HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – The Wilkes University women's tennis team concluded its spring break trip with a 7-2 victory over Bridgewater College (Va.) on Thursday afternoon at Chaplin Courts.
 
Wilkes finished 3-1 on its week-long trip and stand 6-1 overall in dual matches on the year.
 
The Lady Colonels raced out to a 3-0 lead after doubles competition with wins from Jordan Vasarkovy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) and Dana Saliyev (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks South) 8-5 at No. 1, Francesca Varela-Seri (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) and Laura Zielinski (Mt. Wolf, PA/Northeastern)8-4 at No. 2 and Erin Volutza (Sinking Spring, PA/Lancaster Catholic) and Brittany Stanton (Mountaintop, PA/Crestwood) 8-6 at No. 3.
 
Vasarkovy added a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles. Volutza went 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 while Dagney Markle (New Oxford, PA/New Oxford) also won in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5. Zielinski was the final singles winner for Wilkes taking No. 4 singles 6-0, 2-6, 10-3.
 
Wilkes returns home to host Moravian College on March 18 at 12:00 p.m. at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
 
 
Wilkes University 7, Bridgewater College 2
 
Singles competition:
1. J. Vasarkovy (WUWT) def. Jamiah Lewis (BCWT) 6-3, 6-2
2. Whitney Kiser (BCWT) def. F. Varela-Seri (WUWT) 6-4, 6-2
3. E. Volutza (WUWT) def. Nicole Shifflett (BCWT) 6-3, 6-3
4. L. Zielinski (WUWT) def. Stephanie Barton (BCWT) 6-0, 2-6, 10-3
5. D. Markle (WUWT) def. Rachel Zarin (BCWT) 6-1, 6-1
6. Rachel Crawford (BCWT) def. B. Stanton (WUWT) 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
 
Doubles competition:
1. J. Vasarkovy/D. Saliyev (WUWT) def. Jamiah Lewis/Whitney Kiser (BCWT) 8-5
2. F. Varela-Seri/L. Zielinski (WUWT) def. Nicole Shifflett/Stephanie Barton (BCWT) 8-4
3. E. Volutza/B. Stanton (WUWT) def. Rachel Zarin/Rachel Crawford (BCWT) 8-6