WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – After reaching 10 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history, the Lycoming College women's tennis team will step back into the postseason for a second straight year as well, entering the MAC Commonwealth Championship as the No. 3 seed. Lycoming opens the tournament in the conference semifinals at No. 2 Lebanon Valley College on Tuesday, May 1 at 3:30 p.m.
 
No. 4 Arcadia will head to top-seeded Messiah for the other conference semifinal, with the two winners facing off at the site of the highest remaining seed on Saturday, May 5, in the conference championship.
 
Over the past two seasons, the Warriors have won more matches (23) than in any other two-year span in program history. After winning a school-record 13 matches in 2016-17, the Warriors bumped up the schedule, playing Scranton, FDU-Florham, Misericordia and Division II Bloomsburg and still managed to fight through the toughened schedule to a 10-7 record, clinching the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament with back-to-back wins against Alvernia and Hood in the final eight days of the regular season.
 
The Warriors have relied on strong singles play throughout the season, winning at a 58 percent clip or better at the No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 singles positions.
 
Sophomore Hannah Summerson (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) has once again led that wave after tying the school record for singles wins in a season as a rookie. This season, she has broken the record, posting a 15-6 record and advancing to the MAC Individual Championship finals at No. 2 singles.
 
Sophomore Devinity Apollon (Washington D.C./School Without Walls) has topped the lineup and served up a strong spring, posting a 9-3 record at No. 1, including a 6-1 mark in conference play. Senior Kaitlin Hallabuk (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) has notched a 13-7 record, meanwhile, at No. 3 singles, including a productive 5-2 mark in conference play.
 
Junior Brittany Lenze (St. Mary's, Pa./Elk County Catholic) has played well in the No. 5 slot, posting a 7-7 record and a 4-2 mark in conference play, but she will move into the No. 6 slot for the conference tournament with the return of sophomore Julia Nagle (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) from an injury. Senior Kimberleigh Parroccini (Warren, Pa./Warren Area) has also played well in the No. 5 slot, where she will play this week after producing a 4-4 mark at the slot this year.
 
Nagle, in an injury-plagued season, has added a 6-4 mark at the No. 4 slot this year and a 6-6 mark overall this year.
 
In doubles play, Summerson and Apollon have combined to post a 5-4 mark at the top doubles spot. Hallabuk and Nagle are 4-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play and Lenze and Parroccini have notched a 5-8 overall record.
 
Lebanon Valley finished its regular season with a  10-6 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the conference, losing only to top-seeded Messiah. Megan Williams leads the team with 12 wins, primarily from the No. 5 slot, and Sammy Bost is 10-5 overall at the No. 3 slot.
 
In the first meeting, Apollon won both the No. 1 singles and doubles match, but Lebanon Valley won the last five singles and two doubles to take a 7-2 decision. All three doubles matches were closely contested, with an 8-6 decision at No. 2 and 9-7 at No. 3.