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KUTZTOWN, Pa. —\u00a0The Kutztown University women’s tennis team needed one more result to go its way in a 4-3 defeat to Scranton on Monday afternoon at the Keystone Courts.<\/p>\n
With a pair of new names in the lineup, the Golden Bears played their first head-to-head match after opening the fall season at this past weekend’s Husky Invitational.<\/p>\n
Captain Isabela de Nadai<\/a> (Vitoria, Brazil\/St. Paul’s School) and newcomer Anastassiya Kim<\/a> (Almaty, Kazakstan), a transfer from Newman College (Kan.), teamed up to win 6-0 at No. 1 doubles but the visiting Royals (2-0) took flights two and three to claim the point.<\/p>\n The duo of Kim and de Nadai accounted for two of Kutztown’s (0-1) three singles victories.<\/p>\n Kim triumphed 6-1, 6-1 over Gisele Falzone at No. 1, while de Nadai bested Erin O’Mara 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 to pull the Maroon and Gold within 3-2 in the match.<\/p>\n Scranton captured the next two points at No. 5 and No. 6 to clinch the match, though the No. 6 result nearly went in KU’s favor after Kendra Yerger<\/a> (Harleysville, Pa.\/Souderton) won the first set against Nicole Krakovich, 6-4. Krakovich rallied to win the second, 6-3, before taking the super tiebreaker, 10-6.<\/p>\n The No. 3 and No. 4 matches also went to super tiebreakers. Sophomore Maddie Gilbert<\/a> (Cape May, N.J.\/Lower Cape May Regional) overcame a first set loss to defeat Nora Pencek 4-6, 6-4, 10-3. Freshman Myah Marturano<\/a> (Reading, Pa.\/Exeter Township), an Exeter Township grad, fell to Hannah Rowan at No. 3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7.<\/p>\n Kutztown is hopeful that its new additions will bolster the lineup. The Bears showed an uptick in performance against the Royals, who went 13-4 and reached the Landmark Conference championship match a season ago, after falling by a 7-0 score on the road last September.<\/p>\n The Golden Bears will face off with Chestnut Hill at the Keystone Courts next Monday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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