Women's Tennis | 10/24/2026 4:45:00 PM
MEADVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - Allegheny College captured its third consecutive Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Tennis Tournament Championship with a 4-1 win over Grove City College in the title match.
In addition to being their third straight championship, it was the fourth in five years for the Gators (11-1), who earned the PAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Team selections will be announced Monday, May 10, 2027. The opening weekend of the Division III Championships which will feature first, second and third round matches, is set for Friday-Sunday, May 14-16.
PAC Championship - Meadville, Pa.
No. 1 Allegheny 4, No. 2 Grove City 1
- Allegheny secured the doubles point with victories at first and third doubles. First to close out their win was sophomore Gabrielle Bassette (Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day School) and freshman Claire Terefe (Dallas, Texas/Texas Online Preparatory School) taking a 6-1 victory at No. 1.
- The doubles clinching win came at No. 3, where freshman Chanel Brun (Aix-en-Provence, France/Fox Chapel (Pa.)) and freshman Karlie Nicolae (Medina, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban) closed out a 6-1 triumph as well.
- Allegheny's lead jumped to 2-0 following a 6-2, 6-3 victory at third singles by Brun for her second win on the day.
- Grove City cut their deficit in half when sophomore Blaire Beatty (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield Christian) was a winner at No. 5 with a straight-set 6-1, 7-5 win.
- Terefe earned her second win of the afternoon and moved the Gators within a point of the title with a 6-4, 6-1 decision at fourth singles.
- The championship-clinching point was posted at first singles, where Bassette battled for a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win, completing a 4-0 Tournament week for the Gator sophomore.
All-Tournament Team
- After going 2-0 in the semifinal win over Franciscan and winning twice in Saturday's title match, Bassette was named Tournament MVP.
- Joining her on the All-Tournament Team was Brun and Terefe, who both went 3-0 during the championship run.
- Representing Grove City (11-2) on the All-Tournament Team was sophomore Grace Stitt (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton) and sophomore Grace Yurko (Reisterstown, Md./St. Paul's).