Women's Tennis | 9/15/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 3 PAC Honors (for events between September 8-14)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 3 of the 2025 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Evie Ellenberger • Allegheny • Sophomore • Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair
Ellenberger went 9-0 last week with six doubles wins and three singles wins ... She helped Allegheny sweep Westminster in its PAC opener with a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles ... Ellenberger added five doubles victories at the Wooster Invitational, outscoring opponents 30-9 over the weekend ... She also picked up three singles wins at Wooster, including an 8-1 defeat of Wooster's Elyse Errington in an eight-game pro set on Saturday and a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Otterbein's Niya Bell on Sunday.
PAC Honor Roll
Franciscan senior Claire Cardie (Dublin, Ohio/Archbishop Wood); Geneva sophomore Chloe DeSanzo (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Grove City sophomore Iris Kiehl (Warren, Pa./Warren); Saint Vincent senior Carolina Walters (Latrobe, Pa./Homeschooled); Thiel sophomore Chloe Walton (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell); W&J freshman Keiran Moorhead (Canonsburg, Pa./Peters Township); Waynesburg sophomore Julia Umshares (Washington, Pa./Trinity); Westminster senior Christine Rossi (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Gabrielle Bassette • Allegheny • Freshman • Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day School
Bassette posted a perfect 10-0 record last week, which began by leading the Gators to victory in the PAC opener against Westminster with wins at No. 1 singles and doubles ... She added eight wins at the Wooster Invitational, including five in doubles with teammate Evie Ellenberger, as they outscored doubles opponents 30-9 at Wooster with two 6-1 wins and a 6-0 shutout against Otterbein's Breanna Ball and Daniela De Mata ... In singles, she won her eight-game pro sets on Saturday, 8-2 and 8-0, before taking down De Mata in a super tiebreaker, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 14-12.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Franciscan freshman Colette Park (Alexandria, Va./Seton Home Study); Grove City freshman Grace Yurko (Reisterstown, Md./St. Paul); W&J freshman Maya Hamade (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair); Waynesburg freshman Taylor Stephens (Morgantown, W.Va./Trinity Christian); Westminster freshman Megan Blasko (Mercer, Pa./Pennsylvania Cyber Charter)
PAC Records & Milestones
Claire Cardie helped Franciscan improve to 3-0 with victories over Capital and Waynesburg, as she had straight-set wins at No. 1 singles in both matches and a No. 1 doubles victory with Kina Ehlers against Waynesburg ... Geneva's Chloe DeSanzo posted two wins in three-set thrillers at No. 1 singles against Grove City and Division II Davis & Elkins ... Grove City's Grace Yurko went 4-0 between singles and doubles play last week for Grove City in conference wins over Geneva and Westminster, as she didn't drop a game in two wins at second doubles and captured a 6-2, 6-1 win at second singles against Geneva and helped Grove City to a 7-0 win at Westminster with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at No. 2 singles ... W&J's Keirnan Moorhead had three wins to help the unbeaten Presidents beat Division II Seton Hill and Saint Vincent, including a 6-4. 6-2 win at No. 3 singles against the Griffins and doubles (6-3 at No. 1) and singles (6-0, 6-0 at No. 3) victories against the Bearcats ... Julia Umshares went unbeaten at No. 4 singles, delivering Waynesburg’s lone point against Franciscan before clinching the Jackets’ first win of the season against Mount Aloysius, as she rallied from a first-set tiebreaker loss to win in three sets in the decisive match on Saturday.