ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team opened its spring break trip with a 7-0 loss to No. 37-ranked University of Mary Washington on Monday at the U.S. Tennis Association's (USTA) National Campus in Orlando, Florida.

The Gators (12-2) battled a Mary Washington (2-0) team that was not only ranked 37th nationally but also boasted an incredibly strong lineup. The Eagles featured a No. 1 singles player who qualified for last spring's NCAA singles championship and the ninth-best doubles tandem in the Atlantic South Region.

In the No. 2 singles match, junior Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) took five games from the 17th-ranked singles player in the Atlantic South, Isabella Rotaru, in a 6-2, 6-3 setback. In the top spot, first-year Gabrielle Bassette (Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day) suffered her first singles loss of the year against Addison Felts, who represented the Eagles in the 2025 D-III singles championship and already has wins over Division I opponents from Lehigh University and the Naval Academy this year.

Doubles Results
1. Addison Felts / Natalie Kim def. Giada Palmieri / Adriana Navarro, 6-1
2. Isabella Rotaru / Sarah Sandoval Banuelos def. Maria Lounder / Gabrielle Bassette, 6-1
3. Jacey Copeland / Sophia Broomall def. Emiliia Grydnieva / Anabel Bachman, 6-0

Singles Results
1. Addison Felts def. Gabrielle Bassette, 6-2, 6-0
2. Isabella Rotaru def. Emiliia Grydnieva, 6-2, 6-3
3. Natalie Kim def. Giada Palmieri, 6-0, 6-0
4. Sarah Sandoval Banuelos def. Adriana Navarro, 6-1, 6-0
5. Evie Snyder def. Anabel Bachman, 6-1, 6-0
6. Sophia Broomall def. Maria Lounder, 6-2, 6-0

Up Next
The Gators will face Division II Michigan Tech and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 3, at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.