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YSU women's tennis to play in HL championship
« on: April 26, 2014, 04:00:09 PM »
Way to go!!

Penguins Win 4-3 Thriller As Sadovnikova Picks Up Deciding Point

Ann Arbor, Mich. - Youngstown State senior Margarita Sadovnikova scored the final eight points of her singles match to lift the Penguins to a thrilling 4-3 win over Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon at the Michigan Varsity Tennis Center in the Horizon League semifinals.

The Penguins advance to the Horizon League Championship match on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock agianst Cleveland State.

YSU (13-11) led the match 3-1 after winning the doubles point and singles victories by Dominicka Lackova and Marta Burak. But the Panthers tied the match up with wins at No. 4 and No. 5. At the time, Sadovnikova had lost the first set and was tied 5-all in the second.

Sadovnikova held serve to take a 6-5 lead over Diana Tokar and evened the match at a set apiece when she broke serve a point later.

In the third set, it was all the senior who cruised to a 6-0 win over the freshman. Tokar had defeated Sadovnikova in Boardman earlier this season in straight sets.

The Penguins took the lead by taking the doubles point and needed just three singles wins to make the Horizon League Championship match for the second consecutive year.

After Carolyn Jesko lost 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 to give the Panthers (13-9) their first point of the match, Lackova won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 and Burak quickly followed up that victory with a 6-3, 6-1 decision.

However, the Panthers beat Annina Brendel 6-3 and 6-4 at No. 4 and Nehel Sahni could not hang on after winning the first set 6-1 before dropping the next two 6-2 and 6-3.

As those matches ended, Sadovnikova was down a set and tied at five with Tokar in the second set. From that point it was all Sadovnikova who helped advance the Guins to the finals with a strong final surge.

http://www.ysusports.com/sports/wten/2013-14/releases/20140426vx2wz3
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Re: YSU women's tennis to play in HL championship
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2014, 04:31:18 PM »
What a win for YSU. A few weeks ago a pretty ignorant post was made on here talking about the state of YSU athletics. Now the women's tennis team is in the drivers seat to win it all.

What a great state YSU athletics is in!!!!!

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Re: YSU women's tennis to play in HL championship
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2014, 02:45:18 PM »
Women just defeated Cleveland State for the tennis championship.  That makes 3 titles out of 8 events for the women so far this academic year.  Two sports are left, with the track team favorites to make it 4 titles at home next weekend.

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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2014, 04:41:22 PM »
Congratulations Lady Guins!!!

Track should make it 4 titles, but don't sleep on the softball team. Yes they lack a quality #2 starter, but come tourney time they could very well find their way in the championship as well.

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Re: YSU women's tennis to play in HL championship
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2014, 07:25:36 PM »
« Last Edit: April 29, 2014, 07:26:52 PM by Penguin Nation »
"These two cats that we played against from Youngstown State were as good of pass rushers as I've seen"

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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2014, 05:53:21 PM »
"The Youngstown State women's tennis team will open play in the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships against Virginia on Friday, May 9. Joining the Penguins in the four-team Charlottesville Regional are Kentucky and Columbia. The field of 64 was announced on Tuesday evening.

The Penguins and Cavaliers are scheduled to face each other on Friday, May 9 in the second match of the day at the Snyder Tennis Center in Charlottesville, Va. The first match features the Wildcats and Lions at 10 a.m.

It will be a busy two days for the Virginia tennis programs as the Cavaliers will also be playing host to a men's tennis regional.

YSU posted a 14-11 overall mark this year and reached their first NCAA tournament on the heels of winning the Horizon League Championship last Sunday. Virginia (21-5) was named the third seed of the tournament and is the ACC Tournament and co-regular-season championships. The 21 wins are a school record for the Cavaliers."

http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/youngstown-state-faces-no-3-seed-virginia-in-programs-first-ncaa-appearance-
"These two cats that we played against from Youngstown State were as good of pass rushers as I've seen"

--WVU Head Coach Dana Holgorsen