CLARION, Pa. --- The Golden Eagle tennis team wrapped their 2026-27 fall schedule with a big win on Thursday afternoon, sweeping the doubles session and taking five of the six singles matches on Campbell Courts to beat Saint Vincent 6-1.
The doubles session was clinched fairly early on, with the Golden Eagles winning the Nos. 2 and 3 doubles matches in short order to take the point. The duo of Taelyn Thomas and Chloe Albrecht won the No. 2 match by a 6-1 score, and the point the was clinched after Cecilia Ellis and Eliza Harrington won by a 6-3 score of Leocadia Branche and McKenzie Hill in the No. 3 match.
The Golden Eagles weren't done in the doubles session though, with Polia Vladeva and Emily McMahan holding on for a tight 6-4 win over Sydney McWreath and Rachel Zgurich. Leading 4-3 late in the match, Vladeva and McMahan broke serve and held their own in the final two games to take the set.
The singles session featured a handful of close matches, including a pair of three-set contests. McMahan came out on top against McWreath in the No. 2 singles match, winning the first set 6-1 and then holding off McWreath by a 10-7 score in the third set to punctuate a 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (7) match. Tessa Folino came back from a one-set deficit to Emily Meltzer at No. 6 singles, winning 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7).
The rest of Clarion's wins came in straight sets. Thomas beat Sofia Tehrani 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 3 match and Albrecht took down Hill by a 6-2, 6-1 score. Ellis rounded out Clarion's points with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Jade Schuffert.
