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Acker, Girol Selected to All-Conference Women’s Tennis Team

Acker, Girol Selected to All-Conference Women’s Tennis Team

NORTH BOSTON, N.Y. – Penn State Altoona women's tennis senior Victoria Acker (Cresson, PA/Penn Cambria) and junior Sophia Girol (South Park, PA/South Park) have been voted to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference team, which was announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Acker and Girol were selected to the second team of the All-AMCC squad together for their work as a duo in No. 2 doubles. Girol was also voted second team All-Conference in the No. 4 singles spot.

Acker and Girol combined for an 11-3 overall record in No. 2 doubles matches this season, leading both their team and the AMCC in overall wins in the No. 2 doubles slot. Their total of 11 wins ties the Penn State Altoona women's tennis program's single season record for doubles victories, and it represents a career-high mark for both players. Additionally, Acker and Girol went 6-2 against AMCC opponents in the regular season, with their only losses coming to opponents from the conference's top two teams, Franciscan University and Medaille College.

Girol had a strong season as the Lady Lions' No. 4 singles player, playing 11 of her 16 singles matches in that spot and posting a 9-2 overall record there. Against AMCC opponents in No. 4 singles, Girol went 6-1, suffering her only loss to eventual conference champion Franciscan. In all singles spots combined, the junior posted a 12-4 overall record to lead her team with a career-high 12 wins. Girol's total of 12 wins is the second-most in a single season in Lady Lions tennis history.

This is the first time in Acker and Girol's collegiate tennis careers that either player has been voted to the AMCC All-Conference team. To view the complete 2019 AMCC Women's Tennis All-Conference team, click HERE.

Penn State Altoona women's tennis went 7-9 overall this fall, including a 4-4 record in the AMCC. As the number six seed in the AMCC's postseason tournament, the Lady Lions pulled off a first round win over three seed Mount Aloysius before exiting in the semifinal round to Medaille.

The team is scheduled to play two non-conference matches during the spring semester, traveling to play Lycoming College on Saturday, March 21 and hosting Grove City College on Friday, March 27.