GAMBIER, Ohio – The Allegheny women's tennis team fell in the opening round of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championships Friday (April 29) to Denison.
 
The Big Red, ranked fifth in the central region, swept the three doubles flights before victories at fourth and fifth singles clinched the match.
 
The Gators will play in the seventh-place match Saturday (April 30) against Ohio Wesleyan. Earlier in the spring, the Gators defeated the Battling Bishops 7-2.
 
Singles Results
1. Sarah Robertson vs. Ella Swan (Nashville, Tenn./Hume-Fogg Academic) 6-1, UF
2. Monique Brual vs. Jean-Arlette Legrand (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Commonwealth Parkland School) UF
3. Hannah Bradvica vs. Katherine Stancil (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) 6-3, UF
4. Caroline Lopez def. Noelle Kidd (Broadview Heights, Ohio/North Royalton) 6-0, 6-1
5. Susan Biederstedt def. Allison Riley (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg) 6-0, 6-1
6. Elizabeth Hoo vs. Lauren Passarelli (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) 6-1, UF
 
Doubles Results
1. Sydney Cianciola/Robertson def. Legrand/Swan 8-2
2. Brutal/Lopez def. Kidd/Stancil 8-1
3. Bradvica/Biederstedt def. Riley/Passarelli 8-0