CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. --- The Cedar Crest College Tennis program won its fourth-straight match in a 9-0 victory over Keystone College on Tuesday afternoon at the Birchwood Tennis Club. The Falcons improve to 5-4 overall this season and remain undefeated in Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) play at 3-0.
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Starting with the doubles flights, Cedar Crest would have third-doubles,
Mercedes Melo (Lehighton, Pa./Palmerton Area) and Ashley Wilkin claim the first point of the match with a clean sweep over their opponents (8-0).
Chelsea Tito (Wilmington, Del./Alexis I. DuPont) and
Andrea Abdale (Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast ) of the first-doubles squad earned their point with an (8-5) victory before
Maya Narasimhan (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood) and
Yomari Salvador-Rivera (Reading, Pa./Reading Senior) at second-doubles was able to win their match (8-3) to give the Falcons a 3-0 lead going into singles play.
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Melo would defeat Keystone's number-one (6-0, 6-2) in the first singles match as
Salvador-Rivera also took her point at second-singles with a (6-2, 6-1) victory. Three Falcons,
Narasimhan, Abdale and
Tito would sweep their matches at third, fourth and fifth singles respectively. At six-singles,
Katherine Naples (Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire North) would take her match, (6-1, 6-1) and helped Cedar Crest soar past Keystone for the 9-0 victory.
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The Falcons will return to action on Friday, April 12 when Bryn Athyn College travels to Allentown for a CSAC contest. The match is slated to begin at 3:30 PM on the Falcon Tennis Courts.
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