April 23, 2017

Eagles Fall to Scranton

SCRANTON, Pa. – The women’s tennis team fell to the University of Scranton 8-1 in their conference competition today.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata Eagles	University of Scranton
Score	1	8

Doubles

Julia Frattaroli / Nastashia DeNunzio def. Vienna Cordier / Souyma Polavarapu 8-0
Emily Machado / Emilia Jakubek def. Lauren Lucas / Savannah Bailey 8-6
Elyse Smilnak / Katherine Loughlin def. Kelley Appow / Theresa Joson 8-2

Singles

Julia Frattaroli def. Lauren Lucas 6-7 (1-7) , 7-5 , 10-7
Vienna Cordier def. Nastashia DeNunzio 4-6 , 6-4 , 10-8
Emily Machado def. Savannah Bailey 6-0 , 6-0
Emilia Jakubek def. Kelley Appow 6-0 , 6-0
Elyse Smilnak def. Souyma Polavarapu 6-4 , 6-4
Sakira Fussner def. Theresa Joson 6-1 , 6-2

SCRANTON, Pa. – The women's tennis team fell to the University of Scranton 8-1 in conference competition today.

In doubles play, all three of the Juniata pairs dropped their matches. Lauren Lucas (Holidaysburg, Pa./Altoona Area HS) and Savannah Bailey (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) fought a tough battle but ultimately fell 8-6.

Lucas lost a tight match to Julia Frattaroli in a super tiebreaker in first singles. Vienna Cordier (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) went to three sets with Nastashia DeNunzio and won in another super tiebreaker 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 in second singles.

The loss puts the Eagles' overall record at 2-5 and 0-4 in conference competition.

The team travels to Susquehanna on Tues. April 25 for another conference matchup at 3:00 PM.