ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley's women's tennis team hosted Scranton for the team's 2017-18 home opener at Shankroff Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 26. The Flying Dutchmen (0-2) fell to the undefeated Royals (5-0) 9-0.
 
In doubles play, the No. 3 pairing of Sammy Bost and Elizabeth Drda gave Scranton's Katherine Loughlin and Tatiana Klacko the most hard-fought match of the bunch before falling 8-5.
 
Drda and Meridyth Sanders each forced a seventh point in their solo matches, with Drda falling to the Royals' Emily Kelly 7-5, 6-3 in the No. 4 singles outing, while Sanders dropped a 7-5, 6-2 decision to Scranton's Sakira Fussner in the sixth matchup.
 
The Dutchmen are next in action this weekend when they take part in Goucher's annual tournament beginning Saturday morning, Sept. 30.

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Singles competition
1. Julia Frattaroli (SCRWT18) def. Marla Scacchitti (LVCW) 6-0, 6-0
2. Nastashia DeNunzio (SCRWT18) def. Melanie Haas (LVCW) 6-3, 6-0
3. Emilia Jakubek (SCRWT18) def. Sammy Bost (LVCW) 6-1, 6-2
4. Emily Kelly (SCRWT18) def. Elizabeth Drda (LVCW) 7-5, 6-3
5. Elyse Smilnak (SCRWT18) def. Megan Williams (LVCW) 6-2, 6-4
6. Sakira Fussner (SCRWT18) def. Meridyth Sanders (LVCW) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Julia Frattaroli/Nastashia DeNunzio (SCRWT18) def. Marla Scacchitti/Melanie Haas (LVCW) 8-1
2. Emilia Jakubek/Emily Kelly (SCRWT18) def. Megan Williams/Elise Hanks-Witaszek (LVCW) 8-1
3. Katherine Loughlin/Tatiana Klacko (SCRWT18) def. Sammy Bost/Elizabeth Drda (LVCW) 8-5