JMU Battles to 6-1 Victory at Penn State

Sunday, February 4

State College, Pa.

Noon

James Madison University

Penn State

2/4/2018 6:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – James Madison women's tennis battled throughout the lineup on Sunday to earn the 6-1 victory at Penn State and move to 3-0 on the dual season.

The Dukes came from behind in doubles, winning at Nos. 2 and 3 in tiebreakers, before winning four of their five singles points in come-from-behind three-set matches.

Sophomore Jona Roka was part of both clinching points. She teamed up with senior Dylan Owens for the 7-6(5) win at No. 3 doubles and took the No. 1 singles victory in three sets, coming back from a 7-5 first-set loss to win 6-2 and 6-3 in the final two sets.

QUOTING HEAD COACH JAMES BRYCE
"Resiliency. That's what today was about for this team. We were pushed to find ways to win in a very tough battle. Most of the team has been sick all week, and we dug deep knowing we would need a team effort. This is another good win for our program, and we'll use the next week to get healthy before we take on a very good Navy team on Friday."

RESULTS – JMU 6, PSU 1
Doubles (1, 2, 3*)

Dunn/Hanley def. Norman/Herrock 6-3
Makarova/Petersen def. Svarre/Rohrbacher 7-6 (7)
Roka/Owens def. Smith/O'Gorman 7-6 (5)

Singles (2, 3, 1*, 4, 6, 5)

Jona Roka def. Gabby O'Gorman 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Liz Norman def. Frederikke Svarre 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
Anna Makarova def. Shannon Hanley 6-3, 7-6(4)
Emma Petersen def. Samantha Smith 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Diane Flament def. Olivia Rohrbacher 6-7 (6), 6-4, 12-10
Bennett Dunn def. Kimmy Herrock 7-6 (5), 3-1 ret.

COMING UP NEXT
JMU hits the road for a pair of matches next weekend, beginning at Navy on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. The Dukes then head to Howard for a noon match on Saturday, Feb. 10.