PLAYER PROFILES
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over pairs on ranked teams.
Chelsea
UTTING
FALL 2010 (at Marquette): Collected six singles wins, which tied for second-most on the team … Earned a 4-4 doubles record.
Sophomore Peachtree City, Ga. Major: D.U.S.
FALL 2011: Earned five singles victories … Won her first two matches as a Nittany Lion, beating Olivia Heim of Delaware, 6-1, 6-1 and Adel Arshavskaya of Delaware, 6-1, 6-3 … Went 2-1 at both the Cissie Leary Invitational and WMU Super Challenge … Tallied five doubles wins with three different partners, including a 2-1 finish at the Cissie Leary Invitational.
THE SARNI TENNIS CENTER Penn State opened the new Sarni Tennis Center in September of 1998 and held its first night match against Bloomsbug in April, 1999. The Sarni Tennis Center is a $2.3 million facility that includes seven lighted courts, a stadium court with seating for 1,000 fans, a team clubhouse with locker rooms, meeting and video rooms and a racket stringing area. The Sarni Tennis Center received the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Outstanding Tennis Facility Award in 1999.
2010-11 SEASON – FRESHMAN (at Marquette): Tallied a 35-14 combined singles and doubles record in her first collegiate season … Went 17-6 in singles play … Posted a seven match win streak from April 3-15 … Defeated two opponents from ITA ranked teams, No. 71 Minnesota’s Doran Muravnik, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, and No. 48 Iowa’s Christina Harazin, 7-6 (7-0), 6-0 … Totaled a 18-8 doubles record, including two victories
Utting’s Career Statistics Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2010-11* 17-6 0-0 18-8 Fall 2011 5-6 0-0 5-6 Career 22-12 0-0 23-14 *At Marquette
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facility. Vincent Sarni, a retired chairman and chief executive officer of PPG Industries and his wife are tennis enthusiasts. Neither of the Sarnis is a Penn State graduate, although both have been supporters of academic and athletic programs at the University and both have had children attend Penn State. In addition to the gift from the Sarni family, approximately $500,000 in University funding went into the project, which will also provide for student use of the facility.
WHAT DOES SARNI MEAN FOR PENN STATE TENNIS? It means night matches under the stadium lights. Penn State can now schedule evening matches, which are a crowd favorite. The stadium lighting is state of the art. It means tradition. Through a combination of display cases, banners, etc., the Sarni Center will proudly recognize the achievements of past players, NCAA qualifiers, All-Big Ten picks, Academic All-Americans and so on. It means great visibility on campus. Located in the central part of campus and adjacent to the Bigler Sports Fields, Sarni will be a highly visible facility for the entire Penn State community. This will encourage the Penn State faculty, staff and students as well as the centre County community to catch the tennis fever by watching practices and attending matches.
Quoting Coach Dawna Denny “Chelsea is the spark of our team. She is extremely competitive and always the last to leave the court.”
To the players, it means “excitement.” Banners flying high above the stadium court, the beautiful Nittany Mountains and the Bryce Jordan Center as the backdrop and the majestic team clubhouse overlooking the courts. What more could a player ask for in a practice and competition site? Sarni represents a big-time facility in a superb location. THE MAKING OF THE DREAM Vincent and Sandra Sarni started the ball rolling with their gift of $675,000 to the construction of the $2.3 million
THE PENN STATE INDOOR TENNIS CENTER - The Penn State tennis team uses six outdoor Plexi-cushion courts and four indoor Decoturf courts. - The indoor facility, one of the finest in the East, has four courts with an 800-seat elevated gallery, office, pro shop and locker rooms. - The complex is used for matches and team and individual practices. - With the availibility of the indoor courts, the team does not lose valuable practice time or have matches cancelled or postponed.
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