COLUMBUS, Ohio - In the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams, the Ohio State women's tennis team (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) topped Penn State, 4-3, at Jesse Owens West Recreation Center Sunday. The teams split the six singles matches, but Ohio State won the doubles point to secure the victory.

Ohio State took a 1-0 lead, winning all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. Monica Rincon (Sr., Lapeer, Mich./West) and Meaghan Colville (So., Toronto, Ontario/Western Michigan) posted an 8-5 win at No. 1 over Rebecca Ho and Jess McKeown. At No. 2, Erica Fisk (So., Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) and Sadhaf Pervez (Jr., Warren, N.J./Watchung Hill) topped Judy Wang and Leigh Ann Merryman of PSU, 8-4. Michelle Matko (Jr., Aurora, Ill./Aurora West) and Lindsay Williams (So., Beverly Hills, Mich./Birmingham Groves) completed the Buckeye sweep with an 8-5 victory over Maaria Husain and Megan Marton at No. 3.

Rincon clinched the win for the Buckeyes with a straight-set victory over Ho at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Fisk and Williams were the other Buckeyes to win in singles. Fisk topped Husain at No. 2, 6-3, 7-5. At No. 5, Williams came back from a set down to defeat Merryman (4-6, 6-4, 6-3).

Penn State's Marton (No. 3), Wang (No. 4) and Sarah Spence (No. 6) all won their matches in two sets.

 Ohio State 4, Penn State 3 Jan. 27, Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens West Recreation Center Doubles Rincon/Colville, OSU def. Ho/McKeown, PSU 8-5 Fisk/Pervez, OSU def. Wang/Merryman, PSU 8-4 Matko/Williams, OSU def. Husain/Marton, PSU 8-5 Singles Monica Rincon, OSU def. Rebecca Ho, PSU 6-1, 6-2 Erica Fisk, OSU def. Maaria Husain, PSU 6-3, 7-5 Megan Marton, PSU def. Sadhaf Pervez, OSU 6-0, 6-3 Judy Wang, PSU def. Michelle Matko, OSU 6-2, 6-4 Lindsay Williams, OSU def. Leigh Ann Merryman, PSU 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Sarah Spence, PSU def. Lindsay Bryan, OSU 6-3, 6-4