Peters Township and Sewickley Academy Back on Top of WPIAL Girls Team Tennis

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | 1:25 PM


Four great WPIAL girls team tennis programs continue to go back and forth like a good volley in winning district gold. In Class AAA, Shady Side Academy won back-to-back WPIAL titles in 2007 and 2008 before Peters Township snapped that golden streak by winning the 2009 championship. SSA won it back in 2010 and Peters continued the tug-of-war theme by winning the 2011 crown Wednesday afternoon in five straight sets. Now in Class AA, Sewickley Academy is back on top of the golden hill after a straight sets victory Thursday afternoon over Quaker Valley. The Panthers 2011 is joined by championships captured in 2008 and 2009 while the runner-up Quakers have won district gold in 2004 through 2007 and in 2010.

Here are all of the results thus far from the 2011 WPIAL Girls Team Tennis Playoffs.

2011 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

Peters Township Indians 5 – Shady Side Academy Indians 0
Stephanie Smith (PT) over Kelly Mengel (SSA) 6-1, 6-2
Sara Komer (PT) over Rachel Diehl (SSA) 6-3, 6-0
Caroline Nixon (PT) over Danielle Perelman (SSA) 6-1, 6-0
Abby Cummings & Liz Palko (PT) over Lindsay Cozen & Anisa Khalouf (SSA) 6-1, 6-0
Eleni Coleman & Vida Komer (PT) over Liza Piakseychuk & Kelly Marous (SSA) 6-4, 6-1

WPIAL CLASS AAA Semifinals:

Peters Township Indians 4 – Upper St. Clair Panthers 1

Shady Side Academy Indians 3 – Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 2

WPIAL CLASS AAA Quarterfinals:

Peters Township Indians 4 – Fox Chapel Foxes 0

Upper St. Clair Panthers 4 – North Allegheny Tigers 1

Shady Side Academy Indians 3 – Mars Fighting Planets 0

 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 3 – Pine-Richland Rams 0

WPIAL CLASS AAA First Round:

Peters Township Indians – BYE

Fox Chapel Foxes 4 – Hempfield Spartans 1

Upper St. Clair 5 – Penn-Trafford Warriors 0

North Allegheny Tigers 4 – Latrobe Wildcats 1

Shady Side Academy Indians 5 – Bethel Park Black Hawks 0

Mars Fighting Planets 3 – Oakland Catholic Eagles 2

Pine-Richland Rams 5 – Canon-McMIllan Big Macs 0

Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 5 – Shaler Titans 0

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2011 WPIAL CLASS AA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

Sewickley Academy Panthers 5 – Quaker Valley Quakers 0
Eva Sung (SA) over Spencer Caravaggio (QV) 6-2, 6-2
Logan Antill (SA) over Samantha Richman (QV) 6-0, 6-0
Samantha Gohh (SA) over Francesca Friday (QV) 6-1, 6-0
Sydney Miggantz & Caroline Ross (SA) over Suzie Kraus & Kelsey Spalding (QV) 6-4, 6-1
Maria Frischling & Annie Magovern (SA) over Connor Hamilton & Caroline Steliotis (QV) 6-2, 6-3

WPIAL CLASS AA Consolation:

Beaver Bobcats 4 – Mount Pleasant Vikings 1

WPIAL CLASS AA Semifinals:

Sewickley Academy Panthers 5 – Beaver Bobcats 0

Quaker Valley Quakers 4 – Mount Pleasant Vikings 1  

WPIAL CLASS AA Quarterfinals:

Sewickley Academy Panthers 5 – Brownsville Falcons 0

Beaver Bobcats 4 – Valley Vikings 1

Mount Pleasant Vikings 3 – South Park Eagles 2

Quaker Valley Quakers 5 – Riverside Panthers 0

WPIAL CLASS AA First Round:

Sewickley Academy Panthers 5 – Winchester Thurston Bears 0

Brownsville Falcons 3 – Indiana Little Indians 2

Valley Vikings 4 – Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles 0  

Beaver Bobcats 4 – Central Valley Warriors 0

South Park Eagles 3 – Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions 2

Mount Pleasant Vikings 4 – Ellis School Tigers 1

Riverside Panthers 3 – Knoch Knights 2

Quaker Valley Quakers 3 – Thomas Jefferson Jaguars 0 

WPIAL CLASS AA Preliminary Round:

Winchester Thurston Bears 3 – New Brighton Lions 2

Thomas Jefferson Jaguars 3 – Burrell Buccaneers 2   

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