Women's Tennis | 10/22/2026 7:00:00 PM
TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - Top-seeded Allegheny College and No. 2 Grove City College posted 4-0 sweeps in Thursday's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Tennis Tournament Semifinals to advance to Saturday's Championship match.
Allegheny (10-1) moved on with a 4-0 victory over fourth-seeded Franciscan University (10-5), while Grove City (11-1) was also a 4-0 winner at home against third-seeded Washington & Jefferson College (10-6).
That puts the Gators and the Wolverines into the PAC Tournament Championship Match on Saturday, Oct. 24th. Allegheny will host the final, with first serve set for 1 pm.
PAC Semifinal 1 - Meadville, Pa.
No. 1 Allegheny 4, No. 4 Franciscan 0
- Allegheny jumped in front 1-0 after victories at 1st and 3rd doubles. Sophomore Gabrielle Bassette (Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day School) and freshman Claire Terefe (Dallas, Texas/Texas Online Preparatory School) earned the first win by a 6-0 score at No. 1.
- That was followed shortly after with a 6-2 victory by freshman Chanel Brun (Aix-en-Provence, France/Fox Chapel (Pa.)) and freshman Karlie Nicolae (Medina, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban) at No. 3.
- Allegheny worked quickly in singles, getting three wins in straight sets, with Bassette picking up the first win at No. 1 by 6-2, 6-1 scores.
- The Gators' lead grew to 3-0 after junior Adriana Navarro (Tegucigalpa, Honduras/DelCampo School) was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at sixth singles.
- The clinching Allegheny win sending them into the PAC final for a fifth consecutive year came at No. 2 with a 6-0, 6-3 victory by sophomore Giada Palmieri (Berlin, Germany/Paulsen Gymnasium).
PAC Semifinal 2 - Grove City, Pa.
No. 2 Grove City 4, No. 3 W&J 0
- Grove City used wins at second and third doubles to take a 1-0 lead. The initial win was recorded by sophomore Grace Stitt (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton) and freshman Reagan Dougherty (Bradfordwoods, Pa./Eden Christian) at second doubles by a 6-1 score.
- The Wolverines secured the doubles point with a 6-2 triumph by junior Iris Kiehl (Warren, Pa./Warren) and sophomore Blaire Beatty (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield Christian) at No. 3.
- Grove City's advantage moved to 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-1 victory at sixth singles by sophomore Emma Flanigan (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Christian).
- Beatty and Kiehl then won their second matches of the day to close out the win, starting with Beatty winning 6-3, 6-3 at fifth singles.
- Punching the Wolverines ticket to the final was Kiehl when she finished off a 6-2, 6-1 victory at fourth singles.
PAC Championship Match Notes
- Saturday's final will pit the Gators, the defending champions and winners of three of the four PAC championships since they returned to the conference, against the Wolverines, who have a PAC-high 31 league crowns in their program's history.
- The teams played Oct. 10 this year in Grove City, a match won by the Gators, 5-2. Brun and Terefe won in both doubles and singles to lead Allegheny to victory.
- For Grove City, Stitt was a double winner, earning a victory in doubles and then winning a hard-fought 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 decision at No. 1 singles.
- This will be the third time the schools have met for the PAC Championship and they have split the first two match-ups.
- Allegheny claimed its second straight title with a 4-1 win over the Wolverines in the 2025 final. After winning at 1/2 doubles to secure the doubles point, victories at 4/5/6 singles clinched the crown for the Gators.
- Grove City's last championship came in 2023 when, as the second seed, they knocked off No. 1 Allegheny in the final, 5-2.
- Allegheny is seeking to become the first PAC team to win three consecutive titles since Grove City rolled off 25 in a row from 1987-2011.