Bridget Dougherty and Lucy Hederick won at second and third singles, respectively, as Radnor topped Parkland, 4-1, in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A team tennis tournament.
Radnor, the third seed from District 1, advances to take on District 7 champ Peters Township Friday morning at 8 at Hershey Racquet Club in the semifinals. Peters swept Altoona, 5-0, Tuesday.
Grace Frigerio and Mia Xie picked up a point at second doubles for Radnor. Kanon Ciarrocchi won by forfeit at first singles.
In other PIAA Class 3A first-round action:
Downingtown West 5, Cardinal O’Hara 0 >> The Whippets won all five matches in straight sets to bring O’Hara’s team season to a close.
Samma Zahran put at a fight at first singles before falling to Tanya Pant, 6-2, 6-1.
Zahran and teammates Caroline Lynch and Mary Clare Hayden will go for District 12 titles Wednesday at Legacy. Zahran won the Catholic League Class 3A singles title last week. Lynch and Hayden topped Archbishop Carroll’s Mary Finley and Bridget DiCarlo, 6-1, 7-5, to win the Catholic League Class 3A doubles title Monday to complete a sweep of the league championship events (team, singles, doubles).
