MATCH DAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (3-0, 0-0 PSAC West)
vs. Denison Big Red (0-3, 0-0 NCAC)
Saturday, February 24, 2018 | 3 p.m.
Monroeville, Pa. | Club Sport & Health
IUP Crimson Hawks (3-0, 0-0 PSAC West)
vs. Carnegie Mellon Tartans (6-1, 0-0 UAA)
Sunday, February 25, 2018 | 12 p.m.
Monroeville, Pa. | Club Sport & Health
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AT A GLANCE
IUP women's tennis prepares for another double header weekend, as they travel to Monroeville and host Denison and Carnegie Mellon Feb. 24-25. The Crimson Hawks will play Denison on Saturday at 3 p.m. and Carnegie Mellon Sunday at noon.
MATCH NOTES
*IUP swings into its next upcoming matches on a high note, sweeping Oberlin (8-1) and Case Western Reserve (6-3): The Crimson Hawks won 14 of the 18 points against the Division III teams, including 10 in singles play
*The dynamic doubles duo of
Jarka Petercakova (Bratislava, Slovakia/Sport Gymnasium) and
Luise von Agris (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany/Adalbet-Stifter-Gymnasium) were potent, taking home a pair of victories against both Oberlin and Case Western, 8-2 and 9-7, respectively
*Petercakova returned to action this spring after sitting out in the fall, going a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles play against Oberlin and Case
*With Petercakova back, she regained the top spot in the singles lineup; von Agris competed at No. 2,
Katya Minchenkova (Mytishchi, Russia/Secondary School No.12) at No. 3,
Nicole Beidacki (Porto Alegre, Brazil/Colegio Sao Judas Tadeu) at No. 4, newcomer
Julia Newman (Tauranga, New Zealand/Tauranga Girls' College) at No. 5, and
Mariana Valenzuela (Bogotá, Colombia/George Berkeley School) at No. 6
*Denison enters the weekend, losers of three straight matches; Denison's recent loss came to Case Western Reserve, 8-1
*Carnegie Mellon is 6-1 on the year, with spring victories over Slippery Rock (8-1) and Saint Francis (4-3)
