SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The St. Francis tennis team improved to 3-0 in Delta League play with a pair of wins this week over Sheldon and Pleasant Grove. The Troubadours have now won 34 consecutive Delta League matches dating back to 2015.

The Troubadours (9-1) swept Sheldon on Tuesday at Rio del Oro Racquet Club, dropping just three games in singles play. Sophomore Alisha Anwar was a straight set winner at No. 1 singles, while four players were 6-0, 6-0 winners including junior Adithi Benush (No. 2), junior Samantha Sonntag (No. 3) and junior Peyton Spellacy (No. 6).

“I feel like my serve was really on and I stayed consistent throughout the match,” said Sonntag. “My forehands were really good and I worked on my slices.”

Junior Bianca Ariza also posted a straight set win at No. 5.

The Troubies were equally impressive in doubles. Senior Roya Pahlavan and sophomore Rosmy Alengaden defeated Katie Yang and Cherry Nguyen at No. 1 by the score of 6-0, 6-2. Sophomores Emmy Goebels and Maddie Brown won at No. 2 doubles and sophomore Olivia Hazaghazam and freshman Lauren Lai won at No. 3.

St. Francis returned to action Wednesday at Pleasant Grove, defeating the Eagles 8-1 by winning five of the six singles matches and all three doubles.

Alisha Anwar (No. 2), Sonntag (No. 3), Evans (No. 4), Arizona (No. 5) and Pahlavan (No. 6) were winners in singles.

“We went today and worked on our skills while playing the hardest we could play,” said Ariza. ‘We are working together as a team.”

Freshman Saafa Umar and Brown were winners at the top spot in doubles, while freshman Lauren Lai and sophomore Siena Vincent posted a straight set win at No. 2. Freshman Ella Dichiara and sophomore Jenna Fratus also were winners at No. 3.

St. Francis has now won five straight matches after winning their final three matches at the Golden State Classic at Stanford last weekend.

“Every match we played at Stanford was good competition,” said Sonntag. “It was good to see each and every one playing as a team and doing well throughout the match.”

St. Francis travels to Davis and Elk Grove next week.

St. Francis 9, Sheldon 0

1 Singles           Alisha Anwar, St. Francis Def. Emily Tran, Sheldon 6-1, 6-1           

2 Singles           Adithi Benush, St. Francis Def. Alyssa Lee, Sheldon 6-0, 6-0           

3 Singles           Samantha Sonntag, St. Francis Def. Jenny Chen, Sheldon 6-0, 6-0      

4 Singles           Alex Evans, St. Francis Def. Cindy Luu, Sheldon 6-0, 6-0           

5 Singles           Bianca Ariza, St. Francis Def. Judy Nguyen, Sheldon 6-0, 6-1           

6 Singles           Peyton Spellacy, St. Francis Def. Minh Tran, Sheldon 6-0, 6-0           

1 Doubles         Roya Pahlavan/Rosmy Alengaden, St. Francis Def. Katie Yang/Cherry Nguyen 6-0, 6-2   

2 Doubles         Emmy Goebels/Madeline Brown, St. Francis Def. Mai Lam/Sham Kaur, Sheldon 6-1, 6-0        

3 Doubles         Olivia Hazaghazam/Lauren Lai, St. Francis Def. Ann Do/Brianna Stucker, Sheldon 6-2, 6-0

St. Francis 8, Pleasant Grove 1

1 Singles           Hiya Lohia, Pleasant Grove def. Myra Anwar, St. Francis 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)

2 Singles           Alisha Anwar, St. Francis def. Olivia Macllroy, Pleasant Grove 6-1, 6-0

3 Singles           Samantha Sonntag, St. Francis def. Loni Harris, Pleasant Grove 6-0, 6-1 

4 Singles           Alex Evans, St. Francis def. Kristiana Perris, Pleasant Grove 6-1, 6-0  

5 Singles           Bianca Ariza, St. Francis def. Surina Marwaha, Pleasant Grove 6-1, 6-1

6 Singles           Roya Pahlavan, St. Francis def. Sophia Wang, Pleasant Grove 6-4, 6-1

1 Doubles         Safaa Umar/Madeline Brown, St. Francis def. Rachel Hoang/Annie Zhang, Pleasant Grove 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)

2 Doubles         Lauren Lai/Siena Vincent, St. Francis def. Danielle Ayodele/Kiana Chi, Pleasant Grove 6-0, 6-0      

3 Doubles         Ella Dichiara/Jenna Fratus, St. Francis def. Nikki Ho/3 Doubles Eagles, Pleasant Grove 6-0, 6-0