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Slippery Rock vs. West Chester
The Rock (12-3)	Golden Rams (9-9)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Matt Meredith	Coach Tina Tharp
Program Records	-
PSAC Standings
PSAC Schedule
SRU Tennis Courts

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The No. 28 Slippery Rock University women's tennis team begins its quest for a conference title when it hosts West Chester University in the quarterfinal round of the 2026 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament 2:30 p.m. Monday at the SRU Tennis Courts.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Live in-match results for the PSAC Tournament quarterfinal match will be provided by the SRU Women's Tennis program at the links below.
 
MATCH 16 DETAILS
Opponent: West Chester University
Date: Monday – 2:30 p.m.
Location: SRU Tennis Courts
Live Results: Link
All-Time Series: SRU leads 21-3
Last Played: March 13, 2026 (SRU won 7-0)
 
PSAC TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The top four teams in the PSAC East and PSAC West standings qualified for the 2026 PSAC Tournament. The first and second seeds from each division will host the fourth and third seeds from the opposite division in the quarterfinals.
 
The semifinals and championship matches will be held at Bloomsburg University. The conference championship match is slated to take place Saturday.
 
Under PSAC Tournament rules, doubles (six-game set with a seven-point tiebreaker) and singles (best of three sets) matches shall be played in a "Clinch-Clinch" format. Doubles competition will cease when a team point is clinched. Singles matches will cease when a team has clinched the match with four total points.
 
In the PSAC West, Indiana (Pa.) earned the top seed in the division followed by The Rock as the second seed, California (Pa.) as the third seed and Edinboro as the fourth seed. East Stroudsburg is the top seed out of the PSAC East with Bloomsburg, West Chester and Millersville rounding out the top four seeds.
 
PSAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Quarterfinals
#4E Millersville at #1W IUP (Monday – 2 p.m.)
#3E West Chester at Slippery Rock (Monday – 2:30 p.m.
#3W California at #2E Bloomsburg (Tuesday – 2 p.m.)
#4W Edinboro at #1E East Stroudsburg (Tuesday – 2 p.m.)
 
Semifinals
East Stroudsburg/Edinboro vs. Slippery Rock/West Chester (Friday – TBA)
California/Bloomsburg vs. IUP/Millersville (Friday – TBA)
Semifinals matches played at Bloomsburg
 
Finals
Saturday – Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
 
HOW THEY GOT HERE
Slippery Rock enters the PSAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed out of the PSAC West on the heels of a near perfect regular season in which it went 12-3 overall, 12-2 against Division II competition and 5-1 inside the PSAC West. SRU comes into the conference tournament on a hot streak as The Rock has won four of their last five matches – three of which coming in shutout fashion. Slippery Rock a flawless 3-0 in matches at the SRU Tennis Courts this year.
 
West Chester concluded the regular season at 9-9 overall and with a 3-2 mark in PSAC East matches to earn the third seed in the division. The Golden Rams snapped a five-match losing streak via a 7-0 victory over Kutztown in its regular season finale.
 
PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Slippery Rock will be making its eighth consecutive trip to the PSAC Tournament. SRU has won three PSAC championships all-time with league titles coming in 1980, 1981 and 2003.
 
SRU has advanced to the conference championships finals in five of the last six seasons the event has been held with its most recent trip to final match coming a year ago in a 4-3 loss to Indiana (Pa.).
 
After missing the PSAC Tournament for the first time in 11 years a season ago, West Chester returns to the conference tournament in search of its first PSAC crown since 1982.
 
Monday's match marks just second PSAC Tournament bout between The Rock and Golden Rams, with the first being a 4-0 SRU victory in the 2023 PSAC Tournament semifinals.
 
A LOOK AT THE ATLANTIC REGION RANKINGS
• Slippery Rock was slotted second in the most recent set of Atlantic Region rankings released last week. IUP was positioned first in the rankings followed by The Rock, Charleston, Fairmont State, West Virginia Wesleyan, Frostburg State, Shaw, East Stroudsburg and Bloomsburg.
                                                                                                                   
• Conference Tournament champions from the PSAC, Mountain East Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association as well as the next four highest ranked teams in the region at the end of year qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
 
• The NCAA will unveil the complete 48-team tournament field 8:30 p.m. May 4 on NCAA.com.
 
• No stranger to the postseason, Slippery Rock has qualified for the NCAA Tournament 22 times dating back to the 1995-96 season. More recently, SRU won its regional and made a run to the Round of 16 in the 2025 NCAA Tournament for what was the program's seventh consecutive national tournament berth.
 
