Worcester, Mass. – Powered by a sweep of all three doubles matches, host Clark University took a closer-than-you-think 7-2 decision over Emmanuel College in non-league women's tennis action on Tuesday afternoon.

The Cougars improve to 3-3 so far on the season, while the Saints slip to 1-3.

Led by Gaby Suriano (San Salvador, El Salvador) and Phoebe Hughes (Parkland, Fla.) posting an 8-2 win over Alex Hadlock (Framingham, Mass.) and Amanda Woznicki (Bristol, Conn.) at No. 1 singles, Clark got off to an excellent start.

That duo was followed by Kortney Kelley (Barnstable, Mass.) and Sarah Sachs (Branford, Conn.) upending Jenna Reid (Lincoln, R.I.) and Jenni Hewes (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), 8-3 at No. 2 and Martha Ziemer (Arlington, Mass.) and Maggie Swann (Portland, Maine) topping Jenny Konecnik (Sparta, N.J.) and Katrina Gaddis (Wayland, Mass.), 9-7.

Singles action saw only Suriano win in straight sets for the Cougars with her topping Hadlock 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1. Sachs won a three-set battle with Woznicki at No. 2, (6-1, 4-6, 6-2) and Swann followed suit at No. 3 in her matchup with Reid, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

Kera Snyder (Portland, Maine) was also locked in a duel with Hewes, dropping the first set 2-6, before rallying to take the final two sets, 6-1, 6-2.

Konecnik was a straight set winner at No. 4 for the Saints, taking down Martha Ziemer 6-3, 6-1 and Daniela Tueme (Easton, Mass.) also won in straight sets over Lauren Ziemer at No. 6, 6-2, 6-1.

Clark will waste little time getting back into action with another non-league matchup on Wednesday against Emerson, while Emmanuel will visit Southern Maine on Thursday.