This Week in PAC Women's Tennis

September 9-15

9/17/2024 3:00:00 PM

Week 3 PAC Honors (for events between September 9-15)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 3 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Player of the Week
Ryleigh Valone • Westminster • Senior • Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy
Valone went a combined 4-0 last week in a pair of PAC wins for the Titans... In last Tuesday's 5-2 win at Geneva, she partnered with Emma Sukal at No. 2 doubles, winning 6-4, before claiming a 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 singles ... In Saturday's 7-0 victory at Thiel, Valone and Sukal scored a 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles before she earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles ... Valone is 3-0 in singles play this season and the Titans are 3-0 overall, including a 2-0 mark in the PAC.
PAC Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley); Franciscan junior Claire Cardie (Dublin, Pa./Archbishop Wood); Saint Vincent junior Emily Pierce (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe); Waynesburg junior Alli Bailey (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Julia Müsseler • Allegheny • Freshman • Munich, Germany/Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium
Müsseler finished with five wins and no losses to help lead Allegheny to wins over Saint Vincent, Penn State Behrend, and Mount Union ... She went 2-0 in singles matches, both at the No. 2 spot, with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Saint Vincent and a 6-4, 6-2 win over Mount Union ... Two of her three doubles wins came at the No. 1 spot, including a 6-4 win over Saint Vincent and a 6-1 win over Penn State Behrend.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Franciscan freshman Lucy Rochat (Mason, Texas/Mason); Geneva freshman Chloe DeSanzo (Beaver, Pa./Beaver)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Rei Etsumi went a combined 5-0 last week, including a trio of straight-set singles wins ... Franciscan's Claire Cardie led the Barons to wins over Waynesburg and Baldwin Wallace by posting two wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles ... Geneva's Chloe DeSanzo won all four of her matches last week and is now a perfect 4-0 this season in both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles ... Junior Alli Bailey earned Waynesburg's first singles win of the season with a super tiebreaker victory at No. 5 singles (6-4, 3-6, 10-8) against Saint Vincent.