BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Geneva women's tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to Westminster in their first match of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play of the season. Despite the final score, the women played the Titans very closely and put together a good performance to build upon as they get deeper into the conference season. The loss brings Geneva's record to 2-1 overall, 0-1 in PAC play, while Westminster remains undefeated, 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the PAC.

Doubles play set the tone for the rest of the match, with the #1-doubles pairing of freshman Chloe DeSanzo and junior Lauren Estes winning a tightly-contested first match 7-6 by way of a 7-2 tiebreaker. Unfortunately, the GTs dropped the other two doubles contests, although the #2-doubles team of senior Delaney Winterhalter and sophomore Rachel Hodsden was one point away from evening the match at 5-5 before eventually losing it 6-4.

DeSanzo won her competition in the top flight of singles play, defeating her opponent 6-3, 7-5. Estes also won her #2-singles match, with her opponent retiring down 1-0 in the second set after Estes took the first one 6-0. Junior Jenna Allison played well, and her performance in the #6-spot pretty much summed up the entire match for Geneva. She took the first set 6-2 before dropping the second one 7-6. The tiebreaker set went back-and-forth, well into the evening, with Allison eventually falling just short, 13-11.

"Tonight was really encouraging, in that Westminster is a significant step up from what we've faced so far," said head coach Mandee Craft. "I felt like we stepped up and played the best we have yet this fall."

The women remain at home for their next match, a competition against La Roche this Thursday, September 12, at 6:00 PM.

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