Thurs. Pa. girls’ roundup: Central wins girls’ tennis title

Central earned a hat trick over Washington this season and took its second straight Public League tennis title Thursday at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center.

The Lancers clinched the match at No. 2 doubles and edged the Eagles, 3-2. They had beaten Washington twice this season by identical 4-1 scores.

Lan Nguyen and Kathy Do gave Central the title with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) win over Ortel Intelman and Tamare Tatesosian at No. 2 doubles.

District 1 Class AAA. West Chester Henderson swept the doubles competition and edged Radnor, 3-2, to win the district title at Downingtown West.

The Warriors got a win from Becca Rodgers and Lumin Shen over Hannah Rose Nussbaum and Lizzie Curley at No. 1 doubles, 6-4, 6-1, and from Emily Evans and Emily Aaldenberg over Alyssa Norton and Erin Reid at No. 2 doubles, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3. Corinne Fleet beat Emily Lu at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-1.

Lauren Banner won at No. 3 singles and helped Conestoga beat Wissahickon, 4-1, in the third-place match at Plymouth Whitemarsh.

Banner beat Anne Marie Devlin, 6-0, 5-7, 7-5.

Only two Christopher Dock runners were able to slip into the top 10, but the Pioneers had enough to take the Bicentennial League title at Tyler State Park.

Christopher Dock scored 53 points, three points better than Springfield (Montgomery County).

Erin Moss of New Hope-Solebury won the individual title with a time of 19:42. Emily Lambright was second for the Pioneers in 20:00 and teammate Carrie Gehman was fifth in 20:28.

Public. Central took three of the top four places and five of the top 10 to run away with the league title at Belmont Plateau.

The Lancers scored 24 points and were led by Lucy VanKleunen who won with a time of 20 minutes, 15 seconds over the 3.1-mile course. She was followed by teammates Jai Franks (2d, 20:53), Jasmyne Duffy (4th, 20:55), Rose Morace (9th, 22:04) and Meghan Wadlinger (10th, 22:05).

Ches-Mont. Janie Augustyn of West Chester Henderson grabbed individual honors and led her team to the championship with 37 points at Westtown.

Augustyn was clocked with a winning time of 18:38 and was joined in the top 10 by teammates Amanda Eisman (4th, 19:09) and Leigh Manning-Smith (9th, 19:49).

Carley Neal accumulated four goals and an assist to give Delco Christian a 6-2 win over visiting Phil-Mont Christian and the Bicentennial League title.

Emily Evans added a goal and two assists, Rachel Bernard contributed a goal and an assist and Jamie Barr stopped five shots to earn the win in goal for the Knights.

Catholic. Courtney O'Kane scored twice and Kelsey O'Kane chipped with a goal and two assists for Cardinal O'Hara in a 4-1 win over visiting Archbishop Carroll.

Central. Katrina Geiger picked up a goal and two assists as Haverford High handled visiting Upper Darby, 5-1.

Jesse Cunilio accounted for two goals and an assist and helped Radnor beat visiting Springfield (Delaware County), 5-0.

Ches-Mont. Morgan Staley scored five minutes into the second half and Kennett held on to beat visiting Sun Valley, 1-0.

Friends Schools. Iris Williams scored in the second half and pulled Germantown Friends into a 1-1 double-overtime tie with visiting Shipley.

Penn-Jersey. Ali Sutch scored two of her three goals in the second half and led Solebury School to a 4-0 win over visiting Girard College in a quarterfinal playoff game.

The Spartans will meet Life Center in a semifinal game on Tuesday.

In another quarterfinal game, Barrack Hebrew got two goals and an assist from Tamara Moskowitz and dropped visiting Villa Victoria (N.J.), 5-0.

The Cougars will travel to Doane Academy (N.J.) for a semifinal game on Tuesday.

Nonleague. Jackie and Simone Stewart scored goals to give Perkiomen Valley a 2-1 win over visiting Souderton.

Kiersten Daly struck for a pair of goals and led Lower Merion to a 4-1 win over visiting Phoenixville.

Staphany Mejia and Allison Shuster each picked up a goal and an assist and gave Girls High a 4-0 Public League win over visiting Franklin Towne Charter.

Barbara Danhardt struck for a pair of second-half goals for Washington in a 4-0 win over visiting Central.

Ches-Mont. Missy Stefanosky scored the last of her two goals with 14 minutes left in overtime and handed Octorara a 2-1 win over visiting West Chester Rustin.

Suburban One American. Emily Gallagher and Jackie Hibbs each scored twice and Lauren Becker provided three assists as Wissahickon dispatched host Upper Merion, 4-0.

Emily Hitchings contributed a pair of goals and lifted Upper Dublin to a 5-0 win over visiting Upper Moreland.

Tri-County. Michelle Cocchimiglio scored twice in the second half and sparked West-Mont Christian to a 2-1 win over host Perkiomen School.

Nonleague. Courtney McKay and Rachel Palumbo scored goals to propel Perkiomen Valley to a 2-1 win over visiting Unionville.

Caleigh Foust notched a hat trick and assisted on another goal as Harriton dropped host Friends Select, 5-0.