Wilkes Women's Tennis Cruises Past Marywood 9-0
SCRANTON, PA – The Wilkes University women's tennis team earned its twelfth win of the season cruising past host Marywood University 9-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
With the win the Lady Colonels improve their overall mark to 12-2 on the year while Marywood drops to 11-6 on the season after the defeat.
Wilkes went 3-0 in doubles play before sweeping all six matches in singles competition to earn the road non-league victory.
Kendra Croker (Old Forge, PA/Scranton Prep) claimed an 8-4 win at No. 1 followed by an 8-0 victory by
Jordan Vasarkovy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) at No. 2.
Taylor Hoffmann (Huntingdon Valley, PA/Lower Moreland) earned an 8-1 win at No. 3,
Madison Salmon (Endicott, NY/Union Endicott) won 8-0 at No. 4,
Erin Volutza (Sinking Spring, PA/Lancaster Catholic) posted an 8-2 victory at No. 5, and
Grace Graham (Rockville Centre, NY/Sacred Heart Academy) rounded out the singles winners for Wilkes with an 8-0 win at No. 6
Wilkes opens MAC Freedom play Saturday hosting cross-town rival King's College at 11:00 a.m. followed by a non-league match against Penn State Abington at 3:30 p.m. at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
Wilkes University 9, Marywood University 0 Singles competition:
1. K. Croker (WUWT) def. McCall, Avery (MUWT) 8-4
2. J. Vasarkovy (WUWT) def. Doud, Abygail (MUWT) 8-0
3. T. Hoffmann (WUWT) def. Sinclair, Nicole (MUWT) 8-1
4. M. Salmon (WUWT) def. Zombek, Devin (MUWT) 8-0
5. E. Volutza (WUWT) def. Zarrilli, Emily (MUWT) 8-2
6. G. Graham (WUWT) def. Shandra, Claudia (MUWT) 8-0
Doubles competition:
1. K. Croker/J. Vasarkovy (WUWT) def. Doud, Abygail/McCall, Avery (MUWT) 8-3
2. T. Hoffmann/M. Salmon (WUWT) def. Sinclair, Nicole/Zombek, Devin (MUWT) 8-0
3. A. Denauski/B. Stanton (WUWT) def. Shandra, Claudia/Zarrilli, Emily (MUWT) 8-0