Tori Gray won 6-4, 6-2 at fifth singles for the Eagles.

April 24, 2016

Eagles Falls to Royals 7-2 in Landmark Finale

SCRANTON, Pa.- The Juniata women’s tennis team played its final Landmark Conference match of the season on Sunday afternoon against Scranton. The Royals got the better of the Eagles as they won by the score of 7-2.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata	University of Scranton
Score	2	7

Doubles

Emily Walsh / Julia Frattaroli def. Rachel Yurchisin / Katharine Conklin 8-6
Emily Machado / Emilia Jakubek def. Tori Gray / Mitsuki Koh 8-5
Courtney Barron / Elyse Smilnak def. Lauren Lucas / Samantha Hendricks 8-2

Singles

Lauren Lucas def. Emily Walsh 7-5 , 3-6 , 1-0 (10-6)
Julia Frattaroli def. Rachel Yurchisin 6-4 , 6-4
Emily Machado def. Katharine Conklin 6-2 , 7-5
Emilia Jakubek def. Mitsuki Koh 6-2 , 6-4
Tori Gray def. Courtney Barron 6-4 , 6-2
Elyse Smilnak def. Vienna Cordier 5-7 , 6-1 , 1-0 (10-2)

SCRANTON, Pa.- The Juniata women's tennis team played its final Landmark Conference match of the season on Sunday afternoon against Scranton. The Royals got the better of the Eagles as they won by the score of 7-2.

The loss drops Juniata to 10-8 overall and 5-2 in the Landmark. Scranton remains unbeaten in the conference at 6-0 and tied with Elizabethtown. Those two teams will battle for the top seed in the Landmark Tournament next Saturday. The Eagles will be the third seed.

Scranton took all three matches in doubles play. Rachel Yurchisin (Cleveland, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) and Katharine Conklin (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township) had the closest decision as they fell 8-6 to the pair of Emily Walsh and Julia Frattaroli.

Lauren Lucas (Holidaysburg, Pa./Altoona Area HS) remained undefeated in Landmark play but needed an extra set at first singles in ensure that. She won her first set against Walsh 7-5 but lost 6-3 in the second set. The match went to a super tiebreaker where Lucas was a 10-6 victor.

The other victory in singles play went to Tori Gray (York, Pa/Central York) at fifth singles. She was a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Courtney Barron.

The Eagles will wrap up the regular season when they travel to Mechanicsburg to play Messiah in a non-conference match on Thursday. Start time will be at 4:00 p.m.