Roanoke, VA - Roanoke College swept a pair of matches against Johnson & Wales on Sunday afternoon in men's and women's tennis.

The Maroons women won eight of nine matches. JWU's Erin Weidner won the #5 singles match 6-4, 6-0 over Roanoke's Sidney Wright. 

The men's match went down to the wire, with the final match deciding the result. Roanoke jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles. JWU's #2 doubles tandem of Sam Cicciarello and John Billinis prevailing over Julio Marques and Hardt Lesko 8-4. The Wildcats evened things up with wins by Justin Wagner and Hugo Cossais in the #3 and #4 singles matches. Cicciarello picked up his second win of the afternoon in the #5 singles match 6-4, 6-2 over the Maroons' Marco Gustafson to again knot the score at 4. Dylan Hight couldn't overcome Lance Behler in the #6 singles tilt, losing 6-4, 6-3 to give Roanoke the final point.

The teams are next in action on March 30th, as they travel to Columbia (SC) College for a 2:00pm match.