SV girls tennis wins section debut
The Seneca Valley doubles duos of Payton Aloi/Aana Winland and Kailey McCune and Bridget Elms were both victorious as the girls tennis squad won its first section match of the season, 3-2 at Hampton.
The other victory for SV (3-2 overall) came from Emily Lopez at No. 3 singles.
Seneca Valley 3, Hampton 2
Singles: 1-Megan Kang (H) def. Sienna Summers 6-1, 6-0; 2-Grace Stitt (H) def. Jojo Baur 6-1, 6-2; 3-Emily Lopez (SV) def. Emma Spiess 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: 1-Payton Aloi/Aana Winland (SV) def. Mallory Malloy/Heidi Kroneberg 6-0, 6-1; 2-Kailey McCune/Bridget Elms (SV) def. Melanie Malloy/Elena Herchenroether 6-3, 6-1
Pine-Richland 4, Butler 1 — Jillian Clark won at No. 2 singles for the Golden Tornado (1-1), who travel to Shaler Wednesday.
Pine-Richland 4, Butler 1
Singles: 1-Lily Hines (P-R) def. Mikayla Turner 6-1, 6-0; 2-Jillian Clark (B) def. Rachel Smith 6-4, 6-4; 3-Haley Katzsey (P-R) def. Ali Smith 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
Doubles: 1-Kiana Strahotin/Isabella Calabrese (P-R) def. Bekah Kalverer/Emily Porneluzi 2-6, 6-1, 6-3; 2-Olivia Casario/Kendall Kirkland (P-R) def. Cameron Hanratty/Olivia Culp 6-0, 6-4
Butler topped Armstrong by a score of 191-206.A 36 from senior Paige Scott paced the Golden Tornado (3-1, 2-0), who face Kiski Area at Hiland Golf Course on Wednesday.Butler (191): Paige Scott 36, Taylor Temple 51, Paige Ponteous 52, Ainsley Plant 52Armstrong (206): Macie Lorigan 45, Cam Sprankle 52, Addy Bowers 54, Mylee Lorigan 55North Allegheny 176, Seneca Valley 179 — Sophomore Lihini Ranaweera carded a 37, but SV fell to the Tigers at Connoquenessing Country Club.North Allegheny (176): Sissi Hai 41, Katie Rankin 44, Lauren Kardos 44, Megan Manesiotis 47Seneca Valley (179): Lihini Ranaweera 37, Madison Sharek 45, Sarah McCullough 46, Katherine Listwak 51
A 38 from Cory Voltz helped Knoch salvage a split in a tri-match with Fox Chapel and Highlands at Saxon Golf Course.The Knights, who shot 229 as a team, topped Highlands (261) while falling to Fox Chapel (187).Knoch (229): Cory Voltz 38, Connor Squartino 42, Maddie Boyer 47, Jordan Crites 49, Mason Phillips 53Shady Side Academy 207, Freeport 219 — At Buffalo Golf Course, the Yellowjackets were paced by a pair of 42s from Nate Covey and Lillie Snow.Shady Side Academy (207): Bobby O'Brien 38, Dhilan Fye 41, Mike Manges 41, Tommy Certo 42, Charlie Karet 45Freeport (219): Nate Covey 42, Lillie Snow 42, Tanner Smith 43, Jayden Diehl 44, Ashton Cernicky 48
