Women's Tennis | 10/12/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between Oct. 5-11)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Chanel Brun • Allegheny • Freshman • Aix-en-Provence, France/Fox Chapel (Pa.)
Brun led the Gators to a 4-0 week with wins over W&J (7-0), Grove City (5-2), Penn State Behrend (7-0), and SVC (7-0) ... She was undefeated in seven matches, going 4-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles ... Brun played singles matches in the top four spots of the lineup, including a shutout sweep at No. 1 against Saint Vincent and a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 2 against Behrend ... She helped the Gators hand Grove City their first loss of the season with a 6-1 No. 3 doubles win and a 6-3, 6-1 No. 3 singles win ... Brun outscored her doubles opponents 18-3 and her singles opponents 48-9 over the course of the week.
PAC Honor Roll
Franciscan junior Sophia Pastura (Cincinnati, Ohio/Seton); Geneva junior Chloe DeSanzo (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Groce City sophomore Grace Stitt (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton); Saint Francis junior Morgan Tuffs (Calgary, Alberta/Grandview Prep); Thiel junior Chloe Walton (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Claire Terefe • Allegheny • Freshman • Dallas, Texas/Texas Online Preparatory School
Terefe helped the Gators to a 4-0 week, which included PAC wins over W&J, Grove City and Saint Vincent, as she was 4-0 in singles competition and 3-0 in doubles ... Terefe played as high as No. 2 in singles while winning all 12 games in a shutout against SVC ... She played in both matches on Oct. 10th, beating Grove City's No. 4, 6-1, 6-1, and Penn State Behrend's No. 3, 6-0, 6-1 ... All three doubles wins came in the top spot in the lineup, including a 7-6 (8) tiebreaker win versus W&J and helped the Gators win the doubles point in a key victory over the Wolverines with a 6-1 decision.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Franciscan freshman Paige Mattle (Perkasie, Pa./Mount St. Joseph Academy); Grove City freshman Reagan Dougherty (Sewickley, Pa./Eden Christian);
Thiel freshman Ella Tautin (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown); W&J freshman Keira Ross (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park); Waynesburg freshman Gabby Peiritsh (Morgantown, W.Va./Trinity Christian)
PAC Records & Milestones
Franciscan's Sophia Pastura went 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles last week while leading the Barons to wins over Thiel, Saint Vincent and Pitt-Greensburg ... Chloe DeSanzo led Geneva to their fifth win in six matches on Tuesday, defeating Waynesburg 6-1 to clinch a PAC playoff berth for the second year in a row, as she won her match in No. 1 doubles, 6-1, before taking her No. 1 singles match, 6-1, 6-0. ... Grove City's Grace Stitt won at both second doubles and first singles Saturday against Allegheny in the teams' showdown for first place in the conference, including battling for a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 win at first singles ... In matches against W&J and Waynesburg, Saint Francis' Morgan Tuffs did not lose a point, winning both doubles matches, 6-0, and each singles match 6-0, 6-0.