WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team locked up its fourth consecutive undefeated conference schedule and secured home-court advantage for the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournament with a 7-0 sweep of Washington and Jefferson College on Wednesday.

The Gators (10-0, 8-0 PAC) extended their regular-season conference win streak to 32 consecutive matches. Since rejoining the PAC ahead of the 2022-23 season, Allegheny has yet to drop a regular-season match to a conference opponent. With Wednesday's win, the Gators earned a first-round bye and will begin their title defense at home in the semifinals on Thursday, October 16.

The No. 1 duo of Evie Ellenberger (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) and Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) won their seventh straight match together with a hard-fought 7-6 (5) victory over W&J's (7-3, 4-3 PAC) Claire Loomis and Keiran Moorhead. For Ellenberger, the tiebreak win improved her doubles record this fall to 16-0.

Grydnieva then faced Loomis in the No. 1 singles contest. She logged her first win of the fall in the top spot with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph. In the No. 2 spot, first-year Giada Palmieri (Berlin, Germany/Paulsen Gymnasium) nearly shut out her opponent. Palmieri dropped only one game in a 6-1, 6-0 defeat of Bella Graham. 

Doubles Results
1. Evie Ellenberger / Emiliia Grydnieva def. Claire Loomis / Keiran Moorhead, 7-6 (5)
2. Gabrielle Bassette / Maria Lounder def. Bella Graham / Maya Hamade, 6-2
3. Anabel Bachman / Rei Etsumi def. Mackenzie Gumto / Austyn Paugh, 6-1

Singles Results
1. Emiliia Grydnieva def. Claire Loomis, 6-3, 6-4
2. Giada Palmieri def. Bella Graham, 6-1, 6-0
3. Evie Ellenberger def. Keiran Moorhead, 6-4, 6-2
4. Maria Lounder def. Maya Hamade, 6-3, 6-4
5. Rei Etsumi def. Paisley Cole, 6-0, 6-2
6. Adriana Navarro def. Austyn Paugh, 6-1, 6-2

Up Next
Allegheny clinched the PAC's regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed for next week's PAC Championship Tournament. The Gators will host a semifinal match at the Robertson Athletic Complex on Thursday, October 16.