It was a historic run by the Chestnut Hill College Women's Tennis team at the intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Regional Championship that concluded Monday afternoon with the Griffins playing in the championship matches in both singles and doubles.

In doubles, the team of Elena Arenas Guisasola and Lilian Bandel became the first Griffins doubles team in program history to win the ITA East Region Women's Doubles Championship, going through the weekend tournament with a perfect 4-0 record.  The duo won both doubles matches on Monday, defeating their teammates Veronika Lundgren and Fabienne Lahn in the semi-finals 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) before earning a straight set 6-2, 7-5 win over Gabriela Almeida and Sara Sofia Gonzalez Cano of Franklin Pierce University to capture the doubles title.  This also marked the first time that Chestnut Hill had placed two doubles teams in the semifinals.

Lahn made an incredible run to make it to the championship match, winning six straight contests, including five over seeded players to face top seed Anouk Oderkerk from nearby rival Jefferson University.  The road to the championship saw Lahn, defeat two of the top five seeds (#5 and #2) and three top 25 seeds (#14, #21 and #22) to advance to the championship match. Lahn defeated #2 seed Lilie Bizouerne of Queens College, 6-4, 7-6 (10-6) in the semi finals and another queens' player Anisha Amalnathan (#21)  6-4, 6-2 in the quarter finals   Lahn reached the quarterfinals with a 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 1-0 (10-8) win over #5 seed Claire Traineau of Wilmington. 

 Lahn's run came to an end in the finals on Monday, as Oderkerk prevailed 6-2, 7-5.  Lahn finished the tournament with a 6-1 singles mark and a 3-1 mark in doubles play. Five of her six wins came against Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference opponents.

Lundgren and Lahn won three straight doubles matches to advance to the semi finals where they lost to their teammates and eventual champions.

In singles play, Arenas Guisasola, Bandel and Milica Zagorac all advanced into the round of 32 before bowing out of the competition leaving each player with 1-1 records at the tournament.

Next up for the women's tennis team in the upcoming CACC Championship tournament on Saturday, October 17, 2026.   The Griffins will face either Jefferson University (#2 seed) or Queens College (#1 seed) as either the #3 or #4 seed which will be determined following Wilmington's match on Tuesday.