BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – It certainly wasn't easy, but the Geneva College women's tennis team pulled out a tight victory in its season-opener against Thiel, 6-3, with multiple matches going to a tiebreaker to decide a winner.  The Golden Tornadoes won four of the five tiebreakers, the difference in the match.  Geneva improved to 1-0 overall, 1-0 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while Thiel fell to 0-1, 0-1 in the PAC.

Senior Felicity Orndoff (New Stanton, Pa./Greensburg) and sophomore Emily Grove (Evans City, Pa./Seneca Valley) earned a win in #1 doubles, 8-5, and junior Caleigh Pumphrey (Martinsburg, W.Va./Hedgesville) and freshman Ella Miller (Freedom, Pa./Ambridge) won a tiebreaker in #3 doubles, 8-7, giving Geneva a 2-1 lead heading into singles.

Junior Kaylee McCall (Bemus Point, N.Y./Maple Grove) won a tiebreaker in #2 singles 6-1, 2-6, 10-5.  Junior Mady Paquet (Ellsworth, Wisc./Ellsworth) also won in a tiebreaker, defeating her opponent in #3 singles 6-2, 2-6, 10-7.  Orndoff clinched the victory, winning her tiebreaker in #1 singles with a 7-6, 2-6, 10-4 victory.  Pumphrey won the last match of the night in #6 singles 6-2, 6-1, accounting for Geneva's final point.

"After 503 days, this was quite the re-entry into match play," said Head Coach Mandee Craft.  "This was really exciting tennis tonight, and we fought hard for this win.  I'm so proud and so happy for this team, after all the hard work and patience they've put in this past year!"

The Golden Tornadoes return to action next Saturday, March 20, with a 4:00 p.m. home match against Saint Vincent.


Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva is included on Kiplinger's Personal Finance's "2019 Best College Values" list and has one of the top undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world.