Box Score STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- On Wednesday evening, the Allegheny College women's tennis team outlasted Mother Nature long enough to earn a 5-0 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) over Franciscan University.

Although the first and third singles matches were unfinished due to wet conditions, the Gators (9-1, 6-0 PAC) won their sixth consecutive conference match. It's another key PAC victory over a Franciscan (6-2, 2-2 PAC) team that has reached the PAC finals in 2022 and semifinals in 2023.

The Gators clinched the doubles point by taking the first and third matches. Atop the lineup, Julia Müsseler (Munich, Germany/Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium) and Evie Ellenberger (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper Saint Clair) remained undefeated as a duo with their fifth win by a 6-2 score. In the No. 3 spot, Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) and Adriana Navarro (Distrito Central, Honduras/DelCampo School) picked up their second win of the season, 6-3.

Junior Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon Area) was the first to complete her singles match with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep. Müsseler blanked her opponent, Olivia Colby, in the opening set en route to a 6-0, 6-2 victory. The match-clinching singles point came from Alejandra Villanueva (Bogotá, Colombia/French Touch Academy) in the fifth position, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles Results
1. Julia Müsseler / Evie Ellenberger def. Claire Cardie / Kina Ehlers, 6-2
2. Olivia Colby / Jordan Beltavski def. Rei Etsumi / Nicole Serna Cassan, 6-1
3. Emiliia Grydnieva / Adriana Navarro def. Veronica Saunders / Lucy Rochat, 6-3

Singles Results
1. Emiliia Grydnieva vs. Claire Cardie, 5-7, 6-2, 13-13 (unfinished)
2. Julia Müsseler def. Olivia Colby, 6-0, 6-2
3. Rei Etsumi vs. Kina Ehlers, 4-6, 7-5, 3-2 (unfinished)
4. Nicole Serna Cassan def. Jordan Beltavski, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
5. Alejandra Villanueva def. Hazel Mistry, 6-1, 6-2
6. Maria Lounder def. Margaret Vernau, 6-0, 6-0

Up Next
On Saturday, September 28, the Gators will host Division II PennWest Clarion at noon at the Robertson Athletic Complex for a non-conference match.