MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Allegheny women's tennis team concluded their 2023-24 season at home against RIT Saturday (April 20), falling 6-3.
 
The Tigers opened the match with a doubles sweep before the teams split the six singles matches.
 
Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) earned a singles victory in the second flight, picking up a 6-2, 6-1 win.
 
At third singles, Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley) bounced back from a first set loss to take the second 6-2. In the tiebreaker, Etsumi prevailed with a 10-7 win.
 
Athena Drollas (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) also had a tiebreaker victory at sixth singles. After recovering with a 6-2 second set win, Drollas controlled the tiebreaker, taking it 10-2.
 
The Gators finished their season with an 11-11 record.
 
Doubles
1st. Kronenberg/Clinard def. Lounder/Ba 8-0
2nd. Donohue/Galkiewicz def. Grydnieva/Etsumi 8-6
3rd. Murray/Mills def. Drollas/Clark 8-4
 
Singles
1st. Kronenberg def. Lounder 6-1, 6-1
2nd. Grydnieva def. Clinard 6-2, 6-1
3rd. Etsumi def. Donohue 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)
4th. Murray def. Ba 6-0, 6-2
5th. Galkiewicz def. O'Connell 6-2, 6-2
6th. Drollas def. Mills 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-2)