Flight tournament action continues for L-L girls tennis
Those seeds advanced after action Saturday at Conestoga Valley. They'll be playing Monday back at CV, with a start time of 12:30 p.m. That is a change from the original announced start of 3 p.m.
In Class 3A singles, No. 1 seed Haley Miller didn't lose a game in her semifinal win over defending champion and fourth-seeded Jade Flores of Conestoga Valley while second-seeded Alex Gregory needed three sets to beat third-seeded Dasha Gencturk of Elizabethtown, losing the first set 6-4 before winning 6-2, 6-1.
Miller defeated Gregory 6-0, 6-1 in Wednesday's L-L team tournament, and also won their regular-season matchup 6-0, 6-2.
Miller will team with Camille Honrade in the 3A doubles final after they survived against fourth-seeded Flores and Paula Valverde, losing the first set 6-3 before rallying to take the next two sets, 6-3, 10-7.
Gregory and Rose Wendel, seeded second, topped third seeds Gencturk and Noa Williams 6-1, 6-2. Saturday's doubles competition included quarterfinals and semifinals, with both finalists winning their quarterfinals in straight sets.
In Class 2A singles, top-seeded Sophia Babar of Lancaster Country Day also advanced without losing a game while second-seeded Serafima Billis of Lancaster Catholic was a 6-3, 6-1 winner. Babar won their regular-season matchup 6-1, 6-1.
Babar and Monica Lopez will go into the 2A doubles final as the No. 2 seeds. They won their quarterfinal Saturday by forfeit and their semifinal 6-2, 6-2. Billis and Abigail Millay-Stipe are the No. 1 seeds, reaching the final by losing just three games in their two matches Saturday.
In other singles flights, third-seeded Maya Lamichane of Manheim Township upset second-seeded Williams 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) to reach the final, where she'll meet top-seeded Rose Durrett of Hempfield.
In Flight Three, Natalie Hopta of Conestoga Valley, who surprised No. 1 seed Paityn Gerz of Lancaster Mennonite in Thursday's quarterfinals, won 6-3, 6-3 against unseeded Kiera Wene of Ephrata, while second-seeded Wendel won 6-4, 6-1 in her semifinal.
In Flight Four, third seed Julie Over of Hempfield surprised second-seeded Gabriella Tetzlaff of Annville-Cleona 6-1, 6-2 in their semifinal. Over will meet top seed Julia Rohrer of Manheim Central, who won 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) over unseeded Nayla Ortiz of Penn Manor.
In Flight Two doubles, top-seeded Durrett and Selena Felices won their two matches Saturday and will meet third-seeded Rohrer and Ella Stauffer in the final, while top-seeded Mariel Keares and Gianna Conte of Manheim Township will take on No. 2 seeds Kendal Newswanger and Natalie Earhart of Manheim Central in Flight Three doubles.
