2022 SCHEDULE 2022 Nittany Lion Women’s Tennis Schedule
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Fri. 17 Rutgers*
Sun. 19 Maryland*
Thurs.-Sun. 23-26Big Ten Tournament West Lafatette, Ind.
MAY
Thurs.-Sat. 1-23 NCAA Tournament TBD
All times Eastern *Big Ten Conference opponent Home matches in BOLD
CREDITS
The Penn State Women’s Tennis Yearbook was compiled, written and laid out by Penn State Athletic Communications; Rajeev Sinha, Executive Editor; Chelsea Vielhauer, Design and Cover Art by Victoria Rundhaug. Photos by:Mark Selders. U.Ed. No. ICA-20-28
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Fri. 14 St. John’s 5 p.m. Sun. 16 at Old Dominion 11 a.m. Fri. 21 West Virginia 4 p.m. Sat. 23 at Syracuse 11 a.m. Sat. 29 at NC State 1 p.m. Sat. 23 vs. Northwestern 11 a.m.
JANUARY
Sat. 15 at VCU TBD Sat. 8 James Madison 12:00 p.m. Sat. 15 at VCU TBD Sun. 16 at Virginia Tech 10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Sat. 7
State 12:00 p.m. Sun.
12:00 p.m. Fri.
12:00 p.m.
TBD
TBD
TBD Fri.
4:00 p.m. Sun.
TBD
Sun. 1 at Indiana*
at Kennesaw
8 at Georgia State
13 Michigan*
Sun. 15 Michigan State*
Fri. 20 Illinois*
Sat. 21 Temple
27 at Minnesota*
29 at Wisconsin*
TBD
10
4:00 p.m.
TBD
APRIL Sun. 5 Ohio State*
Fri.
at Nebraska*
Sun. 12 at Iowa*
5:00 p.m.
TBD
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ROSTER AND MEDIA INFORMATION
2021-22 Nittany Lion Women’s Tennis Roster
Name Year Hometown/Previous College
Danielle Alamo Fr. Tampa, Fla.
Sofiya Chekhlystova Fr. Tallinn, Estonia
Karly Friedland Fr. Hollywood, Fla.
Gracey Hirsch Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio
Alexandra Nielsen Fr. Vancouver, BC, Canada
Gabby O’Gorman Sr. Gunnedah, N.S. Wales, Australia
Olivia Rohrbacher Sr. Sandusky, Ohio
Olivia Ryan Jr. Victoria, Australia
Samantha Smith Gr. Cary, N.C.
Frederikke Svarre Sr. Copenhagen, Denmark
Sydney Weinberg Jr. Winchester, Mass.
HEAD COACH: Alexandra Anghelescu (Georgia Tech, 2014), second season
ASSISTANT COACH: Ronit Parker (Michigan, 2016), second season
Athletic Communications
Contact: Peyton Mehalick
101-D Bryce Jordan Center
University Park, Pa. 16802
Office Phone: 814-865-1757
Fax: 814-863-3165
Email: pmm5613@psu.edu
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Information Location.........................................................................................University Park, Pa. Enrollment...........................................................................................................46,270 Nickname................................................................................................Nittany Lions Colors....................................................................................................Blue and White President............................................................................................Dr. Eric J. Barron VP for Intercollegiate Athletics..........................................................Sandy Barbour Home Court (Capacity).................................................Sarni Tennis Center (1,000) Coaching Staff Head Coach.........................................Alexandra Anghelescu (Georgia Tech, 2014) Years at Penn State.................................................................................Second Season Record at Penn State................................................................................................5-5 Career Record...........................................................................................................5-5 Asst. Coach............................................................Ronit Parker (Michigan, 2016) Team Information 2019-20 Record............................................................................................5-5 2019-20 Big Ten...........................................................................................0-1 2019 NCAA Qualifiers...................................................................................0 2019 NCAA Qualifiers...................................................................................0 Letter winners Returning/Lost...................................................................7/1 Newcomers......................................................................................................4
General
2021-22 WOMEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS
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HEAD COACH ALEXANDRA ANGHELESCU
Alexandra Anghelescu
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Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics
Sandy Barbour selected Alexandra Anghelescu (On-guhl-S-coo) as the 11th head coach of the women’s tennis program, as announced on July 1, 2019. A former professional on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, Anghelescu spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions.
