This Week in PAC Women's Tennis

September 2-8

9/10/2024 3:00:00 PM

Week 2 PAC Honors (for events between September 2-8)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 2 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Player of the Week
Carolina Walters • Saint Vincent • Junior • Latrobe, Pa./Homeschooled
Walters went a combined 4-0 over her team's opening week of the fall campaign, winning two singles and two doubles matches ... On Thursday night at Carlow, Walters teamed with Isabella Lane to cruise to a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles, before winning a 6-0, 6-1 decision at No. 1 singles ... On Sunday afternoon at Penn State-Altoona, Walters and Lane earned a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles, before Walters claimed a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the top singles spot.
PAC Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon Area); Franciscan sophomore Jordan Beltavski (Chardon, Ohio/The Lyceum); Geneva freshman Chloe DeSanzo (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Grove City junior Courtney DeCarlo (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian); W&J senior Nidhi Pulicherla (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Nicole Serna Cassan • Allegheny • Freshman • Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico/Grandview Preparatory-Fla.
Cassan went 2-1 with two singles wins during Sunday's doubleheader against Division II Daemen and D-III Fredonia State ... She earned Allegheny's only point in the match against the D-II Wildcats with a tiebreak win at No. 4 singles, 5-7, 6-2, 11-9 and swept her No. 3 singles match against Fredonia State, 6-0, 6-0 ... Cassan's only loss was a No. 2 doubles loss against Daemen, which ended in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3).
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Franciscan freshman Lucy Rochat (Mason, Texas/Mason); Grove City freshman Anna Poranski (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep); W&J freshman Paisley Cole (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
Franciscan's Jordan Beltavski went undefeated on the week to help the Barons go 2-0 in non-conference play with wins against La Roche and Capital ... W&J's Nidhi Pulicherla and Paisley Cole won all four of their matches this week as W&J kicked off the 2024 season 2-0 ... Westminster's Emma Sukal, a First Team All-PAC pick in 2022 and 2023, returned after missing all of the 2023-24 season by going 2-0 in a Titan win over Division II Clarion.