Coming off a District 1 team championship earlier this week, the Spring-Ford girls tennis team will have a chance at some more hardware on the individual side of things.
Spring-Ford freshman Mia Matriccino won her quarterfinal and semifinal matches of the District 1-3A individual tournament on Friday, advancing to Saturday’s championship contest at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School against Council Rock North’s Amelia Honer, the defending state champion.
Joining Matriccino at PW on Saturday will be Methacton’s Alice Liang and Hana Nouaime, who advanced through the District 1 doubles tournament and will face CR North’s Dasha Chichkina and Emma Traktovenko in the championship match.
Matriccino defeated Souderton’s Amanda Wang (6-4, 6-0) in the quarters Friday before knocking off Unionville’s Leah Walter (6-4, 6-1) in the semifinals. Liang and Nouaime took down Upper Dublin’s Eileen Xiao and Eva Hunter (6-0, 6-0) in the quarters before a three-set (6-4, 4-6, 6-2) win over Pennsbury’s Maddie Walsh and Kyra Workman in the semifinals.
OJR’s Allison Root and Spring-Ford’s Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan also represented the PAC in the singles and doubles tournaments, respectively, on Friday. Root lost to Honer in the quarters (6-0, 6-0), while Olsen and Tiffan fell to Chichkina and Traktovenko (6-0, 7-5) in the quarters.
The championship matches will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday.