PHILADELPHIA – Looking to get back on track, the University of Pennsylvania women's tennis hits the road this weekend to battle Harvard and Dartmouth on Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7.
Penn began its Ivy League campaign last week, but fell to Princeton in a tight 4-3 result, making this upcoming road trip all the more important.
MATCHES AT A GLANCE
Penn vs. Harvard
When: Saturday, April 6 | 1 p.m.
Where: Cambridge, Mass.
Penn vs. Dartmouth
When: Sunday, April 7 | 1 p.m.
Where: Hanover, N.H.
DOMINATING DOUBLES
For the seventh consecutive match, Penn won two doubles matches against Princeton and claimed the critical doubles point. This spring, the Quakers' pairs are 29-9 in doubles, led by Marta Kowalska and Marija Curnic at the top spot. Kowalska and Curnic enter the weekend as the 47th-ranked pair in the nation, sporting a 10-3 record in 2019 and 18-6 throughout the entire academic year. Additionally, Iuliia Bryzgalova and OJ Singh are 11-0 since the turn of the calendar, emphatically providing a stiff one-two punch for the Quakers.
BRYZGALOVA'S BRILLIANCE
Freshman Iuliia Bryzgalova improved her record to 11-1 in 2019 after an absolutely dominating performance over Princeton's No. 1 Stephanie Schrage, 6-0, 6-1. Entering the Princeton match, Bryzgalova was ranked No. 66, but somehow dropped to No. 92, where she currently stands, after her impressive win.
PREVIEWING HARVARD
The Crimson are 13-5 and 1-0 in the Ivy League its 4-0 dismantling of Dartmouth last weekend. Penn is just 14-29 all-time against Harvard, but picked up a big win earlier this season in the first round of the ECAC Championship. The Quakers defeated the Crimson 4-1 behind victories from Bryzgalova, Curnic and Ashley Zhu, in addition to the doubles point.
PREVIEWING DARTMOUTH
Penn holds the all-time edge over the Big Green, leading the series 23-17 but fell in last year's meeting, 6-1. This year, Dartmouth is just 3-12 with that one loss to Harvard in Ivy League play. The Big Green hosts Princeton on Saturday before Penn on Sunday.
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