WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – For the second straight year, the doubles team of sophomores Hannah Summerson (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) and Julia Nagle (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) advanced to the semifinals of the Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Championships to highlight the Lycoming College women's tennis team's performance on the first day of the tournament at Kirby Park on Saturday, Oct. 14.
 
Summerson and Nagle were the lone Lycoming doubles team to advance to the semifinals but in singles, senior Kaitlin Hallabuk (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) and Summerson both will play in the semifinals set to start at 9 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 15, at Kirby Park.
 
As the No. 3 seed at No. 2 doubles, Summerson and Nagle received a first-round bye before beating Lebanon Valley's Sammy Bost and Megan Williams, 8-3, in the quarterfinals. They will face No. 2 seed Christine Kenny and Nicole DelRosso in the semifinals in the first round of action in the morning.
 
In her No. 2 singles slot as the third seed, Summerson defeated Albright's Amanda Camporeae, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round before beating Stevenson's Kirstyn Davidson, 6-0, 6-2, in the quarterfinals. Summerson will face Misericordia's Carly Young, who Summerson defeated, 7-5, 6-3 on Oct. 7 in a 5-4 dual-meet win for the Warriors, in the semifinals.
 
Hallabuk won both her rounds at No. 3 singles as the fourth seed, beating Stevenson's Kelsi Mentzer in three sets, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 12-10. She then defeated DeSales' Sarah Chan, 6-3, 6-2, in the quarterfinals. Hallabuk will face the No. 1 seed in Wilkes' Dana Saliyev. With the two wins today, Hallabuk sits alone in fourth place in program history with 34 career singles wins.
 
In singles play, two Warriors won their first match but fell in the quarterfinals. At No. 6 singles, junior Brittany Lenze (St. Mary's, Pa./Elk County Catholic) won her first round match over Stevenson's Nina Bretz, 6-0, 6-4, before falling in the quarterfinals, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-4, to DeSales' Amanda Becker, the No. 3 seed. Senior Ashley Stover (Bel Air, Md./Patterson Mill) also won her first round match at No. 7, winning 6-4, 7-5, over Eastern's Cara Degnan. She fell in the quarterfinals to Stevenson's Rebecca Connelly, 6-2, 7-5.
 
In doubles, the other three teams advanced past the first round but fell in the quarterfinals. At No. 1 doubles, sophomore Devinity Apollon (District Heights, Md./School Without Walls) and Hallabuk won 8-3 over Pamela Russo and Allyson Wolf of FDU-Florham. The duo dropped the quarterfinal match to the No. 1 seed of Jordan Vasarkovy and Dana Saliyev of Wilkes, 8-4.
 
Junior Kimberleigh Parroccini (Warren, Pa./Warren Area) and Lenze won their first match, 8-1, over Arcadia's Meaghan Myers and Isabella Fontanella before falling in the quarterfinals to the third seed of FDU-Florham's Serina Grande and Kira Bradley. Junior Allyson Dugan (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) and Stover won, 8-1, in their first match over Eastern's Daja Wages and Cara Degnan. They fell in the quarterfinals to Wilkes' Nicole Gaetani and Courtney McGowan.
 
2017 MAC Women's Individual Championship
Oct 14-15, 2017 at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Kirby Park)

Singles competition
No. 1 Singles
R1	Mara Trifoi (Albright College) def. Devinity Apollon (Lycoming College) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Singles
R1	Hannah Summerson (Lycoming College) def. Amanda Camporeale (Albright College) 6-1, 6-1
QF	Hannah Summerson (Lycoming College) def. Kirstyn Davidson (Stevenson University) 6-0, 6-2
SF	Hannah Summerson (Lycoming College) vs. Carly Young (Misericordia) -- no result
No. 3 Singles
R1	Kaitlin Hallabuk (Lycoming College) def. Kelsi Mentzer (Stevenson University) 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 12-10
QF	Kaitlin Hallabuk (Lycoming College) def. Sarah Chan (DeSales University) 6-3, 6-2
SF	Dana Saliyev (Wilkes University) vs. Kaitlin Hallabuk (Lycoming College) -- no result
No. 4 Singles
R1	Emily Wichert (Messiah College) def. Julia Nagle (Lycoming College) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 Singles
R1	Chloe Dennerlein (Delaware Valley University) def. K. Parroccini (Lycoming College) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Singles
R1	Brittany Lenze (Lycoming College) def. Nina Bretz (Stevenson University) 6-0, 6-4
QF	Amanda Becker (DeSales University) def. Brittany Lenze (Lycoming College) 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-4
No. 7 Singles
R1	Ashley Stover (Lycoming College) def. Cara Degnan (Eastern University) 6-4, 7-6
QF	Rebecca Connelly (Stevenson University) def. Ashley Stover (Lycoming College) 6-2, 7-5

 

Doubles competition
No. 1 Doubles
R1	Devinity Apollon/Kaitlin Hallabuk (Lycoming College) def. Pamela Russo/Allyson Wolf (FDU-Florham Women) 8-3
QF	Jordan Vasarkovy/Dana Saliyev (Wilkes University) def. Devinity Apollon/Kaitlin Hallabuk (Lycoming College) 8-4
No. 2 Doubles
QF	Hannah Summerson/Julia Nagle (Lycoming College) def. Sammy Bost/Megan Williams (Lebanon Valley College) 8-3
SF	Hannah Summerson/Julia Nagle (Lycoming College) vs. Christine Kenny/Nicole DelRosso (FDU-Florham Women) -- no result
No. 3 Doubles
R1	K. Parroccini/Brittany Lenze (Lycoming College) def. Maeghan Myers/Isabella Fontanella (Arcadia University) 8-1
QF	Serina Grande/Kira Bradley (FDU-Florham Women) def. K. Parroccini/Brittany Lenze (Lycoming College) 8-4
No. 4 Doubles
R1	Ashley Stover/Allyson Dugan (Lycoming College) def. Daja Wages/Cara Degnan (Eastern University) 8-1
QF	Nicole Gaetani/Courtney McCowan (Wilkes University) def. Ashley Stover/Allyson Dugan (Lycoming College) 8-3