District 2 champions Scranton Prep and Abington Heights return to the courts as the PIAA Team Championships begin with a doubleheader at Birchwood Racquet Club.

Scranton Prep (15-2), the defending PIAA Class 2A champion, opens against District 11 champion Allentown Central Catholic (19-2) on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in a rematch of last season’s first round.

Abington Heights (18-2) takes on Conestoga (13-3), the fourth-place team from District 1, in a Class 3A first-round match on Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Winners of first-round matches advance to the quarterfinals Friday at Hershey Racquet Club.

Scranton Prep has reached three straight state final matches, winning gold in 2023 and 2025. The Classics are in the state tournament for the 23rd time and are 37-20.

In the last four seasons, the Classics are 96-7 overall.

Lily Lengyel leads the Classics at No. 1 singles. She is 10-1 all-time in the PIAA team tournament.

Adithi Velaga is at No. 2 singles for the Classics. Last season, she and her doubles partner Maci Bulzoni, who graduated, clinched the state championship with a No. 1 doubles win.

Hannah LaCoe, Scranton Prep’s No. 3 player, clinched the District 2 team title in a 3-2 win over Wyoming Seminary.

Donatella DeNaples and Sage Michel play at No. 1 doubles, and Grace James and Mia Bovani are at No. 2 doubles for the Classics.

Allentown Central Catholic lost to Scranton Prep, 3-1, in the 2025 first round. This year’s ACC team defeated Lackawanna League champion Abington Heights, 4-1. The Lady Comets beat Scranton Prep twice in the regular season.

The winner of the Scranton Prep-Allentown Central Catholic showdown meets the winner of the Central-Columbia-Lancaster Catholic match at 9:30 a.m. at Hershey Racquet Club on Friday.

Abington Heights is making its 15th appearance in the state tournament after winning its ninth straight District 2 Class 3A championship. The Lady Comets are 4-14 all-time in the PIAA team tournament.

Freshman Addie Stark, the District 2 Class 3A singles champion, sophomore Kate Arp, the District 2 Class 3A runner-up, and Amishi Amit, one half of the District 2 Class 3A doubles championship team, will lead the Lady Comets.

Sammy Rosenstein, Amit’s partner in the district doubles tournament, teams with Margot Rubner at No. 1 doubles. Rubner reached the district doubles final with Arp as her partner.

Anna McVety and Rebecca Rothwell team at No. 2 doubles for the Lady Comets.

Conestoga is in the state tournament for the 16th time and has won two team championships (2021, 2022) and finished as the runner-up last season.

The winner advances to play the winner of the Hempfield-Radnor match in the quarterfinals on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Hershey Racquet Club.

PIAA TEAM TOURNAMENT

At Birchwood Racquet Club

Tuesday’s Class 2A First Round

2-1 Scranton Prep (15-2) vs. 11-1 Allentown CC (19-2), 11 a.m.

Tuesday’s Class 3A First Round

2-1 Abington Heights (18-2) vs. 1-4 Conestoga (13-3), 1 p.m.