EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. – The Wilkes University women's tennis team made it two wins in as many days as the Colonels defeated the Eagles of Juniata College 5-2 at the Ralston Athletic Complex Saturday afternoon.

Wilkes improves to 7-8 (3-4 Landmark) overall with the victory, while Juniata falls to 7-6 (4-3 Landmark) on the year.

The Colonels took the team point in doubles action as Ana Savkovic (Belgrade, Serbia/The Hoosac School) and Julia Spaeth (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg Area) won in No. 1 singles action 6-3, while Isabella Bopp (Verona, NJ/Verona) and Kensington Edmond (Mount Joy, PA/Donegal) took the No. 3 doubles match 6-1 to clinch the point.

Savkovic continued her dominance at No. 1 singles, defeating Medina Yessenaliyeva 6-4, 6-0. Isabel Schreffler (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West) followed at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Celia Navarro de Torres. Spaeth made it three in a row at the top of the card with a 7-6, 4-6, (5) win in the tiebreaker over Nina Meadows.

Ava Vacula (Exeter, PA/Wyoming Area Secondary Center) scored a victory in the No. 4 spot over Skylar Grabarski 6-0, 7-5 to seal the win for Wilkes.

The Colonels return to the court tomorrow, April 19^th, as they travel to Susquehanna University to face off with the River Hawks. Competition is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.