MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team was beaten by Division II Edinboro University by a 9-0 final score on Monday evening at the Robertson Athletic Complex.

A mere 24 hours after finishing competition at the Kenyon College Invitational, the Gators faced a tough opponent in the D-II Fighting Scots. Although Allegheny was unable to secure a match, the Gators took several games throughout the lineup.

In doubles play, the first-year tandem of Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) and Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley) battled two juniors, Rafaella Negrao De Almeida and Luciana Ponce, to an 8-4 decision. Fellow first-years Omega Ba (Orlando, Fla./Edgewater) and Kayla Hay (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny) also faced a pair of upperclasswomen and fought hard in a commendable 8-5 defeat.

Grydnieva and Sabrina Rodriguez (Kissimmee, Fla./Professional and Technical) each took six games from their singles opponents at the No. 1 and No. 2 spot but lost in straight sets.

Doubles Results
1. Johanna Priedite / Cecilia Carayol def. Jean-Arlette Legrand / Maria Lounder, 8-0
2. Rafaella De Almeida / Luciana Ponce def. Emiliia Grydnieva / Rei Etsumi, 8-4
3. Marina Zottele / Maria Salmao def. Omega Ba / Kayla Hay, 8-5

Singles Results
1. Johanna Priedite def. Emiliia Grydnieva, 6-3, 6-3
2. Luciana Ponce def. Sabrina Rodriguez, 6-2, 6-4
3. Cecilia Carayol def. Rei Etsumi, 6-2, 6-0
4. Rafaella Negrao De Almeida def. Noelle Kidd, 6-1, 6-3
5. Lara Sener def. Athena Drollas, 6-0, 6-0
6. Marina Zottele def. Abbie Bender, 6-1, 6-0

Up Next
Allegheny opens Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action on Wednesday, September 13, with a road trip to Geneva College at 6:00 p.m.