Wilkes Women's Tennis Pushes Win Streak to Nine with Pair of Victories Tuesday
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC –The Wilkes University women's tennis team pushed its dual match win streak to nine Tuesday posting a pair of wins over Albion College (9-0) and North Carolina Wesleyan College (8-1).
Wilkes improved to 9-0 on the season in dual match play.
In the 9-0 sweep of Albion,
Kendra Croker (Old Forge, PA/Scranton Prep),
Francesca Varela-Seri (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg),
Erin Volutza (Sinking Spring, PA/Lancaster Catholic),
Grace Graham (Rockville Centre, NY/Sacred Heart Academy),
Laura Zielinski (Mt. Wolf, PA/Northeastern) and
Brittany Stanton (Mountaintop, PA/Crestwood) were all singles winners for Wilkes. The duo of Croker/
Jordan Vasarkovy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles,
Dana Saliyev (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks South)/Varela Seri won 8-2 at No. 2 pairs and
Taylor Hoffmann (Huntingdon Valley, PA/Lower Moreland)/
Madison Salmon (Endicott, NY/Union Endicott) won 8-1 at No. 3.
Earlier in the day Wilkes posting an 8-1 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan sweeping all six singles flights before winning No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to clinch the match.
Wilkes remains idle tomorrow returning to the court Thursday for matches against Elizabethtown College at 8:30 a.m. and Mount Union at 6:00 p.m. to conclude its spring break trip.
Wilkes University 9, Albion College 0
Singles competition:
1. K. Croker (WUWT) def. Lauren Rasmussen (ALBION) 6-1, 6-0
2. F. Varela-Seri (WUWT) def. Lauren Solano (ALBION) 6-2, 6-2
3. E. Volutza (WUWT) def. Olivia Conover (ALBION) 6-2, 7-5
4. G. Graham (WUWT) def. Chrissy Gauss (ALBION) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (11-9)
5. L. Zielinski (WUWT) def. Marceline Redick (ALBION) 6-0, 6-0
6. B. Stanton (WUWT) def. Kelsi Inman (ALBION) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles competition:
1. K. Croker/J. Vasarkovy (WUWT) def. Chrissy Gauss/Lauren Rasmussen (ALBION) 8-2
2. D. Saliyev/F. Varela-Seri (WUWT) def. Olivia Conover/Lauren Solano (ALBION) 8-2
3. T. Hoffmann/M. Salmon (WUWT) def. Kelsi Inman/Marceline Redick (ALBION) 8-1
Wilkes University 8, N.C. Wesleyan 1
Singles competition:
1. J. Vasarkovy (WUWT) def. Florencia Sorrentino (NCWW) 6-1, 6-1
2. K. Croker (WUWT) def. Nicole Halabi (NCWW) 6-3, 6-1
3. F. Varela-Seri (WUWT) def. Stephany Barbera (NCWW) 6-3, 6-3
4. D. Saliyev (WUWT) def. Ana Diaz (NCWW) 6-5, 6-4
5. T. Hoffmann (WUWT) def. Andrea Tobar (NCWW) 6-4, 3-6, 11-9
6. M. Salmon (WUWT) def. Manuela Cano (NCWW) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. J. Vasarkovy/K. Croker (WUWT) def. Stephany Barbera/Ana Diaz (NCWW) 8-0
2. Florencia Sorrentino/Nicole Halabi (NCWW) def. F. Varela-Seri/D. Saliyev (WUWT) 8-5
3. T. Hoffmann/M. Salmon (WUWT) def. Andrea Tobar/Leigh Hales (NCWW) 8-2