In her first season as head coach of the Nittany Lions, Anghelescu lead the team to a 5-5 record prior to an upbrupt ending due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Penn State finished with a record of .500 or over for the second consecutive season, a mark that the Nittany Lions have not achieved since the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. Anghelescu will look to build on this mark in her first fiull season at the helm.
Anghelescu helped lead the Nittany Lions to 11 wins during the 2019 spring season, the team’s most dual-match victories since 2015. The Nittany Lions reached a team ranking of No. 49 in spring 2019, their first top-50 ranking since the 2016 season. Penn State also knocked off then-No. 48 VCU for its first win over a ranked opponent since 2015.
Anghelescu has also helped develop stronger spring and fall schedules during her time in Happy Valley under former coach Chris Cagle, in addition to working with the budget, structuring practice, and as a liaison with the Morgan Academic Center.
Prior to matriculating to Penn State, Anghelescu played and coached at two Atlantic Coast Conference institutions.
Anghelescu served as a volunteer assistant coach at North Carolina during the 2017-18 season. She helped the Tar Heels win the ITA National Indoor Championship, the 2018 ACC Tournament and earn the nation’s No. 1 ranking for 10 consecutive weeks. North Carolina finished the 2017-18 season with five AllAmericans, 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, Georgia, in addition to serving as a 2018 USTA National Spring Team Championships Coach. She also worked with the USTA Southern Section High Performance Camp as a Selected Coach.
Anghelescu spent her collegiate playing days at Georgia and Georgia Tech. She achieved an ITA top 10 ranking in doubles at Georgia Tech, helping the Yellow Jackets to a consistent top 15 national ranking and round of 16 appearances at the ITA National Indoor Championships and the NCAA Championships.
A native of John’s Creek, Georgia, Anghelescu reached a high ranking of No. 935 as a professional on the WTA Tour in singles action and No. 957 in WTA doubles. Her top win in juniors was a victory over 2017 U.S. Open Champion Sloane Stephens.
Anghelescu graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Georgia Tech in 2014.
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PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Coach Years Record 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 2013-19 51-83 Alexandra Anghelescu 2019-pres. 5-5 GoPSUsports.com • PENN STATE 2020–21 4
Season at Penn State 5-5 Georgia Tech, 2014
Ronit Parker
Second Season at Penn State Michigan, 2016
Ronit Parker joined Penn State for her first season in 2019-20, serving as assitant coach for an experienced Nittany Lion unit that finished with a 5-5 record.. A former professional on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, Parker brings experience as both a championship-winning player and coach in the Big Ten.
Parker spent the 2018-19 season on staff with the Michigan women’s tennis team. Parker helped guide the Wolverines to a sweep of the Big Ten championship and Big Ten Tournament title, as well as a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals. A former Michigan student-athlete herself, Parker aided the Wolverine coaching staff in conducting team practices, on-court workouts, and individual skill-specific instruction.
Parker earned All-America laurels and four All-Big Ten honors as a player at Michigan from 2012-16, leading the Wolverines to three Big Ten championships during her time in the Maize and Blue. She graduated third in singles wins (117) with an all-time winning percentage of .755. She was one of two Wolverines in program history to make four NCAA Singles Championship appearances and ended each of her four seasons ranked in the top 50.
Parker earned All-Big Ten honors in all four seasons and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2013. She also picked up ITA Midwest Region Rookie of the Year honors in 2013 and capped her career being named the 2016 ITA Midwest Region Senior of the Year. Michigan advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in each of her four years and reached the Elite Eight in 2016 during her senior season. Parker was Michigan’s Big Ten Female Sportsmanship honoree in 2016.
Prior to returning to her alma mater in a coaching role, Parker spent two years as a professional on the WTA Tour. She holds a career singles ranking of 357 and career doubles ranking of 276. A native of New Kensington, Pa., Parker graduated from Michigan in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management.
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COACH
YUROVSKY
ASSISTANT
RONIT
SEASON PREVIEW
RETURNING PLAYERS
The Penn State women’s tennis team has seven players returning from its 2019-20 roster and Alexandra Anghelescu returns for a second season as head coach. Graduate student Samantha Smith and senior Gabby O’Gorman will serve as captains and highlight the experienced group. Smith and O’Gorman look to lead a group of returners consiting of one graduate student, three seniors, and three juniors.
NEW ADDITIONS
The Nittany Lions will see four new faces in 2020-21 after following a season without any newcoming players. Florida natives Danielle Alamo and Karly Friedland will join the team following decorated junior careers, while freshmen Sofiya Cheklystova and Alexandra Nielsen come over from Estonia and Canada, respectively.
FALL REVIEW
Penn State is coming off of a busy fall season. Junior Olivia Rohrbacher led the charge in both singles and doubles with six wins in each. As a pair, the tandem of Samantha Smith and Hanna Wikberg found success in doubles, leading the Nittany Lions with three fall victories.
Junior Gabby O’Gorman made a deep run in the ITA Regionals advancing all the way to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Natasha Subhash of Virginia, 6-3, 6-2.
The team will look to capitalize on having an experienced roster. Samantha Smith, Olivia Rohrbacher, and Sydney Weinberg all look to carry their momentum from the fall into the spring after finishing tournment play with back to back victories.
The team will look to start the spring strong using a six match homestand early in the season to its advantage.
COMPETITIVE SCHEDULE
Penn State’s spring schedule will feature 11 Big Ten matches and 10 non-conference matchups.
The Nittany Lions will open the spring facing six nonconference opponents before gearing up for their first Big Ten opponent, Indiana.
After a trip to Indiana, the Penn State will have a fourgame homestand with matches against Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, and Temple.
Following the stay at home, the Nittany Lions will face four consecutive Big Ten oponents on the road with visits to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Penn State will conclude the regular season with two final Big Ten matches at home against Rutgers and Maryland.
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2018-19 SPRING SEASON- SENIOR: Played in 10 singles and 10 doubles matches. Earned team-high six singles wins. Teamed with Shannon Hanley for a team-high seven doubles victories. Ended the season in fourth on the Penn State all-time singles win list with 65. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 FALL: Participated in four tournaments, including ten singles and 12 doubles matches. Finished with four singles and four doubles wins. Moved into Penn State’s top five in all-time singles victories, surpassing Sasha Abraham’s 58. Smith and Hanna Wikberg led the team in doubles wins as a pair with three.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- JUNIOR: Appeared in 19 singles and 22 doubles matches. Concluded spring with 12 singles wins. Led team with seven singles wins against conference foes. Smith and Shannon Hanley finished with eight doubles wins including a conference victory over Purdue… Finished season tied for seventh on Penn State’s all-time singles wins list with 55 career victories.
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.
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.
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PLAYER PROFILES
Samantha Smith
Graduate Student Cary, N.C.
Smith’s Career Statistics Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.) 2019-20 6-2 (0-1) 7-2 (0-0) Fall 2019 4-5 (0-0) 3-7 (0-0) 2018-19 12-4 (6-3) 8-10 (1-8) Fall 2018 11-5 (0-0) 5-6 (0-0) 2017-18 9-11 (5-6) 7-9 (4-4) Fall 2017 2-4 (0-0) 3-2 (0-0) 2016-17 10-9 (6-4) 10-8 (6-4) Fall 2016 11-3 (0-0) 2-5 (0-0) Career 65-43 (17-14) 45-49 (11-16)
Major: Supply Chain
PLAYER PROFILES
Gabby O’Gorman
Senior Gunnedah, N.S. Wales, Australia
Major: Nutrition
2019-20 SPRING SEASON- JUNIOR: Played in 10 singles and 10 doubles matches. Earned wins in five singles and three doubles matches. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 FALL: Participated in three tournaments, including 11 singles and eight doubles matches. Advanced to the singles semifinals at the ITA Regionals before losing to eventual champion Natasha Subhash. Earned two doubles wins with Olivia Rohrbacher and one with Frederikke Svarre.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Appeared in 22 singles and 21 doubles matches. Finished with 12 singles wins including victories over conference foes Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan State, and Minnesota. O’Gorman and Olivia Rohrbacher finished the spring season with a team-high 15 doubles victories.
