MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team secured the top seed in the upcoming Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournament and its third consecutive undefeated PAC regular season on Saturday afternoon at the Robertson Athletic Complex.

The Gators (12-2, 8-0 PAC) played twice on Saturday, but the first match was the most important. Allegheny opened its doubleheader with a 7-0 shutout win over Westminster College in its PAC finale. It marked the 24th consecutive PAC victory for the Gators, who have yet to lose a regular-season conference match since joining the PAC ahead of the 2022-23 season.

In the nightcap, the Blue and Gold hosted Division II PennWest California. The Vulcans (4-1) snapped Allegheny's 12-match win streak with a 7-0 win.

Needing the win against a conference opponent, Allegheny put out its top lineup against the Titans (7-3, 5-3 PAC), who qualified for the PAC Championship Tournament as the fourth seed. In doubles action, the No. 1 duo of Julia Müsseler (Munich, Germany/Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium) and Evie Ellenberger (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper Saint Clair) improved to 9-0 as a team with a 6-4 victory over Westminster's Gia Francisco and Emma Sukal. The Gators won all three doubles matches, jumping out to an early 1-0 lead.

Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) and Müsseler posted identical scores in the top two singles matches, winning both 6-2, 6-2. As a result, Müsseler finished the PAC schedule undefeated with a combined 15-0 record. With a 6-3, 6-4 win in the fifth singles match, Alejandra Villanueva (Bogotá, Colombia/French Touch Academy) picked up her team-leading eighth PAC singles victory as the only Gator to earn a win against every conference opponent. Nicole Serna Cassan (Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico/Grandview Preparatory (Fla.)) and Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon Area) also earned their seventh PAC singles wins, as both finished the regular season 7-0 against league opponents.

Doubles Results vs. Westminster
1. Julia Müsseler / Evie Ellenberger def. Gia Francisco / Emma Sukal, 6-4
2. Rei Etsumi / Nicole Serna Cassan def. Ryleigh Valone / Emma Overlingas, 6-2
3. Emiliia Grydnieva / Adriana Navarro def. Morgan Allen / Taylor Dlugozima, 6-0

Singles Results vs. Westminster
1. Emiliia Grydnieva def. Gia Francisco, 6-2, 6-2
2. Julia Müsseler def. Emma Sukal, 6-2, 6-2
3. Rei Etsumi def. Ryleigh Valone, 7-5, 6-3
4. Nicole Serna Cassan def. Emma Overlingas, 6-4, 6-4
5. Alejandra Villanueva def. Morgan Allen, 6-3, 6-4
6. Maria Lounder def. Grace Askey, 6-0, 6-1

Doubles Results vs. California
1. Leandra Guldimann / Teddi Isherwood def. Evie Ellenberger / Maria Lounder, 6-4
2. Diletta Maria Mungo / Lilli Schreiber def. Omega Ba / Adriana Navarro, 6-4
3. Garance Laforet / Maria Del Mar Ojeda def. Athena Drollas / Mackenzie Burd, 6-4

Singles Results
1. Teddi Isherwood def. Rei Etsumi, 6-1, 6-2
2. Leandra Guldimann def. Nicole Serna Cassan, 6-1, 6-2
3. Garance Laforet def. Evie Ellenberger, 6-2, 6-3
4. Lilli Schreiber def. Maria Lounder, 6-3, 6-2
5. Maria Del Mar Ojeda def. Omega Ba, 7-6 (4), 6-1
6. Carmen Duran def. Adriana Navarro, 6-1, 6-0

Up Next
Allegheny has one more match before the PAC Championship Tournament. On Sunday, October 13, the Gators will travel to Penn State Altoona for a non-conference match beginning at 1:00 p.m.