PAC Release

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team was well represented on the 2023 All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), with seven different players earning first- or second-team recognition.

The All-PAC teams, along with this year's annual award winners and sportsmanship team selections, were decided by a vote of the league's nine head coaches.

Two Gators were included on the All-PAC First Team, as both Jean-Arlette Legrand (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Commonwealth Parkville School) and Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) were rewarded for their performances at the first and second spots in the lineup. Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley) and Noelle Kidd (Broadview Heights, Ohio/North Royalton) were both highlighted on the All-PAC Second Team for singles. In addition, Allegheny placed three duos - Allison Riley (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg) and Sabrina Rodriguez (Kissimmee, Fla./Professional and Technical), Legrand and Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon Area), and Etsumi and Grydnieva - on the second team.

Legrand, a repeat All-PAC First Team selection in singles action, went 7-3 while playing No. 1, which included a 6-2 record against PAC opponents. She also won 11 doubles matches, just one shy of the team lead, and was undefeated in PAC matches with a 7-0 conference record. Legrand and Lounder teamed up five times and were victorious on four occasions. Two of those doubles wins were earned in the PAC Championship Tournament.

Grydnieva had a very successful freshman year playing in the top half of the lineup. She was 10-3 in singles matches, including a 7-0 mark at the No. 2 spot and an unblemished 6-0 conference record. Etsumi, a fellow first-year standout, paced the team with 14 singles wins and boasted an 8-0 record against PAC opposition. Together, Grydnieva and Etsumi earned doubles wins at every spot in the lineup and were 4-0 against PAC opponents.

Kidd's All-PAC Second-Team designation marks the first award of her Allegheny career. She finished the fall half of her senior season with an 11-5 overall record and a 6-1 record in conference matches. Her seven-match win streak featured a trio of 6-0, 6-0 wins against Franciscan University, Waynesburg University, and Thiel College. Kidd was also Allegheny's representative on the PAC Sportsmanship Team.

Rodriguez earned All-PAC doubles recognition for the second year in a row, while Riley collected her first postseason award. The highlight of their matches came at the Kenyon College Invitational, where they took down Otterbein University's Caitlyn Pennington Rachelle Moses, 8-3.

2023 All-PAC Women's Tennis Award Winners
PAC Player of the Year: Maria Herrera, Franciscan
PAC Newcomer of the Year: Catherine Petrovich, Grove City
PAC Coach of the Year: Nate Horner, Grove City
 

All-PAC First Team
Singles
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.
2S	Emiliia Grydnieva	Allegheny	Fr.
1S	Jean-Arlette Legrand	Allegheny	Sr.
2S	Olivia Colby	Franciscan	Jr.
1S	Maria Herrera	Franciscan	Sr.
1S	Catherine Petrovich	Grove City	Fr.
1S	Carolina Walters	Saint Vincent	So.
1S	Nidhi Pulicherla	W&J	Jr.
1S	Gia Francisco	Westminster	Jr.
Doubles
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.
1D	Olivia Colby	Franciscan	Jr.
	Maria Herrera	Franciscan	Sr.
1D	Emily Ivory	Grove City	Jr.
	Janel McCray	Grove City	Jr.
2D	Catherine Petrovich	Grove City	Fr.
	Alyssa Good	Grove City	Jr.
1D	Gia Francisco	Westminster	Jr.
	Christine Rossi	Westminster	So.

 

All-PAC Second Team
Singles
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.
4S	Rei Etsumi	Allegheny	Fr.
5S	Noelle Kidd	Allegheny	Sr.
3S	Claire Cardie	Franciscan	So.
1S	Lauren Estes	Geneva	So.
4S	Emily Ivory	Grove City	Jr.
6S	Janel McCray	Grove City	Jr.
5S	Emma Overlingas	Westminster	Fr.
2S	Christine Rossi	Westminster	So.
Doubles
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.
1D	Allison Riley	Allegheny	Sr.
	Sabrina Rodriguez	Allegheny	Jr.
2D	Jean-Arlette Legrand	Allegheny	Sr.
	Maria Lounder	Allegheny	So.
3D	Rei Etsumi	Allegheny	Fr.
	Emiliia Grydnieva	Allegheny	Fr.
2D	Claire Cardie	Franciscan	So.
	Veronica Saunders	Franciscan	So.
1D	Riley Moore	W&J	Fr.
	Nidhi Pulicherla	W&J	Jr.
3D	Taylor Dlugozima	Westminster	Jr.
	Emma Overlingas	Westminster	Fr.

 

All-PAC Honorable Mention
Singles
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.
4S	Jordan Beltavski	Franciscan	Fr.
6S	Ella Miller	Geneva	Sr.
2S	Delaney Winterhalter	Geneva	Jr.
2S	Lexi Chappel	Grove City	Sr.
5S	Alyssa Good	Grove City	Jr.
3S	Peyton Joines	Grove City	Fr.
5S	Marisa Hooper	Saint Vincent	So.
1S	Toby Atwood	Thiel	So.
5S	Lisha Chadda	W&J	Sr.
6S	Grace Askey	Westminster	So.
4S	Caroline Fox	Westminster	Sr.
Doubles
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.
3D	Jordan Beltavski	Franciscan	Fr.
	Delaney Dawson	Franciscan	So.
1D	Lauren Estes	Geneva	So.
	Delaney Winterhalter	Geneva	Jr.
3D	Courtney DeCarlo	Grove City	So.
	Peyton Joines	Grove City	Fr.
1D	Carolina Walters	Saint Vincent	So.
	Rachel Zgurich	Saint Vincent	Fr.
3D	Abby Donnelly	Saint Vincent	Jr.
	Lydia Lieb	Saint Vincent	Jr.
2D	Caroline Fox	Westminster	Sr.
	Ryleigh Valone	Westminster	Jr.

 

PAC Sportsmanship Team
Name	School	Yr.	Hometown | High School
Noelle Kidd	Allegheny	Sr.	Broadview Heights, Ohio/North Royalton
Claire Cardie	Franciscan	So.	Chardon, Ohio/North Royalton
Ella Miller	Geneva	Sr.	Freedom, Pa./Ambridge
Kelsey Coleman	Grove City	Sr.	Findlay, Ohio/Findlay
Marisa Hooper	Saint Vincent	So.	Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle
Payton Blankenbeckley	Thiel	Sr.	Portsmouth, Ohio/Minford
Nidhi Pulicherla	W&J	Jr.	Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton
Karley Starcher	Waynesburg	Fr.	Williamston, W.Va./St. Mary's
Ryleigh Valone	Westminster	Jr.	Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy