PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team closed out its three-match homestand with a 4-3 loss to the University of Maryland on Tuesday afternoon. With the loss Penn falls to 10-7 on the season.

Penn dropped the doubles point as Marija Curnic and Iuliia Bryzgalova lost 6-3 and then Gavriella Smith and Amanda Chan saw the Terps clinch the doubles point as they lost 6-1 on court 3.
 
Bryzgalova got quickly got the point back for Penn to tie the match score 1-1 as the won is straight sets. Penn went up 2-1 as Rutlauka won by default in the second set. At this point Maryland made its way back as it regained the lead with wins on courts three and four to take a 3-2 advantage. Smith earned the three-set victory on court four to tie the match at 3-3. The Terps then used a three-set victor on court five to earn the victory.
 
Results: Maryland 4, Penn 3
Doubles 
1. Mary Brumfield/Selma Cadar (UMD) def. Marija Curnic / Iuliia Bryzgalova (PENN) – 6-3
2. Sabine Rutlauka / Eileen Wang (PENN) vs. Marta Perez Mur/Jojo Bach (UMD) – 5-4 UF
3. Minorka Miranda/Francesca Fedorov (UMD) def. Gavriella Smith/ Amanda Chan (PENN)– 6-1

Singles  
1. Iuliia Bryzgalova (PENN) def. Selma Cadar (UMD) - 6-2, 6-0
2. Sabine Rutlauka (PENN) def. Marta Perez Mur (UMD) – 7-5, 1-0 99-0*
3. Minorka Miranda (UMD) def. Marija Curnic (PENN)  - 6-4, 6-4
4. Gavriella Smith (PENN) def. Mary Brumfield (UMD) – 6-0, 5-7, 6-1
5. Jojo Bach (UMD) def. Amanda Chan (PENN) – 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
6. Kallista Liu (UMD) def. Eileen Wang (PENN) – 6-3, 6-3
*Rutlauka won by default in the second set

Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,2,6,3,4,5)

The Quakers are set to open April with three-straight Ivy-road matches at Princeton (April 2), Brown (April 9), and Yale (April 10).