Women's Tennis | 9/22/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between September 15-21)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2025 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Chloe DeSanzo • Geneva • Sophomore • Beaver, Pa./Beaver
DeSanzo went 4-0 on the week across the Golden Tornadoes' two matches, getting two victories in both doubles and singles play while giving up just two points across her two matches at No. 1 singles ... In Geneva's 7-0 win over Division II Ursuline on Tuesday, DeSanzo and her partner Lauren Estes (Chattanooga, Tenn./Grace Baptist Academy) handled the top doubles flight with a 6-1 win before she swept her competition in No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-0 ... On Friday, she and Estes defeated Westminster's top doubles team, 6-3, before DeSanzo won her No. 1 singles match with ease, 6-1, 6-1 ... The Golden Tornadoes defeated Westminster 5-2, their first win over the Titans since 1998, a span of 18 matches.
PAC Honor Roll
Allegheny senior Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon); Grove City sophomore Iris Kiehl (Warren, Pa./Warren); Saint Vincent senior Carolina Walters (Latrobe, Pa./Homeschooled); Thiel senior Mila Brdar (White Oak, Pa./McKeesport); Waynesburg senior Julia Corey (Eighty Four, Pa./Ringgold)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Grace Yurko • Grove City • Freshman • Reisterstown, Md./St. Paul
Yurko went 4-0 at second singles last week as Grove City went 4-0 against conference foes ... She yielded only nine games in her four straight-set wins ... Yurko also went 3-0 at second doubles as she and senior Peyton Joines (Glen Rock, Pa./Susquehannock) dropped only two games in the three wins.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Gabrielle Bassette (Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day School); Geneva freshman Abigail Anderson (Allison Park, Pa./Agora Cyber Charter); 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
Behind wins at first singles (6-1, 6-0) from Gabrielle Bassette and fifth singles (6-0, 6-0) and third doubles (6-0) from Maria Lounder, Allegheny defeated Franciscan 7-0 in a rematch of the 2024 PAC Title Match ... Grove City's Iris Kiehl went a combined 8-0 last week and did not drop a game in either singles or doubles play, as she went 4-0 in conference play at fourth singles, winning all four matches 6-0, 6-0 ... Saint Vincent's Carolina Walters went 3-0 at first singles last week, including straight-set PAC victories over Grove City (6-2, 6-1) and Waynesburg (6-2, 6-0) ... W&J's Maya Hamade maintained her untainted singles record in a split week for the Presidents. winning her No. 4 singles match 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 against Mount Union and winning again at No. 4 singles against Franciscan, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 ... Waynesburg's Julia Corey went 3-0 at No. 5 singles with a win against Saint Vincent and two wins over La Roche ... Westminster's Megan Blasko improved to 4-2 at No. 3 singles with straight-set wins against Saint Vincent and Geneva.