Women's Tennis | 10/24/2015 6:19:00 PM

ERIE, PA. – The Washington & Jefferson women's tennis team finished third overall in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship tournament.

Rachel Johnson won all three of her singles matchups and was PAC Champion of the Third Singles flight. She is the first W&J women's tennis player to win a singles flight at the PAC Championships since Stacey Rathgeb won third singles in 1993.

Courtney Brennan, Kathryn Chase, and Abigail Palmer all won two of their three matches in singles to each advance to the semifinals of each of their groups.

During doubles, all three partnerships: Brennan and McCarthy, Chase and Johnson, and Morrison and Palmer, won two of their three matches to advance to the semifinals but fell in their last rounds.

First Singles

QF	Courtney Brennan (W&J) def. Pia Hager (Bethany) 6-0, 6-7 (2-7), 10-7

SF	Courtney Brennan (W&J) def. Gabby Eaborn (Westminster) 6-3, 6-4

CHA	Susie Ellis (Saint Vincent) def. Courtney Brennan (W&J) 6-4, 6-3

Second Singles

QF	Grace McCarthy (W&J) def. Elizabeth Stewart (Geneva) 6-2, 7-5

Third Singles

QF	Rachel Johnson (W&J) def. Katherine Deitrick (Geneva) 6-2, 6-3

SF	Rachel Johnson (W&J) def. Lucy Bujdos (Saint Vincent) 6-3, 6-1

CHA	Rachel Johnson (W&J) def. Anna Hetzer (Thomas More) 6-3, 6-4

Fourth Singles

QF	Kathryn Chase (W&J) def. Rachel Wilson (Waynesburg) 6-2, 6-3

SF	Leah Thomsen (Grove City) def. Kathryn Chase (W&J) 6-0, 6-4

CON	Kathryn Chase (W&J) def. Autumn Miller (Saint Vincent) 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-1

Fifth Singles

QF	Julie Becker (Grove City) def. Brianna Morrison (W&J) 6-1, 6-4

Sixth Singles

QF	Abigail Palmer (W&J) def. Hannah Hixon (Waynesburg) 6-0, 6-0

SF	Abigail Palmer (W&J) def. Patricia Pivaronas (Westminster) 7-5, 6-3

CHA	Taylor Bradley (Grove City) def. Abigail Palmer (W&J) 6-1, 6-1

First Doubles

QF	Courtney Brennan/Grace McCarthy (W&J) def. Elizabeth Stewart/Samantha Jensen (Geneva) 8-6

SF	Courtney Brennan/Grace McCarthy (W&J) def. Gabby Eaborn/Sydney Sterner (Westminster) 8-4

Second Doubles

QF	Kathryn Chase/Rachel Johnson (W&J) def. Anna Hetzer/Nicole Capodagli (Thomas More) 8-5

SF	Kathryn Chase/Rachel Johnson (W&J) def. Leah Thomsen/Janine Jones (Grove City) 8-6

Third Doubles

QF	Brianna Morrison/Abigail Palmer (W&J) def. Katherine Deitrick/Hilary Kinney (Geneva) 8-5

CON	Brianna Morrison/Abigail Palmer (W&J) def. Anita Onufer/Maria Gismondi (Saint Vincent) 9-7