• While Slippery Rock is a near lock to qualify for the NCAA Tournament no matter the outcomes in the PSAC Tournament either as conference champions or with an at-large bid, West Chester likely needs to win the conference tournament and secure the league's automatic bid.
 
• The full set of NCAA regional rankings can be found HERE.
 
PRESSURE PLAYERS
With no freshmen in its standard lineup, Slippery Rock has a wealth of postseason experience up and down its roster. Five members of SRU's 2026 roster have competed in – and won – singles matches in the postseason already in their careers during either conference tournament or NCAA Tournament competition.
 
SRU Records in the Postseason (PSAC / NCAA Tournament)
• Amaia Balaguer Brau*: 8-3
• Dari Sakhanova: 7-6
• Tina Slovak: 5-4
• Alissia Kivi: 3-1
• Nicole Kempton: 3-2
* Matches at Saint Thomas Aquinas included
 
IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME
To say Slippery Rock is tough to beat at home is an understatement. Dating back to the 2021-22 season, Slippery Rock is 21-1 in matches played at the SRU Tennis Courts. Monday's match will be SRU's fourth true home match of the year after previously beating Fairmont State (6-1), Edinboro (7-0) and California (6-1).
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock has recorded seven consecutive wins against the Golden Rams – including a 7-0 shutout during its spring break trip earlier in the season – to improve its record in the all-time series to a healthy 21-3.
 
SRU vs. WCU (Individual records)
Amaia Balaguer Brau (4-1)
2025-26:  Delaney Tingle (Won 6-3, 6-2)
2024-25:  Delaney Tingle (Won 6-2, 6-3)
2024-25:  Alexandra Cave (Won 6-2, 6-3)
2023-24: Delaney Tingle (Lost 2-6, 4-6)
2023-24:  Delaney Tingle (Won 7-6 (7-4), 6-4)
 
Nicole Kempton (3-0)
2025-26: Brigitte Gravelle (Won 6-3, 6-1)
2024-25: Alexandra Cave (Won 6-0, 6-2)
2023-24: Yuno Oe (Won 6-2, 6-0)
 
Dari Sakhanova (3-0)
2025-26: Felicia Manful (Won 6-2, 6-0)
2024-25: Felicia Manful (Won 6-2, 6-0)
2023-24: Ashleigh Grooms (Won 6-2, 6-0)
 
Tina Slovak (3-0)
2025-26: Alex Cave (Won 6-0, 6-2)
2024-25: Lerario dos Santos (Won 6-0, 6-0)
2023-24: Felicia Manful (Won 6-2, 6-0)
 
Alissia Kivi (2-0)
2025-26: Asheigh Grooms (Won 6-1, 6-0)
2024-25: Asheigh Grooms (Won 6-1, 6-1)
 
Nadia Rodewald (1-0)
2025-26: Sohana Thompson (Won 6-1, 6-0)
 
ITA NATIONAL RANKINGS CHECK
Teams
No. 28: Slippery Rock
Singles
No. 71: Alissia Kivi (SRU)
Doubles
No. 41: Nicole Kempton / Alissia Kivi (SRU)
 
BY THE (ITF World Tennis) NUMBERS
The ITF World Tennis Number provides a global rating standard for tennis players using a 40-1 scale, with 40 being a beginner player and 1 being an elite professional. The scale is for all players, regardless of age, gender, or ability. Below are the singles WTN's for Slippery Rock and California athletes.
 
1. Amaia Balaguer Brau (SRU): 20.46
2. Alissia Kivi (SRU): 20.68
3. Nicole Kempton (SRU): 22.26
4. Nadia Rodewald (SRU): 22.66
5. Dari Sakhanova (SRU): 23.07
6. Delaney Tingle (WCU): 23.67
7. Tina Slovak (SRU): 23.83
8. Alexandra Cave (WCU): 25.21
9. Ashleigh Grooms (WCU): 25.75
10. Anna Poranski (SRU): 27.22
11. Sohana Thompson (WCU): 27.34
12. Brigitte Gravelle (WCU): 27.76
13. Felicia Manful (WCU): 28.48
14. Mariam Jamburia (WCU): 28.78
 
CAREER WINS LIST CLIMBERS
Slippery Rock's quartet of Dari Sakhanova, Tina Slovak, Amaia Balaguer Brau and Nicole Kempton all open the week slotted among the best athletes in program history in terms of career victories. All four have over 100 wins (singles+doubles) at SRU and rank in the top 16 in program history for wins.
 
