{"id":316559,"date":"2026-10-29T02:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316559\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T02:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:44:18","slug":"cathedral-prep-and-fairview-girls-tennis-teams-split-results-during-piaa-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316559\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral Prep and Fairview girls tennis teams split results during PIAA first round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oct. 27, 2026Updated Oct. 28, 2026, 2:53 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Cathedral Prep\u2019s Hutchinson sisters confirmed that constructive criticism is a valid oxymoron.<\/p>\n

The No. 1 doubles starters for the Ramblers\u2019 PIAA Class 2A girls team tennis dual against Winchester Thurston admitted as much after their match at Westwood Racquet Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like playing with my sister,\u201d Ellen Hutchinson said, \u201cbecause I can be honest with her. If we\u2019re having a moment (on the court), I can tell her, \u2018Please don\u2019t talk to me!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Hutchinson agreed they\u2019re prone to disagree between points.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we have our moments where we\u2019ll (verbally) fight on the court,\u201d she said, \u201cbut we\u2019re pretty good about that for the most part. We play well together.\u201d<\/p>\n

High School Sports: The most thorough local sports coverage in the region, from clubs through varsity.<\/a>More: District 10 gamble pays off for Cathedral Prep tennis doubles team<\/a><\/p>\n

There were few if any qualms en route to the duo\u2019s latest victory for District 10\u2019s small-school champion.<\/p>\n

Ellen, a senior, and Elizabeth, a junior, swept Winchester Thurston\u2019s Anya Mahtani and Rosalie Panasiuk 6-2, 6-1. It also contributed to Prep\u2019s 3-1 win over the Bears (10-2) on Tuesday, Oct. 27, the third seeds from the WPIAL.<\/p>\n

\"Cathedral<\/p>\n

Set scores for the dual\u2019s unfinished No. 3 singles match were vacated once Prep’s advantage was insurmountable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels good to know we contributed to a (team win) like that,\u201d Elizabeth Hutchinson said.<\/p>\n

Paige Patsy and Ella Fetzner (No. 1 and 2 singles) were the other victors for the Ramblers (15-4), who advanced to this weekend\u2019s main portion of the state tournament.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be northwestern Pennsylvania\u2019s lone participant at Hershey Racquet Club due to Bethel Park, which eliminated Fairview 5-0 in a PIAA Class 3A first-rounder held earlier at Westwood.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s next<\/p>\n

Prep and District 1\u2019s Lower Moreland will serve and volley in the 2A tournament\u2019s last quarterfinal. Their Oct. 30 dual is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Lions of Huntingdon Valley improved to 13-2 with their 3-0 sweep of Masterman in an Oct. 27 dual at Philadelphia\u2019s Legacy Tennis Center.<\/p>\n

Although the Ramblers won\u2019t be the biggest of underdogs, they won\u2019t be favored solely based on Lower Moreland\u2019s recent history. The Lions have reached the PIAA\u2019s last three 2A finals, a run highlighted by their 3-2 victory vs. Scranton Prep that warranted the state\u2019s 2024 championship trophy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll the pressure is on (them),\u201d Prep coach Ryan Deimel said, \u201cand if we play our best, I still really like our chances. Our team is loose and headed in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

More: Fairview girls tennis coach guides daughters in all-family D-10 final<\/a>\u2018Still proud\u2019<\/p>\n

Bethel Park (17-2) not only blanked Fairview but won each of its five matches in straight sets.<\/p>\n

\"Fairview's<\/p>\n

Included were 6-0, 6-0 victories by Cami Fisher over the Tigers\u2019 Emiko Munekata in No. 1 singles and Hadley Murello over Eliza Krowicki in No. 3 singles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we did the best we could (Oct. 27),\u201d Fairview coach Aiko Munekata said, \u201cbut Bethel Park is an incredible team. I\u2019m still proud of what we did this season, and I\u2019m looking forward to a strong (2027) season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fairview’s current season will resume for Aiko Munekata\u2019s daughters and fellow Tiger Jenna Szklenski.<\/p>\n

Emiko Munekata advanced to the Nov. 6-7 PIAA singles tournament as the district\u2019s 2A gold medalist. Erika Munekata and Szklenski will compete in 2A doubles that same weekend.<\/p>\n

Contact Mike Copper atmcopper@timesnews.com<\/a>. Follow him on X @ETNcopper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct. 27, 2026Updated Oct. 28, 2026, 2:53 p.m. ET Cathedral Prep\u2019s Hutchinson sisters confirmed that constructive criticism is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[596,136,138,137,82371,129062,129063,7537,950,541,129064,651,542,536,6087,44796,544,535],"class_list":["post-316559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-accessmetered","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-sourceerie-times-news","tag-sstssportshigh-schooltennis","tag-sstsntennis","tag-tagcathedral-preparatory-school","tag-tagexclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","tag-taghigh-school-sports","tag-taghigh-school-tennis","tag-taglocal-news","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpiaa","tag-tagpiaa-district-10","tag-tagracquet-sports","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316559","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=316559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}