GREENSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 14)- The Saint Vincent women's tennis team picked up its first win of the season, defeating Thiel 6-1 in a Presidents' Athletic Conference matchup at the Greensburg Racquet Club on Wednesday evening.
The Bearcats (1-9, 1-6 PAC) won two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point, before winning five of the six singles matches to secure the conference victory.
In doubles play, the duo of Rachel Zgurich and Cecilia Hickin earned a tightly contested 7-5 victory in the top doubles spot against Thiel's Alivia Fallon and Olivia Walker. Sydney McWreath and Sofia Tehrani followed with a dominant 6-0 victory in number two doubles against Makayla Flock and Emmalea Zummo.
At number three doubles, Kaylee Overly and Emily Meltzer battled in a tightly contested match, falling 7-6 (7-5) in a tiebreaker.
Saint Vincent continued its strong play in singles action, winning five matches in straight sets.
Zgurich earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Fallon in number one singles, while McWreath picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win against Flock in the second singles spot.
Hickin turned in a strong performance at number three singles, defeating Zummo 6-0, 6-0, while Tehrani followed with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Chloe Walton in number four singles.
Meltzer rounded out the singles victories for Saint Vincent, defeating Walker 6-0, 6-3 in the fifth singles spot.
Cloie Causer fell 4-6, 0-6 against Summer Stitt in number six singles to account for Thiel's lone point of the match.
The victory marked Saint Vincent's first win of the 2026 season and its first PAC victory of the fall campaign.
The Bearcats return to action this Saturday, October 17 with a road PAC matchup at Grove City. The match is scheduled to begin at 12 noon on Saturday afternoon.