SRU Career Wins List (5-14)
5. Gabriela del Val del Toro (2020-24): 141
6. Jessica Hilborn (2006-10): 137
7. Dari Sakhanova (2022-Active): 136
8. Lacey Cohen (2016-21): 129
9. Lois Page (2018-22): 126
10. Tina Slovak (2022-Active): 120
t11. Amaia Balaguer Brau (2023-Active): 116
t11. Sarah Lynch (2009-12): 116
12. Lauren Coggins (2010-14): 115
13. Nicole Kempton (2023-Active): 113
14. Janelle Krantz (2009-13): 112
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Roster: Link
• Stats: Link
• Overall Record: 12-3
• PSAC West Record: 5-1
• PSAC West Seed: 2nd
• Home Record: 3-0
• Away Record: 4-2
• Neutral Site Record: 5-1
• Last 5 Matches: 4-1
• Streak: W3
• Head Coach: Matt Meredith | 28th season (405-227, .640)
 
Last 5 Matches
April 22: vs. California (Pa.) (W, 6-1)
April 19: at No. 47 West Virginia Wesleyan (W, 5-2)
April 18: at No. 23 Charleston (W, 7-0)
April 15: at No. 32 IUP (L, 4-3)
April 12: vs. Edinboro (W, 7-0)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Slippery Rock's three doubles pairings of Nicole Kempton / Alissia Kivi, Amaia Balaguer Brau / Tina Slovak and Nadia Rodewald / Dari Sakhanova have dominated the competition for the majority of the season, combining to earn the opening team point in 14 of 15 matches this year.
 
• The nationally ranked duo of Kivi and Kempton – which checked in at No. 41 in the most recent national doubles rankings released by the ITA – enter the PSAC Tournament at 19-11 overall and 10-5 in first flight dual bouts.
 
• Slovak and Balaguer Brau have strung together five consecutive wins, upping their record to a stellar 17-4 overall including an 12-3 showing out of the second flight.
 
• Rodewald and Sakhanova have been virtually unbeatable this year with just two losses in 22 contests. As part of their 20-2 overall record is a 12-1 effort in third-flight outings.
 
• Things haven't got much easier for The Rock's opposition through the majority of the season when singles matches begin as five members of SRU's standard singles lineup all have at least 15 wins this season.
 
• Kivi is in the midst of a great sophomore season in which the 2024-25 PSAC West Freshman of the Year has gone 21-4 overall and 12-3 out of the second flight. She enters the West Chester match on a five-match winning streak and as the No. 71 ranked singles athlete in Division II.
 
• Facing the toughest competition opponents have to offer, Balaguer Brau is 18-7 overall and 11-4 from the top spot in the singles rotation. Included in Balaguer Brau's success this year is a recent win over Charleston's Sara Martinez, who was positioned 71st in the nation at the time of the contest.
 
• Kempton and Rodewald sport matching 17-6 records. Kempton is 10-4 out of the third flight. Rodewald has registered 12 consecutive victories and is 9-1 in sixth flight matches.
 
• Sakhanova is 15-6 on the year overall and 10-3 in dual matches primarily from the fifth flight (7-3). Rounding out the roster are Tina Slovak (6-7 overall, 5-6 from the fourth flight) and Anna Poranski (5-6 overall, 2-1 from the sixth flight).
 
WEST CHESTER PRIMER
• Roster: Link
• Stats: Link
• Overall Record: 9-9
• PSAC East Record: 3-2
• PSAC East Seed: 3rd
• Home Record: 4-5
• Away Record: 4-2
• Neutral Site Record: 1-2
• Last 5 Matches: 1-4
• Streak: W1
• Head Coach: Tina Tharp | 18th season (181-151, .545)
 
Last 5 Matches
April 22: vs. Kutztown (W, 7-0)
April 21: vs. Bloomsburg (L, 4-3)
April 18: at Frostburg State (L, 6-1)
April 15: vs. East Stroudsburg (L, 4-3)
April 14: vs. District of Columbia (L, 5-2)
 
PROBABLE LINEUP (Last Match Order)
Singles
1-Delaney Tingle (10-9)
2-Ashleigh Grooms (5-11)
3-Brigitte Gravelle (7-11)
4-Alexandra Cave (11-7)
5-Felicia Manful (4-8)
6-Sohana Thompson (8-5)
Doubles
1-Gravelle / Tingle (8-3)
2-Cave / Grooms (7-1)
3-Thompson / Manful (8-4)
 
UP NEXT
If victorious, Slippery Rock will meet the winner of the East Stroudsburg – Edinboro quarterfinal match in the PSAC Tournament semifinals # a.m. Friday at Bloomsburg. Were The Rock to lose to West Chester their season is likely not over as SRU would still be a strong candidate to earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.




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