.
As the Nittany Lions exited the indoor tennis courts at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisc., they did so feeling they could done better.
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