Box ScoreCLARION, Pa. (April 13) – Playing their fourth match in three days, the No. 12 Vulcans cruised to a 9-0 victory against Clarion in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West play on Monday morning.
With the win, the California University of Pennsylvania tennis team improves to 10-3 this season and 4-0 in league action. Meanwhile, Clarion suffers its sixth-straight loss to fall to 8-7 overall with a 0-4 mark in divisional play.
The Vulcans raced out to a 3-0 lead in doubles after losing only a combined two games despite featuring a pair of first-time doubles partners. At the first position, sophomore
Kiefer Shaw (Westmount, Quebec/Centennial) and senior
Ramona Czakon (Trier, Germany/Tampereen Lyseon Lukio) claimed an 8-2 victory over Megan Bettwy and Madeline Robinson. Sophomore
Veronika Mikulis (Otterburn Park, Quebec/Heritage Regional) and freshman
Lena Dimmer (Wallendorf-Pont, Luxembourg/Lycée Classique) moved up to the second slot for the first time this season and tallied an 8-0 win against Maria Snyder and Jessica Kennelly. At third doubles, sophomore
Mariela Sarinana (Mexico City, Mexico/Miraflores) and freshman
Alice Johns (Northampton, England/Northampton) registered an 8-0 victory over Kailtyn Mulligan and Corie Eckman.
Cal U breezed through singles play on Monday with four of the matches being decided by 6-0, 6-0 scores. Shaw posted a 6-0, 6-1 win at the first slot against Bettwy and Czakon collected a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Robinson at the second position. Dimmer reached double-digit wins for the season with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at third singles against Snyder, while Sarinana earned a 6-0, 6-1 win over Kennelly at the fourth slot. Mikulis recorded a 6-0, 6-0 victory at fifth singles against Jessica Dgien and freshman
Katie Olson (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills) extended her team-best winning streak to five matches with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Allison Probst at the sixth position.
Cal U is idle the next two days before closing out the regular season with PSAC West matches on back-to-back days, beginning Thursday, April 16, at Slippery Rock with the match at 3:30 p.m.
