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Upper St. Clair tandem win section doubles title

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Evie Ellenberger and Claire Loomis combined to win the Section 4-AAA doubles title.

The Upper St. Clair tandem defeated Mt. Lebanon’s Sophia Cunningham and Sylvia Eriksen, 6-4, 6-2, in the championship match played Sept. 29 at Bethel Park High School.

Ellenberger and Loomis outlasted Bethel Park’s duo of Lily Sierka and Katie Petersen, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, in the semifinals. Sierka and Petersen ended up third in the tournament after bouncing back to Adisyn and Keiran Moorhead from Peters Township, 6-2, 6-2, in the consolation match.

All four pairs advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA doubles tournament to be held Oct. 6-7.

In opening round action, Ellenberger and Loomis won two pro sets, 10-2, against Kayla Hay and Rose DeStefano from West Allegheny as well as Carly Grant and Michelle Yang of Mt. Lebanon to reach the semifinals.

Cunningham and Eriksen made their way into the championship match with 10-1 and 10-4 wins against Canon-McMillan’s Meghan Torpey and Katie O’Brien as well as BP’s Emma Smith and Jula Gobbie in the opening rounds and then the Moorheads in the semifinals, 6-0, 6-3.

Sierka and Petersen won their opening matches by 10-1 scores against Trinity’s Julia Luzar and Miranda Rhinehart as well as South Fayette’s Hannah Patterson and Ayushi Jani.

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