2019 SCHEDULE 2019 Nittany Lion Women’s Tennis Schedule JANUARY Sun. Fri. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun.
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Navy Pittsburgh Temple Bucknell George Washington Towson
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at Rutgers* 12:30 p.m. Cornell 10:00 a.m. vs Furman (Huntington, W.Va.)11:00 a.m. at Marshall 11:00 a.m. at Iowa* 11:00 a.m.
MARCH Sat. Thu. Sun. Sun. Fri. Sun.
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at Columbia vs VCU (Orlando, Fla.) at Ohio State* Nebraska* at Michigan* at Michigan State*
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Fri. 5 Minnesota* Sun. 7 Wisconsin* Fri. 12 Indiana* Sun. 14 Purdue* Fri. 19 at Illinois* Sun. 21 at Northwestern* Thurs.-Sun. 25-28 Big Ten Tournament
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MAY 16-25
NCAA Tournament
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ROSTER AND MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 Nittany Lion Women’s Tennis Roster
Athletic Communications
Name Year Hometown/Previous College
Shannon Hanley Jr. Gracey Hirsch Fr. Gabby O’Gorman So. Olivia Rohrbacher So. Olivia Ryan Fr. Chelsea Sawyer So. Samantha Smith Jr. Frederikke Svarre So. Sydney Weinberg Fr. Hanna Wikberg So.
Kensington, Md. Cincinnati, Ohio Gunnedah, N.S. Wales, Australia Sandusky, Ohio Victoria, Australia Clemmons, N.C. Cary, N.C. Copenhagen, Denmark Winchester, Mass. Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Delaney O’Brien 101-D Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pa. 16802 Office Phone: 814-865-1757 Fax: 814-863-3165 Email: dao5156@psu.edu
HEAD COACH: Chris Cagle (UNC-Wilmington, 1993), 8th season ASSISTANT COACH: Alexandra Anghelescu (Georgia Tech, 2008), 1st season
2018-19 WOMEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS
General Information Location..................................................................................University Park, Pa. Enrollment..................................................................................................40,363 Nickname.........................................................................................Nittany Lions Colors............................................................................................Blue and White President.....................................................................................Dr. Eric J. Barron Athletic Director.............................................................................Sandy Barbour Home Court (Capacity)..............................................Sarni Tennis Center (1,000) Coaching Staff Head Coach................................Chris Cagle (North Carolina-Wilmington, 1993) Years at Penn State..........................................................................Eighth Season Record at Penn State.......................................................................................40-72 Career Record................................................................................................40-72 Asst. Coach......................................Alexandra Anghelescu (Georgia Tech, 2008)
Team Information 2017-18 Record.........................................................................................7-15 2017-18 Big Ten..........................................................................................2-9 2018 NCAA Qualifiers...................................................................................0 2018 NCAA Qualifiers...................................................................................0 Letter winners Returning/Lost......................................................................6/3 Newcomers.....................................................................................................4
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SECTION HEAD COACH HEADING CHRISLEFT CAGLE Chris
Cagle
The spring 2016 season was highlighted with a stretch of four Big Ten Conference wins in five matches with wins over Wisconsin, Rutgers, Nebraska and Iowa. On 40-72 April 14, 2016 Kim Surin was named Highmark StudentAthlete of the week for her performance the previous week at #1 singles and #1 doubles for Penn State. Kath2008 North Palmer Carolina-Wilmington, Award Winner 1993 erine Whiteaway was awarded the ITA/Arthur Ashe, Jr., Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship which takes into account a player’s tennis accomplishments, scholasChris Cagle enters his eighth season with the Nittany tic achievement and extracurricular endeavors. Just as Lions, his fourth full season as the Head Coach of the Arthur Ashe was a great player and humanitarian, this women’s tennis team. Cagle was announced Interim award (which dates to 1984) recognizes players who Head Coach for the women’s tennis team in December excelled on and off the court during their collegiate caof 2013. reers. Sportsmanship, leadership and character are also important criteria. The 2016 Women’s Tennis Program In the spring 2018 season, Cagle led the team to a 4-2 competed in the ITA National Team Indoor Championstart, the best start since the 2012-13 season where the ships for the first time in program history. Kim Surin team started 6-0. Additionally the team gutted out three wrapped up the season with Big Ten All-Conference 4-3 wins against, Navy, Towson and Wisconsin. Bennett honors for her outstanding play in the spring conference Dunn received the Sportsmanship award from the Big season. Ten Conference that honors players who excel on and off the court. In the classroom, the team was honored with In the 2015 spring season, Cagle led the team to finthe Milton K. Morgan Jr. Highest Team GPA (Overall) ish 4th in the Big Ten Conference, which was a first for Award for their academic performance in 2017. Cagle’s the women’s tennis program. The team fell in a closely team was also recognized with the NCAA Public Rec- contested match during the Big Ten Championship semi ognition Award for having multi-year APR scores in the finals to the eventual champ of the conference, Michigan. top ten percent nationally. The ITA also recognized the Cagle coached the previously unranked team to result in Nittany Lions as a All-Academic Team, with five Schol- a No. 47 rank overall in the nation. Of the 21 Spring 2015 ar-Athletes, including Bennett Dunn, Shannon Hanley, opponents lead under Cagle, 18 of which were ranked at Hannah Kratky, Samantha Smith and Liyin Xu. some point during the spring season. Duo, Victoria Kisialeva and Dasha Sapogova, were ranked as high as No. In the spring 2017 season, Cagle led the team in back- 34 in the country in the Intercollegiate Tennis Associato-back Big Ten Conference wins over Minnesota and tion Doubles rankings. Wisconsin. Cagle led two players to receiving ITA National Rankings in singles. Katia Blik reached No. 81 in the country and Devan McCluskey reached No. 101. Blik also was a recipient of the Sportsmanship award from the Big Ten Conference, which recognizes players who excel both on and off the court. The team saw success not only on the court but in the classroom as well. PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS The squad recieved a NCAA Public Recognition Award for earning Academic Progress Rate scores in the top 10 Coach Years Record percent nationally. Ann Valentine 1965 2-2 Pat Semi 1966-68 11-3 Joan Nessler 1969-77 48-19 Candy Royer 1977-81 44-16 Kim Muller 1981-82 8-9 Jan Bortner 1982-90 125-45 Sue Whiteside 1990-99 73-104 Buffy Baker 1999-07 60-91 Dawna Denny Wine 2007-13 50-87 Chris Cagle 2013-pres. 40-72 8th Season at Penn State
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HEAD COACH CHRIS CAGLE Cagle’s first season as Head Coach of the women’s tennis program was no easy test as the team battled their way around injuries throughout the duration of the spring.Starting freshman at the top two spots in singles for the majority of the dual season, Cagle led Dasha Sapogova to All-Big Ten Second Team honors after winning 15 matches despite only competing in the spring. The 15 wins are the most by a freshman since Lauren Holzberg had 16 in 2006. Cagle coached the Nittany Lions to their first win over Nebraska in program history when the team rallied back from a 3-0 deficit to knock of the Huskers 4-3, with Sapogova taking the clinching match at No. 1 singles in three sets.The Nittany Lions got off to a quick start under the tutelage of Cagle winning their first three matches of the season over a two-day span. His first conference win came against Wisconsin at home when Katherine Whiteaway knocked off Sydney Rider in a grueling three-set match to break the tie and give the Nittany Lions a 4-3 victory.Cagle spent three years as the assistant coach to Jeff Zinn’s men’s team, who went 11-14 in his first year at Penn State and saw the duo of Jason Lee and Russell Bader selected to compete in the NCAA Doubles Tournament.
Cagle became the chairman for Junior Competition for North Carolina Tennis, served on the Southern Tennis Junior Competition Board, and the Winston-Salem Tennis, Inc. Board. He was the tournament director for the 2010 Boys’ 12 and Under National Clay Court Clay Court Championships. In 2010, Cagle received the Mary Milam Lifetime Achievement Award from North Carolina Tennis for his contributions to junior tennis. From 2004-06, Cagle served on the Cystic Fibrosis Tennis Auction Ball Committee. In 2006, he took the Co-Chair position for the auction ball, which raised over $100,000 to fight Cystic Fibrosis that year. Cagle resides in State College with his wife, Maria, and their 15-year-old son, Drew.
During his second season with the men’s team, the Nittany Lions finished 8-17. After Cagle’s third and final season with the mens team, the Nittany Lions held a program high ranking of No. 16 in the nation and finished at No.24. Cagle served one season as a volunteer assistant coach to Zinn at Wake Forest, where he played an active on-court role, helping the Demon Deacons reach the NCAA tournament. In 2011, Wake Forest posted a 14-12 record, notching their11th straight winning season. The Demon Deacons won 10 matches against nationally ranked opponents, including a 4-0 win over No. 30 Wisconsin to open the season and a 4-0 victory against No. 46 Virginia Commonwealth in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Before joining the Demon Deacons, Cagle established himself as one of the top junior tennis coaches, coaching players to 10 national junior titles. He has also coached players in all four Junior Grand Slams, and twice coached a player in the main draw of a Grand Slam. In addition, Cagle has coached and trained female players that have won NCAA Singles, Doubles and Team Championships including the MVP of a NCAA Championship team. Cagle, originally from Greensboro, N.C., played as a member of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington men’s tennis program from 1989-1993. He was the first two-time captain in North Carolina-Wilmington men’s tennis program history. In 2009, he reached the No. 1 ranking in United States men’s 30s singles competition.
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ASSISTANT COACH ALEXANDRA ANGHELESCU Alexandra
ANGHELESCU 1st Season at Penn State
Georgia Tech, 2008
Former Atlantic Coast Conference standout Alex Anghelescu joined the Penn State Women’s Tennis family as an assistant coach in June 2018. Anghelescu comes to Happy Valley after both playing and coaching at two ACC schools. Anghelescu most recently served as a volunteer assistant coach at North Carolina. This past season, the Tar Heels won the ITA National Indoor Championships, the 2018 ACC Tournament, were ranked No. 1 in the nation for 10 straight weeks, finished the season with five All-Americans, had five players take part in the NCAA Individual Championships and had a doubles squad advance to the NCAA semifinals. Prior to joining the Tar Heels staff, Anghelescu served as a certified Tennis Professional working with junior players of all levels at Life Time Fitness in Alpharetta, Ga., and was 2018 USTA National Spring Team Championships Coach as well. She also worked with the USTA Southern Section High Performance Camp as a Selected Coach. Anghelescu spent her collegiate playing days at both Georgia and Georgia Tech. She achieved an ITA top ten ranking in doubles while at Georgia Tech, helping the team to a consistent top 15 national ranking and a national round of 16 appearances at both the ITA National Indoor Championships and the NCAA Championships. Anghelescu also reached the round of 16 as an individual in the NCAA Championships. She reached a career high of No. 935 on the WTA Tour as a professional in singles action and a No. 957 ranking as a pro on the WTA Tour in doubles. Her top win in juniors was a victory over U.S. Open Champion Sloane Stephens.
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SEASON PREVIEW RETURNING PLAYERS The Penn State women’s tennis team returns six players from its 2017-18 roster is looking to improve upon previous seasons. Junior captains Samantha Smith and Shannon Hanley will be leading the team this spring as the Nittany Lions look to incorporate four newcomers to the squad.
NEW ADDITIONS Penn State has four new additions to the team with three freshman and a sophomore transfer joining the team. Chelsea Sawyer joins the team from the University of Tennessee and freshman Gracey Hirsch, Olivia Ryan and Sydney Weinberg will be competing in their first collegiate seasons. Sawyer hails from Clemmons, N.C. where she was ranked No. 27 in her recruiting class. While at Tennessee she competed in the NCAA tournament in doubles. Hirsch hails from Cincinnati, Ohio where she received All-State accolades in 2016 and 2017. Additionally, she was the Cincinnati Enquirer Division II Singles Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017. Ryan is from Victoria, Australia where she was the No. 8 ranked singles player in Australia for the 18 under age group. While competing in Australia she garnered two Australian Adult Singles titles and Six Australian Adult Doubles Titles. Weinberg is a Winchester, Mass. native who was a fourstar recruit in high school. She was named the USTA New England Sportsman of the year in 2016.
FALL REVIEW The Penn State women’s tennis team is preparing for the spring season after coming off of a competitive fall season. Junior Samantha Smith led the team with 11 singles wins and sophomore Olivia Rohrbacher had a team-high nine doubles wins. Sophomore Chelsea Sawyer reached the finals at the Hokie Fall Invite before falling to Liberty’s Lara Soares, 6-0, 0-6, 7-5. The four freshman displayed a lot of energy in the fall highlighted by Sydney Weinberg reaching the finals at the Cissie Leary Invitational. The experience from the returners was also shown throughout the fall season. Sophomore classmates Rohrbacher and Frederikke Svarre reached the quarterfinals as a doubles duo at ITA Regionals. The team will look to start the spring strong using a six match homestand early in the season to its advantage. COMPETITIVE SCHEDULE Looking into the spring schedule, the Nittany Lions have 12 Big Ten matches and 11 non-conference matches. The Nittany Lions will begin the spring with six nonconference home matches before hitting the road to take on their first Big Ten opponent, Rutgers. After a brief visit to Rutgers the team will return home to face Cornell before traveling to Huntington, W.Va. to take on Furman and Marshall. They will then travel to Big Ten opponent Iowa and Columbia. Over spring break the team will take on VCU at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. After playing VCU the squad will get into the meat of the Big Ten season where they will finish off the season with 10 Big Ten matches.
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PLAYER PROFILES
Shannon Hanley Junior Kensington, Md.
Major: Accounting
2018 FALL: Competed in two tournaments throughout the fall season, including four singles matches and five doubles matches. Made it to the round of 16 in doubles at ITA Regionals with partner Samantha Smith.
JUNIOR CAREER: Ranked No. 56 nationally and holds a No. 3 rank in the state of Maryland. Shannon also holds achievements in the USTA Mid-Atlantic Region with a rank of No. 2 in girls 18 singles, two National Open doubles titles, singles and doubles champion of Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) her freshman, junior, and senior years, and was a team member of Washington Posts First team All-Met Spring, 2015. Hanley was undefeated in all four years of her high school play in singles action. She was a member of the National Honors Society, a Student Ambassador member, and a member of her Student Government at her high school.
2017-18 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Played in 21 singles matches in the spring and 16 doubles matches. Singles matches were highlighted by a win over Mary Ann Rompf of Wisconsin, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, to secure a 4-3 victory over the Badgers. Hanley and Samantha Smith capped off spring doubles by securing a win over No. 48 Daniela Novak and Sasha Belaya of Illinois, 7-6 (7-5). 2017 FALL: Saw action in three tournaments. Had eight singles matches, winning four. Singles wins were highlighted at the UNCW Invitational where she picked up three wins. Paired with Bennett Dunn in doubles to post a winning record of 4-3, good for second most doubles wins as a pair on the team. 2016-17 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Hanley recorded 36 singles matches and 26 doubles matches throughout the season. Had four Big Ten singles wins against Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland and Purdue. Had three Big Ten doubles wins against Minnesota, Iowa and Purdue. 2016 FALL: Made 15 singles and seven doubles appearances. Picked up doubles wins with partner Samantha Smith against Drexel University and College of William and Mary. Recorded a singles win against No. 8 Montana Moore of No. 1 Tyler JC 6-2, 6-3. Defeated Christina Makarova of No. 10 Duke University 6-3, 0-6, 1-0.
Hanley’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.)
Doubles (Conf.)
Fall 2018 1-3 (0-0) 1-4 (0-0) 2017-18 6-15 (3-8) 7-9 (3-6) Fall 2017 4-4 (0-0) 4-3 (0-0) 2016-17 9-8 (4-5) 6-8 (3-3) Fall 2016 11-4 (0-0) 2-5 (0-0) Career 31-34 (7-13) 20-29 (6-12)
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Samantha Smith Junior Cary, N.C.
JUNIOR CAREER: Ranked No. 54 in the nation in the Senior Recruiting Class. Holds multiple tennis achievements including three time High School State Team Championships and four time Individual Doubles State Championships. Smith has been selected to represent North Carolina at the Southern Junior Cup for five years in a row, and holds two southern Winter Closed singles championships. Served as President of DECA and is a member of the National Honors Society.
