Athletes of the Week

State College’s Kelly Vanden named CDT’s Female Athlete of the Week

State College's Kelly Vanden returns the ball during Thursday’s match. Vanden, who is the No. 1 singles player, went 3-0 this week.
State College's Kelly Vanden returns the ball during Thursday’s match. Vanden, who is the No. 1 singles player, went 3-0 this week. adrey@centredaily.com

State College tennis player Kelly Vanden is the Centre Daily Times female Athlete of the Week.

Vanden, who is the No. 1 singles player, went 3-0 this week as the Lady Little Lions went 2-1, beating Mechanicsburg (3-2, Wednesday) and Cedar Cliff (5-0, Thursday).

She swept her first two opponents of the week. However, Vanden needed to go three sets with some extra games against Hershey’s Heidi Louise Wingert in a 4-6, 7-5, 10-8 win.

This story was originally published September 24, 2017 at 8:14 PM with the headline "State College’s Kelly Vanden named CDT’s Female Athlete of the Week."

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