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.
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 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.
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.) Doubles (Conf.)
2019-20 5-5 (0-1) 3-6 (0-1)
Fall 2019 2-8 (0-0) 3-5 (0-0)
2018-19
Fall
2017-18
Fall 2017
Olivia Rohrbacher
Senior Sandusky, Ohio
Major: Kinesiology
2019-20 SPRING SEASON- JUNIOR: Played in three singles and three doubles matches. Earned one singles and one doubles win both coming against Iowa State. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 FALL: Appeared in four tournaments, including 12 singles and 12 doubles matches. Led the team in both singles and doubles victories with six in each category. Earned doubles victories with four different partners, including Gabby O’Gorman, Olivia Ryan, Gracey Hirsch, and Frederikke Svarre.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Competed in 20 singles and 20 doubles matches. Won five singles matches highlighted by a win over Minnesota. Rohrbacher and Gabby O’Gorman ended the season with a team-high 15 doubles victories.
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 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: Did not compete.
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.) Doubles (Conf.)
2019-20
(1-2) 5-5 (2-2)
Career 19-34 (2-13) 36-23 (8-6)
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1-2
1-2 (0-0)
2019 8-4 (0-0) 6-6 (0-0)
5-15 (1-10) 15-5 (6-4)
2018 3-8 (0-0) 9-5 (0-0)
2-5
(0-1)
Fall
2018-19
Fall
2017-18
12-9 (4-6) 15-5 (6-4)
2018 7-6 (0-0) 6-5 (0-0)
5-14
6-10
(0-9)
(4-5)
5-5
4-4
36-47
37-35
(0-0)
(0-0) Career
(4-16)
(10-10)
Frederikke Svarre
Senior Copenhagen, Denmark
Major: Communications
2019-20 SPRING SEASON- JUNIOR: Competed in 10 singles and 10 doubles matches. Won five singles and two doubles matches, highlighted by a singles win against Big Ten rival Indiana. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 FALL: Appeared in four tournaments, including 11 singles and ten doubles matches. Tied for second on the team with five singles victories. Finished with four doubles victories, ending the fall on a three game win streak in doubles play.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Played in 22 singles and 22 doubles matches. Led team with a total of 13 singles wins highlighted by a win over Northwestern. Svarre and Chelsea Sawyer ended the season with 12 doubles victories over six Big Ten rivals.
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.
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.
PLAYER PROFILES
Gracey Hirsch
Junior Cincinnati, Ohio
Major: Finance
2019-20 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Played in seven singles and seven doubles matches. Collected one singles and two doubles wins. Named Penn State’s recipient of Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 FALL: Competed in three tournaments, including nine singles and six doubles matches. Earned three singles victories and two doubles victories, including wins over DePaul and Virginia Tech.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Competed in two singles matches and one doubles match. Won both singles matches against Towson and Norfolk State. Earned a doubles win over Norfolk State.
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.
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Season
2019-20 5-5 (1-0) 2-5 (0-1) Fall 2019 5-6 (0-0) 4-6 (0-0) 2018-19 13-8 (4-6) 12-7 (5-4) Fall 2018 6-7 (0-0) 8-4 (0-0) 2017-18 4-17 (1-9) 5-9 (1-3) Fall 2017 3-10 (0-0) 5-5 (0-0) Career 36-53 (6-15) 36-36 (6-8)
Season Singles
Doubles (Conf.) 2019-20 1-6 (0-0) 2-3 (0-0) Fall 2019 4-5 (0-0) 2-4 (0-0) 2018-19 2-0 (0-0) 2-3 (0-0) Fall 2018 3-8 (0-0) 2-3 (0-0) Career 10-19 (0-0) 8-13 (0-0)
Svarre’s Career Statistics
Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.)
Hirsch’s
Career Statistics
(Conf.)
Olivia Ryan
Junior Victoria, Australia
Sydney Weinberg
Junior Winchester, Mass.
Major: Management
2019-20 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Competed in nine singles and nine doubles matches. Won one singles and two doubles matches. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 FALL: Played in four tournaments, including 11 singles and ten doubles matches. Tied for second on the team with five singles victories. Earned two doubles wins over Liberty and Purdue.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Played in five singles and three doubles matches. Finished with singles wins over Towson and Cornell. Ryan won one doubles match against Cornell paired with Frederikke Svarre.
