PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania's women's tennis team (5-5) continued their winning ways, defeating Philadelphia rival Drexel (8-2) 4-3 on Friday afternoon. The win improves the Quakers home record to 4-0.

As they've done so many times, the #47 ranked doubles duo of Iuliia Bryzgalova and Marija Curnic started the Quakers off with a win, taking their match 6-4. Carolyn Xie and Ashley Zhu quickly followed with a win of their own to secure a critical doubles point.

The Quakers and Dragons traded blows the remainder of the match, with ties at 1-1 and 2-2. However, Clarise Huang delivered a clutch win at No. 5 and Bryzgalova was able to secure the fourth point and the victory following an early 0-1 deficit.
 
Results
Singles

1. #10 Iuliia Bryzgalova (Penn) d. Salma Ziouti (Drexel) – 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Ghita Benhadi (Drexel) d. Ashley Zhu (Penn) – 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
3. Sarka Richterova (Drexel) d. Marija Curnic (Penn) – 6-4, 6-2
4. Amanda Chan (Penn) d. Mya Fuentes (Drexel) – 6-4, 6-1
5. Clarise Huang (Penn) d. Tara Veluvolu (Drexel) – 6-4, 7-5
6. Cristina Corte Gonzalez (Drexel) d. Jennifer Richards (Penn) – 6-3, 6-0

Doubles

1. #47 Iuliia Bryzgalova/Marija Curnic (Penn) d. Sarka Richterova/Salma Ziouti (Drexel) – 6-4
2. Carolyn Xie/Ashley Zhu (Penn) d. Ghita Benhadi/Cristina Corte Gonzalez (Drexel) – 6-3
3. Amanda Chan/Gibson Thomas (Penn) vs. Mya Fuentes/Tara Veluvolu (Drexel) – 4-4 (Did Not Finish)

 
What's Next
The Quakers return to action next weekend as they host William & Mary at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7. The match is the final home match before a trip to Florida the following week.