Nastashia DeNunzio	Emilia Jakubek	Emily Kelly

Box Score

ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Scranton women's tennis team swept doubles action to defeat   Roger Williams, 6-3 on Wednesday evening in Florida. The Royals improve to 9-2 with their third straight victory while dropped the Hawks to 12-6 overall.

Nastashia DeNunzio (Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore), Emilia Jakubek (Honesdale, Pa./Scranton Prep), and Emily Kelly (West Chester, Pa./B. Reed Henderson) were two-match winners to lead Scranton past Roger Williams.

The two teams were tied 3-3 after splitting the singles matches. 

DeNunzio won at #2 singles, 6-1, 6-1 while Jakubek posted a 6-1, 6-2 victory at #3 singles.  Kelly picked up a 6-2, 6-3 decision at #5 singles for the Royals while the Hawks won flights #1, #4, and #6.

Doubles competition proved to be decisive on the evening as Scranton swept all three matches to claim the match.

DeNunzio and Julia Frattaroli (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) teamed up for a narrow, 9-8 (7-3) victory at the top doubles pairing while Jakubek and Tatiana Klacko (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Prep) pulled out an 8-6 triumph at #2 doubles.  Kelly and Elyse Smilnak (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) rounded out the doubles' sweep with an 8-4 win at the third pairing.

Scranton will close out its Spring Break trip on Thursday against Franklin & Marshall.  First serve between the Royals and Diplomats is set for 11:00 a.m. in Orlando.

--ROYALS--