Major: Supply Chain
2018 FALL: Competed in team-high 16 singles matches and 11 doubles matches. Smith won 11 singles matches, a team-high. At ITA Regionals Smith knocked off three opponents en route to a quarterfinal finish in singles. In doubles at ITA Regionals, Smith paired up with Shannon Hanley to advance to the round of 16. 2017-18 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Competed in 20 singles matches and 16 doubles matches…led the team in singles wins… posted a 5-6 record in Big Ten singles matches and had a 4-4 mark in doubles matches… singles wins were highlighted by a victory over No. 110 Asuka Kawai, 6-4, 6-2… Smith and Shannon Hanley posted a 7-6 (7-5) victory over No. 48 Daniela Novak and Sasha Belaya in doubles play. 2017 FALL: Appeared in three tournaments, seeing six singles matches and five doubles matches. Posted a winning doubles record, going 3-2 overall. Picked up doubles wins with two different partners including Hanna Wikberg and Gabby O’Gorman. Had two singles wins. 2016-17 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Competed in 33 singles matches and 26 doubles matches on the season. Had six Big Ten singles wins against Rutgers, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland, Purdue and Indiana. Had six Big Ten doubles wins against Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue and Indiana. 2016 FALL: Made 7 doubles appearances and competed in 14 singles matches. Advanced to the Cissie Leary Invitational and defeated Natalia Perry of College of William and Mary 6-1, 6-2. Defeated Rebecca Smaller of #10 Duke University 6-4, 7-5 at the Kitty Harrison Invitational. Possessed a six singles match winning streak from September 30 till October 15. Smith’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 11-5 (0-0) 2017-18 9-11 (5-6) Fall 2017 2-4 (0-0) 2016-17 10-9 (6-4) Fall 2016 11-3 (0-0) Career 43-32 (11-10)
Doubles (Conf.) 5-6 (0-0) 7-9 (4-4) 3-2 (0-0) 10-8 (6-4) 2-5 (0-0) 27-30 (10-8)
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Gabby O’Gorman Sophomore Gunnedah, N.S. Wales, Australia
Major: Nutrition
Sophomore Sandusky, Ohio Major: Kinesiology
2018 FALL: Appeared in four tournaments, racking up 13 singles and 11 doubles appearances. In her first tournament of the fall season at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational, O’Gorman advanced to the quarterfinals, falling to the eventual champion, Tyler Junior College’s Anna Brogan, 6-2, 6-3. O’Gorman and Chelsea Sawyer are tied for a team-high five doubles wins as a pair.
2018 FALL: Competed in 11 singles and a team-high 14 doubles matches across four tournaments. Paired with three different doubles partners in the fall, Rohrbacher owns the highest number of doubles wins on the team with nine overall. At ITA Regionals, Rohrbacher and Frederikke Svarre advanced to quarterfinals in the doubles main draw. When paired with Olivia Ryan, the duo tied for most wins as a doubles duo with five.
2017-18 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Competed in 19 singles matches and 16 doubles matches in the spring. Went 5-6 in No. 1 singles and went 4-5 in doubles conference matches. Defeated teams on two top-50 ranked squads in No. 25 UCF and No. 50 Purdue in doubles.
2017-18 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Competed in seven singles matches and 10 doubles matches in the spring. Went 1-2 in Big Ten singles matches and 2-2 in conference doubles matches. Clinched a match win over Towson, 4-3, with a dominating 6-1, 6-0 win against Alexa Martinez on court No. 5.
2017 FALL: Had a team-high five singles wins in the fall. Tied for second most singles appearances on the team with 10. Went 5-5 in singles and 4-4 in doubles over three tournaments. Took Meible Chi, ranked T100, of Duke, to the tiebreaker losing in a close 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 match.
2017 FALL: Did not compete.
JUNIOR CAREER: O’Gorman holds achievements as the winner of the Monte Carlo Junior Open in 2014 and runner up at Australian Grass Court Championships at Mildura. O’Gorman was a three-time New South Wales Pizzey Cup National Champion and was a captain in 2016. Additionally, she was a three-time Australian Merit Team member.
O’Gorman’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 7-6 (0-0) 2017-18 5-14 (0-9) Fall 2017 5-5 (0-0) Career 17-25 (0-9)
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Olivia Rohrbacher
Doubles (Conf.) 6-5 (0-0) 6-10 (4-5) 4-4 (0-0) 16-19 (4-5)
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JUNIOR CAREER: Ranked as high as No. 20 in the US for her recruiting class, Rohrbacher holds a 146-5 record in high school, along with being a three-time captain. She holds multiple achievements including the 2015 New Balance High School National Champion, 2016 North West Ohio Tennis Association player of the year, four-time conference MVP and champion and four-time sectional and district champion. Rohrbacher was also an OHSAA silver and gold Racket Award Winner.
Rohrbacher’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 3-8 (0-0) 2017-18 2-5 (1-2) Career 5-13 (1-2)
Doubles (Conf.) 9-5 (0-0) 5-5 (2-2) 14-10 (2-2)
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Chelsea Sawyer
Frederikke Svarre
Sophomore Clemmons, N.C.
