LATROBE, Pa. -- Allegheny College women's tennis earned a 6-1 victory over Saint Vincent College in its 2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) opener on Wednesday afternoon.

Allegheny (2-1, 1-0 PAC) snapped Saint Vincent's (3-1, 0-1) three-match win streak to start the season while earning its 17th consecutive regular-season PAC victory.

The only point the Bearcats took from the Gators came at No. 1 singles. Allegheny won the doubles point by sweeping all three matches, including a 6-0 shutout by Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley) and Nicole Serna Cassan (Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico/Grandview Preparatory (Fla.)) in the No. 2 match. Etsumi and Serna Cassan were both double winners, as the duo took down their singles opponents at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.

First-years Julia Müsseler (Munich, Germany/Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium) and Alejandra Villanueva (Bogotá, Colombia/French Touch Academy) earned identical victories with 6-1, 6-0 scores in the second and fifth singles matches. Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon Area) bookended the lineup with an unblemished 6-0, 6-0 triumph.

Doubles Results
1. Emiliia Grydnieva / Julia Müsseler def. Carolina Walters / Isabella Lane, 6-4
2. Rei Etsumi / Nicole Serna Cassan def. Rachel Zgurich / Abby Donnelly, 6-0
3. Omega Ba / Adriana Navarro def. Julia Runk / Marisa Hooper, 6-3

Singles Results
1. Carolina Walters def. Emiliia Grydnieva, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7)
2. Julia Müsseler def. Rachel Zgurich, 6-1, 6-0
3. Rei Etsumi def. Isabella Lane, 7-5, 6-3
4. Nicole Serna Cassan def. Marisa Hooper, 6-2, 6-2
5. Alejandra Villanueva def. Abby Donnelly, 6-1, 6-0
6. Maria Lounder def. Caroline O'Connor, 6-0, 6-0

Up Next
Allegheny will host both Penn State Behrend and the University of Mount Union on Friday, September 13, as part of the team's Friday Night Lights promotion. The early match against the Lions is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start, while the nightcap against the Purple Raiders is set for 6:00 p.m.