ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Elizabethtown Shuts Out Villa Julie, 9-0

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's tennis team blanked Villa Julie College 9-0 in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays improved to 11-3 with the win while the Mustangs dropped to 1-13 with the loss.

At first singles, sophomore Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) won 6-1, 6-1 over Barbora Hnizda, senior Emma Smith (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) earned her 40th career singles win with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Becky Matlack at second singles, and junior Alice Yu (Athens, GA/Clarke Central) shut out Samm Rasnake 6-0, 6-0 at third singles.

Sophomore Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) won 6-2, 6-2 over Sarah Searing at fourth singles, first-year student Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) defeated Lauren Humphries 6-0, 6-2 at fifth singles and first-year student Katelyn Roderick (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over Melissa Venter at sixth singles in her first match of the season.

In doubles, Smith and Yu shut out Rasnake and Searing 8-0 at flight one, Swarr and Russell defeated Hnizda and Matlack 8-0 at flight two, and first-year student Minke Albers (The Hague, The Netherlands) and Fisher won 8-1 over Humphries and Venter at flight three.

Elizabethtown College 9, Villa Julie College 0
Singles competition
1. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) def. Barbora Hnizda (VJC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Emma Smith (ETOWN) def. Becky Matlack (VJC) 6-2, 6-0
3. Alice Yu (ETOWN) def. Samm Rasnake (VJC) 6-0, 6-0
4. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Sarah Searing (VJC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Lauren Humphries (VJC) 6-0, 6-2
6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Melissa Venter (VJC) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Emma Smith/Alice Yu (ETOWN) def. Samm Rasnake/Sarah Searing (VJC) 8-0
2. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Barbora Hnizda/Becky Matlack (VJC) 8-0
3. Minke Albers/Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Lauren Humphries/Melissa Venter (VJC) 8-1