Sophomore Copenhagen, Denmark
Major: Recreation Parks and Tourism Management
Major: Communications
2018 FALL: Competed in 12 singles and 10 doubles matches over four tournaments. Sawyer’s singles play was highlighted at the Hokie Fall Invite where she rattled off three straight-set wins to make the finals. In finals, she fell in a tight three-set match to Liberty’s Lara Soares, 6-0, 0-6, 7-5. In doubles, Sawyer paired up with Gabby O’Gorman to tie for a team-high five wins.
2018 FALL: Appeared in 13 singles matches and 12 doubles matches across four tournaments. Svarre’s doubles play was highlighted at ITA Regionals when she and Olivia Rohrbacher racked up four wins to advance to the quarterfinals. With eight doubles wins Svarre is tied for second most doubles wins on the team.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE: Joins the team as a sophomore after playing her freshman year at the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee, she went 12-4 in singles matches. In doubles, Sawyer competed in SEC regular season matches, SEC tournament matches and in the NCAA tournament. Sawyer was a five-star recruit in high school, ranking as high as No. 27 in her recruiting class. In the summer of 2018, Sawyer won her singles and doubles draws at the Oracle ITA Summer Circuit powered by UTR at Middle Tennessee State.
2017-18 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Competed in 21 singles matches and 14 doubles matches in the spring…took on four nationally ranked opponents… recorded a win at No. 1 singles against Indiana, defeating Madison Appel, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 5-3, retired in Big Ten singles action. 2017 FALL: Appeared in 13 singles matches, which was the most on the team. Had 10 doubles appearances over her four tournaments, with the second most doubles wins on the team with five. Picked up the most doubles wins of any pair with partner Hanna Wikberg, with five. Advanced to the round of 16 doubles at ITA Regionals, falling to the tournament’s No. 1 seed, with partner Wikberg. JUNIOR CAREER: Holds many achievements including earning her first two WTA ranking points in 2015 and earned her third WTA ranking point this year, also appeared on the world-ranking list. Svarre is also the 2014, 18U Danish Junior Champion in singles and the 2015, 18U Danish Junior Champion in singles and mixed doubles.
Sawyer’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 7-5 (0-0) Career 7-5 (0-0)
Doubles (Conf.) 6-4 (0-0) 6-4 (0-0)
Svarre’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 6-7 (0-0) 2017-18 4-17 (1-9) Fall 2017 3-10 (0-0) Career 13-34 (1-9)
Doubles (Conf.) 8-4 (0-0) 5-9 (1-3) 5-5 (0-0) 18-18 (1-3)
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Hanna Wikberg
Gracey Hirsch
Sophomore Stockholm, Sweden
Freshman Cincinnati, Ohio
Major: Communications
Major: Division of Undergraduate Studies
2018 FALL: Did not compete. 2017-18 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Competed in 14 singles and eight doubles matches in the spring…went 3-6 in conference play in singles, picking up wins against Wisconsin, Purdue and Indiana… went 1-1 in conference doubles, with a win against Illinois…clinched a match win against Navy, 4-3, with her victory on court No. 6, against Claudia Mackenzie, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. 2017 FALL: Appeared in 10 singles matches, tying for second most singles appearances on the team, over four tournaments. Saw action in a team-high 11 doubles matches posting a winning record of 6-5. Had the most doubles wins as a pair with Frederikke Svarre, with five. Advanced to the round of 16 in doubles at ITA Regionals with partner Svarre, only falling to the tournament’s No. 1 seed.
2018 FALL: Appeared in three tournaments, seeing action in 11 singles matches and five doubles matches. Hirsch made it to the semifinals in the Service Flight, at the Hokie Fall Invite, picking up two wins. JUNIOR CAREER: Hirsch was a three-star recruit that ranked as high as No. 203 in her recruiting class. In high school, she attained All-State accolades in 2016 and 2017, placed third in Ohio doubles in 2016 and 2017 and was a team finalist in the state of Ohio in 2015 and 2016. Hirsch was the Cincinnati Enquirer Division II Singles player of the Year in 2016 and 2017. She was also a recipient of the OHSAA Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award and Suzie Vokkell Award. Both awards highlight sportsmanship, character and integrity.
