PAC Release

TRAFFORD, Pa. -- Two members of the Allegheny College women's basketball team received All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) accolades for the 2025-26 campaign, as announced on the PAC Sports Network on Wednesday night.

The reigning PAC Newcomer of the Year, Isabella Antonacci (Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area), was promoted to the All-PAC First Team as a sophomore. She was joined by senior forward Sarah Santicola (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area), who was named an All-PAC Honorable Mention.

Antonacci proved to be one of the most dynamic players in the conference this season. She finished her sophomore year ranked third in the PAC with 17.1 points per game while leading all players in assists (143), assists per game (5.5), and assist/turnover ratio (2.01). Among national leaders, Antonacci is seventh in Division III in assists per game, eighth in total assists, and 18th in assist/turnover ratio. She also ranks among the top 100 nationally in points per game, total points (445), free-throw percentage (83.0%), and field goals (160). In Allegheny's season-opener against No. 6 Washington and Lee University, Antonacci scored a career-high 36 points, and against the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on January 3, she set a new program record with 16 assists – tied for the most by a D-III player in a game in 2025-26. She also made headlines with a triple-double with 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 61-45 win over Franciscan University on February 14.

Santicola earned All-PAC honors for the third consecutive season as she wrapped up a record-breaking career with the Gators. The first player in Allegheny history to reach 1,000 career points and rebounds, the 6-foot-2 forward averaged a double-double for the third year in a row with 11.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. She finished second in the PAC in rebounding while leading the conference in blocks (62) and blocks per game (2.4). Nationally, Santicola ranked 16th in blocks, 17th in blocks per game, 27th in rebounds, and 37th in rebounds per game. Of her 11 double-doubles, she logged 22 points and 16 rebounds against Wittenberg University on November 14, and scored 13 points with a season-high 20 boards against Hiram College on February 21. Santicola will graduate this spring as Allegheny's all-time leader in both rebounds and blocks with 1,098 and 265, respectively.

In addition to Allegheny's two All-PAC selections, forward Kate Leach (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) was named to the 2025-26 PAC Sportsmanship Team. The PAC Sportsmanship Teams were established to recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior, and are an ongoing effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all PAC teams. Before her senior year was cut short due to injury, Leach posted career highs in points (6.0) and rebounds (4.9) in 15 starts.