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. 2019 FALL: Competed in three tournaments, including ten singles and eight doubles matches. Earned three singles victories and two doubles victories. Ended the fall season on a two game win streak in doubles competition.
2019-20 SPRING SEASON- SOPHOMORE: Appeared in one singles and one doubles match against North Florida. Spring season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SPRING SEASON- FRESHMAN: Appeared in three singles and one doubles match. Won all three singles matches against Towson, Marshall, and Norfolk State. Received a doubles win over Norfolk State.
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.
Ryan’s Career Statistics
Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.) 2019-20
Weinberg’s Career Statistics
Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.)
2019-20
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PLAYER PROFILES
0-1 (0-0) 0-1 (0-0)
2019 2-2 (0-0) 2-6 (0-0 2018-19 2-0 (0-0) 0-0 (0-0)
2018 7-5 (0-0) 3-5 (0-0) Career 11-8 (0-0) 5-12 (0-0)
Fall
Fall
Major: Political Science
1-7 (0-0) 2-3 (0-1)
2019 5-5 (0-0) 2-8 (0-0)
2-3 (0-3) 1-2 (0-2)
2018 4-7 (0-0) 8-4 (0-0) Career 12-22 (0-3) 13-16 (0-1)
Fall
2018-19
Fall
Danielle Alamo
Freshman
Tampa, Fla.
PLAYER PROFILES
Major: Undecided
JUNIOR CAREER: Alamo... She competed at the 2018 USTA Florida “Bobby Curtis” State Doubles tournament, advancing to the quarterfinals in a bracket that also featured future teammate and eventual tournament champion Karly Friedland.
Sofiya Chekhlystova
Freshman
Tallinn, Estonia.
Major: Undecided
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.
Alamo’s Career Statistics
Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.)
Career 0-0 0-0
Chekhlystova’s Career Statistics
Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.)
Career 0-0 0-0
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PLAYER PROFILES
Karly Friedland
Freshman
Hollywood, Fla.
Major: Finance
JUNIOR CAREER: Friedland was highly touted a five-star recruit ranked as high as No. 54 and No. 4 in Florida. She trained at Smatt Tennis Academy and attended Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High and earned a UTR rating of 10. Friedland teamed up with Michigan State’s Ayshe Can to win the 2018 USTA Florida “Bobby Curtis” Junior State Doubles Championship in a bracket that featured future Nittany Lion teammate Danielle Alamo. Her father, David Friedland, played tennis collegiately at the University of Miami from 1990-93.
Alexandra Neilsen
Freshman
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Major: Undecided
JUNIOR CAREER: Nielsen was ranked amongst the top 100 recruits in her class. She earned a UTR rating of 10.
Friedland’s Career Statistics
Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.)
Career 0-0 0-0
Neilsen’s Career Statistics
Season Singles (Conf.) Doubles (Conf.)
