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