JUNIOR CAREER: Ranked as one of the top players in Sweden consistently as a junior player, Wikberg holds achievements as semifinalist in the SALK Open Tournament, Sweden’s biggest tournament, in singles and doubles in 2014, she was a semifinalist in Swedish Nationals in singles and runner-up in doubles. In 2015 and 2016, she won two ITF G4 doubles titles and was a two-time doubles quarterfinalist in ITF Futures Women’s Tournaments.
Wikberg’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) 2017-18 5-9 (3-6) Fall 2017 4-6 (0-0) Career 9-15 (3-6)
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Doubles (Conf.) 3-5 (1-1) 6-5 (0-0) 9-10 (1-1)
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Hirsch’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 3-8 (0-0) Career 3-8 (0-0)
Doubles (Conf.) 2-3 (0-0) 2-3 (0-0)
PLAYER PROFILES
Olivia Ryan Freshman Victoria, Australia Major: Division of Undergraduate Studies
2018 FALL: Appeared in 11 singles and 12 doubles matches. Tied for the second most doubles wins on the team with eight. Made it to the quarterfinals in her flight at the Hokie Fall Invite. Partnering with Olivia Rohrbacher, the duo tied for a team-high five doubles wins. Ryan teamed up with Sydney Weinberg at ITA Regionals where the duo made it to the round of 32. JUNIOR CAREER: Ryan was ranked No. 8 in Australia for the 18 and under age group, and ranked as high as No. 2 in Victoria for her age group. She was also ranked No. 78 in Australia for Women’s Open age group. Ryan owns two Australian Adult Singles Titles and six Australian Doubles Titles. Additionally, Ryan was the captain of the Victoria state team in 2016.
Ryan’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 4-7 (0-0) Career 4-7 (0-0)
Doubles (Conf.) 8-4 (0-0) 8-4 (0-0)
Sydney Weinberg Freshman Winchester, Mass. Major: Division of Undergraduate Studies
2018 FALL: Competed in four tournaments, seeing action in 12 singles matches and eight doubles matches. Weinberg made it to the finals at the Cissie Leary Invitational in flight B singles. At the Cissie Leary Invitational, Weinberg had three wins that all went to a third set before falling in the finals to Penn’s Mimi Levine, 6-1, 6-2. When playing in three-set matches, Weinberg was a perfect 5-0. Weinberg teamed up with Olivia Ryan to make it to the round of 32 in doubles, at ITA Regionals. JUNIOR CAREER: Weinberg was a four-star recruit and ranked as high as No. 124 in her recruiting class. She trained at the MAC Tennis Academy, a USTA Regional Training Center. In her junior career, Weinberg was consistently ranked in the top five of the New England Section. Weinberg was a member of the 2017 New England National Team and a member of the New England Zone Team from age 11 on. She also received the USTA New England Sportsman of the year award in 2016.
Weinberg’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Fall 2018 7-5 (0-0) Career 7-5 (0-0)
Doubles (Conf.) 3-5 (0-0) 3-5 (0-0)
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2018 FALL SEASON 2018 Fall Final Statistics SINGLES
DOUBLES
PLAYER OVERALL TOUR
PLAYER OVERALL TOUR
Shannon Hanley Gracey Hirsch Gabby O’Gorman Olivia Rohrbacher Olivia Ryan Chelsea Sawyer Samantha Smith Frederikke Svarre Sydney Weinberg
1-3 3-8 7-6 3-8 4-7 7-5 11-5 6-7 7-5
