Women's Tennis | 10/19/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 7 PAC Honors (for events between Oct. 12-18)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2026 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Gabrielle Bassette • Allegheny • Sophomore • Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day School
Bassette led the Gators to an undefeated PAC regular season by securing a 7-0 win in the finale vs. Franciscan ... She won a combined 18 of 19 games played in No. 1 singles and doubles, including shutting out her opponents in doubles for a 6-0 win ... Bassette's win in the No. 1 singles match came by a 6-1, 6-0 score ... Tuesday's win marked Allegheny's fifth consecutive undefeated PAC regular season and 40th consecutive regular-season conference win.
PAC Honor Roll
Geneva junior Chloe DeSanzo (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Grove City sophomore Grace Stitt (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton); Saint Vincent senior Rachel Zgurich (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin); Thiel junior Summer Stitt (Greenville, Pa./Greenville); Westminster sophomore Megan Blasko (Mercer, Pa./Pennsylvania Cyber Charter)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Keira Ross • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman • Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park
Ross aided in the Presidents securing the No. 3 seed in the PAC Tournament with a 3-0 week in conference play, the highest seed W&J has earned in the conference tournament since 2021 ... The freshman finished with a 4-0 record in singles competition on the week, including wins at No. 4 singles against Westminster (6-1, 6-0), Division II West Liberty (7-5, 6-2) and Thiel (6-0, 6-0) and a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles against Geneva ... Ross and sophomore teammate Bella Graham also went 4-0 on the week at No. 3 doubles with victories over Westminster (6-0), Geneva (6-1), West Liberty (6-0) and Thiel (6-0).
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Claire Terefe (Dallas, Texas/Texas Online Preparatory School); Grove City freshman Reagan Dougherty (Sewickley, Pa./Eden Christian);
Thiel freshman Olivia Walker (Greenville, Pa./Greenville); Westminster freshman Amayah Myricks (Canton, Ohio/Jackson)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny will be the top seed and have home court advantage throughout the PAC Women's Tennis Championship Tournament, which begins with quarterfinal matches on Tuesday, Oct. 20th ... The opening quarterfinal matches on Tuesday will have No. 3 W&J (9-4, 6-2 PAC) hosting No. 6 Westminster (3-8, 3-5 PAC) and No. 5 Geneva (6-5, 4-4 PAC) traveling to Steubenville, to take on No. 4 Franciscan (9-5, 5-3 PAC) ... Top-seeded Allegheny (9-1, 8-0 PAC) and No. 2 Grove City (10-1, 7-1 PAC) earned byes into the semifinal matches, which the teams will host on Thursday, Oct. 22 ... The No. 4 Franciscan-No. 5 Geneva quarterfinal winner will go to Meadville to play Allegheny and the victorious team from the No. 3 W&J-No. 6 Westminster quarterfinal will journey to Grove City ... The championship match will be Saturday, Oct. 24th at the highest remaining seed.