Shady Side Academy, Quaker Valley teams win WPIAL doubles titles
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | 6:05 PM
Four Quaker Valley tennis players competed in the WPIAL Class AA doubles tournament April 30, 2019, at Oxford Athletic Club. From left to right are silver medalists Will Sirianni and Potter Oliver and gold medalists Zach Albert and John Watters.
The WPIAL Class AA doubles final Tuesday turned into something of a Quaker Valley intrasquad scrimmage, pitting the Quakers’ tournament entrants against each other.
Zach Albert and John Watters won the team bragging rights, beating Potter Oliver and Will Sirianni in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) at Oxford Athletic Club to claim their first WPIAL doubles title.
Shady Side Academy’s Naman Dua and Colin Gramley, meanwhile, defended their 2018 championship by beating Peters Township’s Connor Bruce and Elian Ascencio in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) in the WPIAL Class AAA doubles final.
The Class AAA consolation match came down to a three-set battle as Fox Chapel’s Jay Kashyap and Brandon Wei outlasted Allderdice’s Kazuma Parkinson and Sammy Nayhouse in a third-set tiebreaker, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4). In Class AA, South Park’s Joey Toth and Stone Ellis beat Thomas Jefferson’s Andy Griffiths and Chad Gress, 6-2, 6-2.
The champions, runners-up and consolation winners advance to the PIAA doubles tournament next month in Hershey.
Doug Gulasy is a Tribune-Review Staff Writer. You can contact Doug at 412-388-5830, dgulasy@tribweb.com or via Twitter .
Tags: Fox Chapel, Quaker Valley, Shady Side Academy, South Park
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