For the second time in the last three seasons, Scranton Prep\u2019s girls tennis team is the best in the state in Class 2A.<\/p>\n
Lily Lengel and Emma Cuck had wins in singles, and the No. 1 doubles duo of Adith Velaga and Maci Bulzoni had a win to lead the Classics to a 3-2 victory over District 1 champion Lower Moreland on Saturday night at the PIAA Team Championships at the Hershey Racquet Club.<\/p>\n
Scranton Prep (21-0) also won the PIAA Class 2A title in 2023 and finished as the runner-up in 2024. All three championship final matches were against Lower Moreland.<\/p>\n
In the last three seasons, Scranton Prep had a record of 81-5 overall.<\/p>\n
The Classics\u2019 state team championship is the second of the fall sports season at the school. The Scranton Prep boys golf team captured the Class 2A crown Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Lengyel captured an intense battle with Lower Moreland freshman Khaya Lukov, 6-1, 7-6 (9), at No. 1 singles. The win gives the junior a 10-1 record all-time in the PIAA team tournament. She also finished the season with a record of 23-2.<\/p>\n
Cuck, who has been dominant in state team play, defeated Abigail Yanovitsky, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2 singles. She won for a 13th time in 14 singles matches in the state team tournament in her career.<\/p>\n
In addition, Cuck concluded her singles career with a record of 81-2.<\/p>\n
For the first time in this year\u2019s tournament, Scranton Prep needed a win from a doubles team to win the overall match. Velaga and Bulzoni supplied it with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Jena Nikhil and Erica Zhao.<\/p>\n
Lower Moreland, which defeated the Classics last season, got a win at No. 3 singles from freshman Natalie Chania, 6-4, 6-1. It was LaCoe\u2019s first loss this season at No. 3 singles, and she finished her first season in the starting singles lineup with a 20-1 record.<\/p>\n
Ava Raitman and Sophia Cherepakhim defeated Scranton Prep\u2019s team of Grace James and Donatella DeNaples, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Scranton Prep reached the final with a win over District 7 champion North Catholic in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Lengyel defeated Evelyn Marche, 6-0, 6-0; Cuck beat Macaria Stall, 6-1, 6-0; and LaCoe beat Anna Ravotti, 6-2, 7-6 (2), to clinch a 3-1 win.<\/p>\n
Lower Moreland defeated Quaker Valley, 3-1, in the semifinals. Lukov defeated Avery Allan, 6-3, 6-3; Yanovitsky beat Livia Jobbins, 6-0, 6-0; and Chania beat Grace Jadlowiec, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n
Next weekend, Lengyel and Cuck will return to Hershey to compete in the PIAA Class 2A Doubles Championships.<\/p>\n
Originally Published: October 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time in the last three seasons, Scranton Prep\u2019s girls tennis team is the best in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-15154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-high-school-sports","9":"tag-scranton","10":"tag-scranton-headlines","11":"tag-scranton-news","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}