ABINGTON, Pa. - Women's tennis began their 2025 spring season this afternoon with a 7-0 win over Penn State Abington. The win moves the Lions to 1-0 in the spring and Abington falls to 0-1.
Dating back to last season and including this past fall season, the Lions are on a 15-match win streak in the regular season. The team's last regular season loss came in March a year ago.
Alex Pancu enters her senior season as a three-time MAC Commonwealth Player of Year and will look to make it a four in a row after the conclusion of this spring season. Pancu was dominant in her number one singles match winning 6-1,4-6,10-4 against Penn State Abington's top player.
Michelle Timothy cruised to a 6-1,6-0 victory in number two singles play.
The trio of
Elicia Aponte,
Allison Horick and
Alaina Smith all swept their respective opponents. Aponte and Horick won 6-0, 6-0 and Smith won 8-0.
Pancu and Horick teamed up for a 6-1 win in doubles play while Timothy and
Kaelyn Davis took the number two doubles match 6-4.
Match Results:
#1 singles –
Alex Pancu (ALB) def Laurie Flemming 6-1,4-6,10-4
#2 singles –
Michelle Timothy (ALB) def Isabella DePorre 6-1, 6-0
#3 singles –
Elicia Aponte (ALB) def Soniyah Youngblood 6-0, 6-0
#4 singles –
Allison Horick (ALB) def Morgan Schaefer 6-0, 6-0
# 5 singles –
Alaina Smith (ALB) def Maman Saly Mbengue 8-0
#6 singles –
Kaelyn Davis (ALB) Win by forfeit
#1 doubles – Pancu & Horick (ALB) def Flemming & DePorre 6-1
#2 doubles – Timothy & Davis (ALB) def Youngblood & Schaefer 6-4
#3 doubles – Aponte & Smith (ALB) Win by forfeit
Up Next:
The Lions will be off until the end of the month, going on the road to Moravian on March 20. The match will start at 3:30 p.m.
