Penn women’s tennis gets revenge over Tigers at home tournament

Sunday saw the conclusion of an excellent showing for the Quakers at the Cissie Leary Invitational, a tournament hosted indoors on Penn’s campus this past weekend.

The tournament was organized into four different brackets, with singles and doubles matches divided between two tiers based on each player’s skill set.

Coming off a strong showing at the Princeton Invitational the previous weekend, one looming obstacle dominated Penn’s thoughts: the Tigers.

Although not partners at the Princeton Invitational, both Goodwin and Kalhorn had been victorious in their separate doubles matches against Penn last weekend.

In the doubles Flight A bracket, the Quakers’ duo of senior Sonya Latycheva and junior Kana Daniel reached the final before eventually losing a close 7-5 match to a strong team from Saint John’s.

Meanwhile, in Flight B singles, Penn enjoyed another remarkably successful bracket, sending two members of the team Marta Kowalska and Qostal to the final to square off against one another.

The biggest battle of the weekend came between Princeton’s Kristine Steffenson and Penn sophomre Ria Vaidya in the Flight A singles final.

After a long weekend of matches, Vaidya began to feel fatigue during her final match, both mentally and physically.

Having captured championships in three of the tournament’s four brackets, the entire Penn squad agreed that the weekend was an immense success overall.