Top Seeds Advance to District 2 Singles Tennis Semifinals
Top seeds and rising contenders locked in their positions for the District 2 Singles Championships after dominant opening rounds, with tournament matches set to resume at Kirby Park.
Cara Evans Reaches Semifinals After Dominant Run
In the Class 2A division, Montrose’s Cara Evans and Scranton Prep’s Lily Lengyel sailed through their early draws without surrendering a single game. Evans, the reigning PIAA Class 2A champion, held her No. 1 seed by defeating Dunmore’s Sascha Novak, Wallenpaupack’s Mia Ezzo, and Scranton Prep’s Adithi Velaga by identical 6-0, 6-0 margins. She advances to face fifth-seeded Catlin Finn of Dallas, who earned her semifinal spot by overcoming Lizzie Weaver of Wyoming Seminary 6-0, 6-2 in the quarterfinals after earlier tournament action that included Molly Kratz of Wyoming Area defeating Alicia Wertman of Western Wayne 6-0, 6-0.
On the other side of the 2A bracket, No. 2 seed Lily Lengyel duplicated Evans’ flawless path. Lengyel dismissed Dallas’s Abby Worth and Holy Redeemer’s CeCe Pons 6-0, 6-0 before cruising past Mid Valley’s Regan Buranich in the quarterfinals, a round reached by Buranich following a 1-6, 7-5, 14-12 victory over Alex Jacobs of Wyoming Area. Lengyel now faces freshman and third-seeded Avery Orozco of MMI Prep. Orozco advanced past Madelyn McClure and Elizabeth Rich before surviving a fiercely contested quarterfinal against Montrose’s Anna Evans, taking the first set 6-4, dropping the second 4-6, and grinding out a 7-6 (3) tiebreaker victory in the third set, with earlier preliminary competition featuring Olivia Kogan of Wallenpaupack defeating Madyson Mace of Holy Cross 3-6, 6-4, 10-4.
Class 3A Bracket Action at Kirby Park
Abington Heights freshman Addie Stark asserted control in the Class 3A bracket by opening with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over West Scranton’s Marissa Shafer, followed by a 6-1, 6-0 win against North Pocono’s Cameron Forgione. Stark advances to face Valley View’s Coral Kelly, who earned her semifinal berth after a hard-fought three-set battle against Honesdale’s Irene Smith ending 6-3, 3-6, 11-9, followed by a 6-0, 6-0 win over Delaware Valley’s Emma Strickler.
In the bottom half of the Class 3A draw, North Pocono’s Anna Clementoni kept her postseason momentum rolling by defeating West Scranton’s Chiara Pugliese 6-2, 6-2 and Scranton’s Dean Edwards 6-0, 6-3. Clementoni squares off against second-seeded Kate Arp of Abington Heights, who booked her place in the final four by defeating Josephine Lordi 6-4, 6-1 and Alessandra Montalto of Wyoming Valley West 6-0, 6-1.
Matches restart on Friday at 1 p.m. at Kirby Park, where the semifinal winners will compete in the finals later in the afternoon.
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