PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team closed out its seven-game homestand on Thursday afternoon, edging out Delaware 4-3 to move to 7-0 in dual matches. 
 
Freshman Liza Tkachenko clinched the match win for Penn, taking her contest 6-4, 6-3 in the #5 singles slot against Delaware's Juleta Honrubia. 
 
In the doubles portion of the match, Esha Velaga and Tkachenko battled Maryia Hrynashka and Slade Coetzee to a 6-3 contest to take the Quakers' sole doubles victory.
 
The Quakers found their footing in the singles round, with Iris Gallo getting Penn's first point of the match from a 6-2, 6-2 win over Maryia Hrynashka. Senior Eileen Wang won her bout with Alina Vasilenko 6-2, 6-2 in the #3 slot to get another point for the Red and Blue to keep the dual alive. 
 
A win from Velaga in the first slot helped tie up the match to allow first-year Tkachenko to secure the Quakers' seventh straight dual match victory.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (7-0, 0-0 Ivy League) travel to their first tournament of spring next weekend, heading to the ECAC Championship hosted by Harvard Feb. 9-11.
 
Results
Doubles
Aliza Askarova/Alexandra Staiculescu def. Iris Gallo/Maya Urata, 6-1
Juleta Honrubia/Samantha Svendsen def.Eileen Wang/Sasha Motlagh, 6-4
Esha Velaga/Liza Tkachenko def. Hrynashka/Coetzee, 6-3
Doubles Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*
 
Singles
Velaga def. Aliza Askorva, 6-2, 6-4
Slade Coetzee def. Gavriella Smith, 6-2, 6-4
Eileen Wang def. Alina Vasilenko, 6-2, 6-2
Iris Gallo def. Maryia Hrynashka, 6-2, 6-2
Liza Tkachenko def. Juleta Honrubia, 6-4, 6-3
Alexandra Staiculescu def. Maya Urata, 6-3, 6-3
Singles Order of Finish: 4, 2, 3, 6, 1, 5*