WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The Wilkes University women's tennis team hits the road tomorrow for the first round of the Landmark Conference Tournament against the Drew University Rangers at the Drew Tennis Complex.
The Colonels enter the tournament as the fifth seed, while the Rangers enter as the fourth seed. The match is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start.
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Wilkes went 10-8 overall during the regular season and 5-4 in Landmark Conference play in their second season under the leadership of head coach Scott Veith. They enter the tournament on a five-match winning streak and have a ton of momentum.
First year Ana Savkovic (Belgrade, Serbia/The Hoosac School) has been the team's brightest star all season long, going 18-0 in singles play and 21-4 in doubles play in the number one spot for both. She hasn't dropped a single set up to this point, and currently ranks sixth in the NCAA Division III regional rankings.
Julia Spaeth (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg Area) was Savkovic's doubles partner all season long, and put together a solid season in her own right. She went 8-11 overall in singles play, primarily in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches. Isabel Schreffler (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West) went 9-9 in singles play this season, and teamed up with Ava Vacula (Exeter, PA/Wyoming Area Secondary Center) to go 7-14 in their doubles matches.
Vacula went 11-8 in singles play this season, and spent the majority of the season in the number five slot. Kensington Edmond (Mount Joy, PA/Donegal) and Isabella Bopp (Verona, NJ/Verona) were the final two mainstays for the Colonels this year. Bopp went 6-10 in singles play, while Edmond went 7-12.
The Colonels lost their regular season match to the Rangers earlier this year by a score of 4-3 on April 15. Savkovic and Spaeth took the No. 1 doubles match over Madison Williams and Natalia Zamora, but Drew got the doubles point by winning the final two matches.
Savkovic, Spaeth, and Bopp got the win in the No. 1, 2, and 6 singles matches, but the Rangers won the other three singles matches to squeak out the win. The winner of this rematch will advance to the Landmark Conference Semifinals against the top-seeded University of Scranton Royals.
That match is on Thursday, April 30, with the time of the match still to be determined.