Career 0-0 0-0
PENN STATE 2020–21 • WOMEN’S TENNIS 12
2019 FALL SEASON
GoPSUsports.com • PENN STATE 2020-21 13
OVERALL TOUR Shannon Hanley 2-3 2-3 Gracey Hirsch 4-5 4-5 Gabby O’Gorman 2-8 2-8 Olivia Rohrbacher 8-4 8-4 Olivia Ryan 5-5 5-5 Samantha Smith 4-5 4-5 Frederikke Svarre 5-6 5-6 Sydney Weinberg 2-2 2-2 Hanna Wikberg 2-4 2-4 Totals 34-42 34-42 Percentage .447 .447
PLAYER
PLAYER OVERALL TOUR Hirsch/Rohrbacher 1-0 1-0 Hirsch/Ryan 0-1 0-1 Hirsch/Weinberg 1-2 1-2 O’Gorman/Hirsch 0-1 0-1 O’Gorman/Rohrbacher 2-3 2-3 O’Gorman/Smith 0-1 0-1 Rohrbacher/Ryan 1-3 1-3 Ryan/Hanley 0-3 0-3 Smith/Weinberg 1-1 1-1 Svarre/Hanley 0-1 0-1 Svarre/O’Gorman 1-0 1-0 Svarre/Rohrbacher 2-0 2-0 Svarre/Ryan 1-1 1-1 Svarre/Smith 0-3 0-3 Svarre/Wikberg 0-1 0-1 Wikberg/Hanley 1-0 1-0 Wikberg/Smith 2-2 2-2 Wikberg/Weinberg 0-3 0-3 Totals 13-26 13-26 Percentage .333 .333
2019 Fall Final Statistics SINGLES DOUBLES
2019-20 Final Results
2019-20 SEASON
2019-20 Final Statistics
14
RESULTS (5-5, 0-1 Big Ten) 1/19/20 W Iowa State 3, Penn State 4 1/20/20 L at Kansas State 5, Penn State 0 1/31/20 W Marshall 3, Penn State 4 2/08/20 L James Madison 4, Penn State 2 2/15/20 W at Virginia Commonwealth 3, Penn State 4 2/16/20 L at Virginia Tech 6, Penn State 1 3/01/20 L at Indiana 4, Penn State 1 3/05/20 W at Emory 3, Penn State 6 3/07/20 W at Kennesaw State 2, Penn State 5 3/07/20 L North Florida 5, Penn State 1 3/13/20 CAN Michigan 0, Penn State 0 3/15/20 CAN Michigan State 0, Penn State 0 3/20/20 CAN Ohio State 0, Penn State 0 3/22/20 CAN Illinois 0, Penn State 0 3/27/20 CAN at Minnesota 0, Penn State 0 3/29/20 CAN at Wisconsin 0, Penn State 0 4/10/20 CAN at Nebraska 0, Penn State 0 4/12/20 CAN at Iowa 0, Penn State 0 4/17/20 CAN Rutgers 0, Penn State 0 4/19/20 CAN Maryland 0, Penn State 0
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour Big Ten 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hanley, Shannon 5-6 3-3 2-3 0-0 2-2 1-1 Hirsch, Gracey 5-11 1-6 4-5 0-0 0-2 1-4 O’Gorman, Gabby 7-13 5-5 2-8 0-1 3-5 2-0 Rohrbacher, Olivia 9-6 1-2 8-4 0-1 1-1 0-1 Ryan, Olivia 6-12 1-7 5-5 0-0 0-1 0-3 1-3 Smith, Samantha 10-7 6-2 4-5 0-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 Svarre, Frederikke 10-11 5-5 5-6 1-0 1-1 3-3 1-1 Weinberg, Sydney 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-1 Wikberg, Hanna 2-4 0-0 2-4 0-0 Totals 56-73 22-31 34-42 1-3 4-6 6-4 5-4 3-6 2-6 2-5 Percentage .434 .415 .447 .250 .400 .600 .556 .333 .250 .286 DOUBLES Overall Dual Tour Big Ten 1 2 3 Gracey Hirsch/Olivia Rohrbacher 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Gracey Hirsch/Olivia Ryan 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 Gracey Hirsch/Sydney Weinberg 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 Gabby O’Gorman/Gracey Hirsch 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 Gabby O’Gorman/Olivia Rohrbacher 3-5 1-2 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-1 Gabby O’Gorman/Samantha Smith 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Olivia Rohrbacher/Olivia Ryan 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 Olivia Ryan/Shannon Hanley 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 Samantha Smith/Shannon Hanley 7-2 7-2 0-0 0-0 4-1 3-1 Samantha Smith/Sydney Weinberg 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 Frederikke Svarre/Shannon Hanley 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Frederikke Svarre/Gabby O’Gorman 2-3 1-3 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-2 Frederikke Svarre/Olivia Rohrbacher 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 Frederikke Svarre/Olivia Ryan 2-3 1-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 Frederikke Svarre/Samantha Smith 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 Frederikke Svarre/Hanna Wikberg 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Hanna Wikberg/Shannon Hanley 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Hanna Wikberg/Samantha Smith 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 Hanna Wikberg/Sydney Weinberg 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 Totals 25-38 12-12 13-26 0-2 6-3 4-4 2-5 Percentage .397 .500 .333 .000 .667 .500 .286