Totals
49-54 49-54
O’Gorman/Sawyer 5-3 5-3 Smith/Svarre 4-2 4-2 Rohrbacher/Ryan 5-2 5-2 Hirsch/Weinberg 1-3 1-3 Rohrbacher/Svarre 3-1 3-1 Ryan/Weinberg 2-2 2-2 Hanley/Smith 1-4 1-4 Sawyer/Svarre 1-1 1-1 O’Gorman/Rohrbacher 1-2 1-2 Hirsch/Ryan 1-0 1-0 Totals 24-20 24-20
1-3 3-8 7-6 3-8 4-7 7-5 11-5 6-7 7-5
Percentage .476 .476
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PENN STATE 2018–19 • WOMEN’S TENNIS
Percentage .545 .545
2017-18 SEASON 2017-18 Final Results RESULTS (7-15, 2-9 Big Ten) 1/14/18 W 1/26/18 W 1/28/18 W 2/2/18 L 2/4/18 L 2/11/18 W 2/18/18 L 2/22/18 L 2/25/18 W 3/03/18 L
at Navy 3, Penn State 4 Towson 3, Penn State 4 Temple 0, Penn State 4 Columbia 5, Penn State 2 James Madison 6, Penn State 1 Marshall 2, Penn State 5 at Pittsburgh 5, Penn State 2 at Ohio State 7, Penn State 0 Buffalo 1, Penn State 6 at Princeton 7, Penn State 0
3/08/18 3/10/18 3/14/18 3/25/18 3/30/18 4/1/18 4/6/18 4/8/18 4/13/18 4/15/18 4/20/18 4/22/18
L L W L L L W L L L L L
Memphis 6, Penn State 1 at UCF 5, Penn State 2 Iowa 2, Penn State 5 at Nebraska 7, Penn State 0 Michigan State 5, Penn State 2 Michigan 7, Penn State 0 at Wisconsin 3, Penn State 4 at Minnesota 5, Penn State 2 at Purdue 5, Penn State 2 at Indiana 5, Penn State 2 Northwestern 6, Penn State 1 Illinois 5, Penn State 2
2017-18 Final Statistics SINGLES
Overall
Dual Tour Big Ten 1 2 3 4 5 6
Dunn, Bennett
8-16
7-14
1-2
1-10
---
---
0-1
1-2
5-9
1-2
Hanley, Shannon
10-19
6-15
4-4
3-8
0-1
0-4
6-10
---
---
---
0-0
0-5
0-0
--- --- --- --- --- ---
Kratky, Hannah Milosevic, Ines O’Gorman, Gabby Rohrbacher, Olivia Shukow, Taylor
0-5 1-7 10-19 2-5
1-7
0-0
--- --- --- --- --- ---
5-5
0-9
5-6
2-5
0-0
1-2
--- --- --- --- 1-4 1-1 --- --- --- --- --- 0-2
0-7
0-1
---
---
---
0-2
0-1
0-1
Smith, Samantha
11-15
9-11
2-4
5-6
---
1-0
0-1
7-10
1-0
---
Svarre, Frederikke
7-27
4-17
3-10
1-9
1-8
2-8
1-1
---
---
---
Wikberg, Hanna
9-15
5-9
4-6
3-6
---
---
---
0-1
0-1
5-7
Xu, Liyin
0-6
0-0
0-6
0-0
--- --- --- --- --- ---
Totals Percentage
0-3
0-0 5-14
62-137
42-87
20-50
15-51
6-15
3-19
7-14
8-13
8-14
10-12
.312
.326
.286
.227
.286
.136
.333
.381
.364
.455
DOUBLES
Overall
Dual
Tour
Big Ten
1
2
3
Frederikke Svarre/Hanna Wikberg
7-10
2-5
5-5
0-1
---
---
2-5
Hannah Kratky/Liyin Xu
1-3
0-0
1-3
0-0
---
---
---
Ines Milosevic/Gabby O’Gorman
2-4
0-0
2-4
0-0
---
---
---
Bennett Dunn/Shannon Hanley
8-9
4-6
4-3
0-3
4-6
---
---
Taylor Shukow/Samantha Smith
0-2
0-0
0-2
0-0
---
---
---
Samantha Smith/Hanna Wikberg
1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- ---
Gabby O’Gorman/Samantha Smith
5-5
3-5
2-0
1-1
---
2-4
1-1
Ines Milosevic/Taylor Shukow
1-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
---
---
---
Olivia Rohrbacher/Frederikke Svarre
3-4
3-4
0-0
1-2
---
3-4
---
Gabby O’Gorman/Taylor Shukow
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
---
---
0-1
Olivia Rohrbacher/Samantha Smith
1-1
1-1
0-0
0-0
---
1-1
---
Shannon Hanley/Samantha Smith
3-3
3-3
0-0
3-3
3-3
---
---
Bennett Dunn/Gabby O’Gorman
3-4
3-4
0-0
3-4
---
0-1
3-3
Olivia Rohrbacher/Hanna Wikberg
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
---
1-0
Totals
39-46
23-29
16-17
10-14
7-9
6-10
10-10
Percentage
.459 .442 .485 .417 .438 .375 .500
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