Grove City College Athletics

GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's tennis team earned a 4-0 home victory Thursday afternoon over third-seeded Washington & Jefferson at Walters-Zbell Courts in the semifinals of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament.

The victory sends No. 2 Grove City (11-1) into Saturday's championship match at top-seeded Allegheny. Allegheny blanked No. 4 Franciscan in the other tournament semifinal Thursday afternoon, 4-0.

Grove City earned wins at second and third doubles to take the doubles point. Straight-set singles wins from junior Iris Kiehl (Warren, Pa./Warren), sophomore Blaire Beatty (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield Christian) and sophomore Emma Flanigan (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Christian) closed out the team victory.

The Grove City-Allegheny match wll be a rematch of the teams' October 10 encounter at Walters-Zbell Courts. Allegheny won 5-2 that afternoon. 

Saturday's championship match will start at 1 p.m. in Meadville.

Washington & Jefferson at Grove City
Singles
1. Grace Stitt (GRO) vs. Keiran Moorhead (WJC) 2-6, 3-2, unfinished
2. Grace Yurko (GRO) vs. Claire Loomis (WJC) 6-2, 3-5, unfinished
3. Reagan Dougherty (GRO) vs. Maya Hamade (WJC) 7-6 (7-5), unfinished
4. Iris Kiehl (GRO) def. Bella Graham (WJC) 6-2, 6-1
5. Blaire Beatty (GRO) def. Keira Ross (WJC) 6-3, 6-3
6. Emma Flanigan (GRO) def. Austyn Paugh (WJC) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1. Grace Yurko/Emma Flanigan (GRO) vs. Claire Loomis/Keiran Moorhead (WJC) 4-4, unfinished
2. Grace Stitt/Reagan Dougherty (GRO) def. Mackenzie Gumto/Austyn Paugh (WJC) 6-1
3. Iris Kiehl/Blaire Beatty (GRO) def. Bella Graham/Keira Ross (WJC) 6-2