NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – No. 3 Westminster shut out No. 6 Thiel at home in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Tennis Championship Tournament Quarterfinals on Tuesday.
 
Titan first-year Emma Sukal (Pittsburgh, PA / Baldwin) won No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-1, over Natalie Zgurich, followed by junior Sabrina Slagle (Upper St. Clair, PA / Upper St. Clair) who won No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-0, over Sarah Haritos. First-year Taylor Dlugozima (Volant, PA / Wilmington) won a hard-fought No. 6 singles match in comeback fashion, 2-6, 6-3, 11-9, over Reagan Hayne. Suklal teamed up with classmate Gia Francisco (Canfield, OH / Canfield) for an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles.
 
The Titans improved to 10-2 on the season and advance to play at No. 2 Washington & Jefferson in the Semifinals on Friday, Oct. 22 with a 4 p.m. start time. Thiel finished the season 2-11.
 
This year's PAC Championship Tournament features a six-team championship bracket format. Friday's semifinals and Saturday's championship match will utilize the nine-point team format with matches played to decision (first team to 5 individual match wins). This weekend's matches will be hosted by W&J at its on-campus Janet Swanson Tennis Center. This year's tournament champion will secure the PAC's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Championships
 
Tuesday's Results:
 
Singles competition:
1. Emma Sukal (WES) def. Natalie Zgurich (THI) 6-1, 6-1
2. Sabrina Slagle (WES) def. Sarah Haritos (THI) 6-1, 6-0
3. Gia Francisco (WES) def. P. Blankenbeckley (THI) 6-1, 6-1
4. Caroline Fox (WES) def. Jordan Zee (THI) 6-1, 6-2
5. Ryleigh Valone (WES) def. Madeline Depalma (THI) 6-2, 6-0
6. Taylor Dlugozima (WES) def. Reagan Hayne (THI) 2-6, 6-3, 11-9
 
Doubles competition:
1. Emma Sukal/Gia Francisco (WES) def. Natalie Zgurich/P. Blankenbeckley (THI) 8-0
2. Sabrina Slagle/Caroline Fox (WES) def. Sarah Haritos/Jordan Zee (THI) 8-2
3. Ryleigh Valone/Taylor Dlugozima (WES) def. Madeline Depalma/Reagan Hayne (THI) 8-0