Mollie Urban earned a win at No. 2 singles, Jennifer Azzarelli won at No. 3, and the doubles team of Jessica Azzarelli and Anna Polishan won to secure Holy Cross a 3-2 win over North Pocono in a Lackawanna League Division I girls tennis match on Monday.
Urban defeated Cameron Forgione, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, and freshman Jennifer Azzarelli defeated Kayli McHigh, 6-2, 6-3, in singles for the Lady Crusaders. Jessica Azzarelli and Polishan defeated Julia Shandra and Olivia Pionzio, 6-1, 6-2.
For North Pocono, Anna Clementoni earned a three-set win over Madyson Mace, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, at No. 1 singles. Bryn Palmer and Kyra Williams won at No. 2 doubles.
Singles: Clementoni (NP) over Mace, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Urban (HC) over Forgione, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Jen. Azzarelli (HC) over McHugh, 6-2, 6-3; Doubles: Jes. Azzarelli-Polishan (HC) over Shandra-Pionzio, 6-1, 6-2. Palmer-Williams (NP) over Villano-Zhang, 6-1, 6-1; Records: HC 1-0, NP 0-1.
Scranton Prep 5, Wallenpaupack 0: Lily Lengyel, Adithi Velago and Hannah LaCoe had straight-set wins as the defending PIAA Class 2A champion opened with a sweep of Wallenpaupack in Division I.
Singles: Lengyel (SP) over Ezzo, 6-0, 6-0. Velaga (SP) over Lopes-Torres, 6-2, 6-1. LaCoe (SP) over Spritzler, 6-3, 6-0; Doubles: Michel-DeNaples (SP) over Golsharizi-Jensen, 6-2, 6-1. James-Bovani (SP) over Madrigal-Hirzallah, 6-1, 6-2; Records: SP 1-0, WAL 0-1.
Abington Heights 5, Valley View: Amishi Amit, Addie Stark and Katherine Arp earned wins in singles to lead the Lady Comets to a sweep in Division I.
Singles: Amit (AH) over Kelly, 6-0, 6-1. Stark (AH) over Ritzco, 6-0, 6-0. Arp (AH) over Cole, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Rosenstein-Rubner (AH) over O’Shea-Anderson, 6-1, 6-0. McVety-Rothwell (AH) over Minor-Wynn, 6-0, 6-2; Records: AH 1-0, VV 0-1.
Montrose 5, Riverside 0: Cara Evans, Anna Evans and Eislee Giannone had straight-set wins in singles to lead the Lady Meteors to a Division II win.
Singles: C. Evans (MON) over Fanning, 6-0, 6-0. A. Evans (MON) over Reynolds, 6-0, 6-0. Giannone (MON) over Castillo, 6-2, 6-0; Doubles: E. Tillotson-A. Tillotson (MON) over Telipski-Trescavage, 6-0, 6-0. Schell-Booth (MON) over Barnett-Fox, 6-1; Records: MON 1-0, RIV 0-1.
West Scranton 5, Dunmore 0: Chiara Pugliese, Marissa Shafer, and Alyssa Heffron earned straight-set wins to lead the Lady Invaders in a Division II match.
Singles: Pugliese (WS) over Novak, 6-0, 6-0. Shafer (WS) over Cuchara, 6-0, 6-1. Heffron (WS) over Bonavaglia, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Armstrong-Deeley (WS) by forfeit. Carvalho-Bryson (WS) by forfeit; Records: WS 1-0, DUN 0-1.
Scranton 5 Western Wayne 0: Dean Edwards, Lucy Bergman, and Pal Patel won their singles matches in the Lady Knights’ season-opening Division II win.
Singles: Edwards (SCR) over Wertman, 6-0, 6-1. Bergman (SCR) over McClure, 6-2, 6-1. P. Patel (SCR) over Fischer, 6-4, 3-6, 10-4; Doubles: Palar-Williams (SCR) over Spewak-Peraud, 6-2, 6-1. V. Patel-McDonnell (SCR) over Fox-Owens, 6-0, 2-6, 10-8; Records: SCR 1-0, WW 0-1.