Tyrone's Anastasia Hollen and Keturah Weaver will go for district gold Saturday after the pair breezed through the preliminary rounds of the District 6 Class AA girls doubles tennis tournament at the Leopold Rec Center on Thursday.
The top-seeded duo defeated Forest Hills' Emily Goldyn and Rachel Blanchetti, 6-1, 6-3, in the semifinals.
Hollen and Weaver will play Westmont Hilltop's Bethany Carney and Hannah Gleason in Saturday's final at 11 a.m.
Carney and Gleason - the tournament's second seed - eliminated the third-seeded Bishop Guilfoyle team of Shannon Murphy and Kathryn Nazaruk, 6-2, 6-3, in the semifinals.
The Class AAA doubles tournament begins today.
CLASS AA
FIRST ROUND
Summer Hunter-Kysor-Ally Kratzer, Huntingdon, def. Kendra Slis-Megan Stiffler, Johnstown, 7-6, 6-4; Rebecca Zajdel-Kristen Rogers, Johnstown, def. Abigail Augustine-Christie Fang, Richland, 6-3, 6-2.
SECOND ROUND
Anastasia Hollen-Keturah Weaver, Tyrone (1), def. Hunter-Kysor-Kratzer, 6-2, 6-3; Jess Boslet-Juliana Burke, Bishop Guilfoyle, def. Hunter Bomba-Allyson Simunic, Richland, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3; Lisa Wiesmuller-Taryn Kramer, Bishop McCort (4), def. Ashley Kush-Nicole Barnhart, Westmont Hilltop, 6-0, 7-5; Emily Goldyn-Rachel Blanchetti, Forest Hills, def. Becky Stern-Mikaela McGraw, Central, 6-3, 6-3.
Kayla Makin-Maggie Long, Forest Hills, def. Katie Gipe-Abby Snare, Huntingdon, 6-4, 6-3; Shannon Murphy-Kathryn Nazaruk, Bishop Guilfoyle (3), def. Brayley Lewis-Meghan Schon, Central, 6-4, 6-0; Kayleigh Gaborek-Andrea Seitz, Bishop McCort, def. Olivia Gailey-Jordan McCormick, Tyrone, 6-1, 7-5; Bethany Carney-Hannah Gleason, Westmont Hilltop (2), def. Zajdel-Rogers, 6-1, 6-4.
QUARTERFINALS
Hollen-Weaver def. Burke-Boslet, 6-1, 6-1; Goldyn-Blanchetti def. Wiesmuller-Kramer, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.
Murphy-Nazaruk def. Makin-Long, 6-1, 6-0; Carney-Gleason def. Gaborek-Seitz, 6-0, 6-2.
SEMIFINALS
Hollen-Weaver def. Goldyn-Blanchetti, 6-1, 6-3; Carney-Gleason def. Murphy-Nazaruk, 6-2, 6-3.
FINAL
Anastasia Hollen-Keturah Weaver, Tyrone (1), vs. Bethany Carney-Hannah Gleason, Westmont Hilltop (2), Saturday 11 a.m.
Bedford, Ridge ousted
Bedford's Ericka Klavuhn defeated Somerset's Sydney Geary in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 12-10, but the fourth-seeded Lady Bisons lost to the top-seeded Lady Eagles, 4-1, in the District 5 Class AA team tournament semifinals on Thursday.
Bedford's Amber Lafferty took Hope Brock to a third set tiebreaker, but eventually fell, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7.
Somerset easily won the other three matches.
In Thursday's other semifinal, No. 2 Windber had no trouble with No. 3 Chestnut Ridge in a 4-1 win.
Amanda Kostryk picked up the Lady Lions' lone point with a 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4) win over Katie Shaffer.
Somerset will host Windber in Wednesday's final at 3:30 p.m.
No. 2 WINDBER 4, No. 3 CHESTNUT RIDGE 1
SINGLES: 1, McClain, W, def. Frazier, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); 2, Wentz, W, def. Carthew, 6-0, 6-1; 3, Kostryk, CR, def. Shaffer, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4).
DOUBLES: 1, Walsh-Tantorno, W, def. Jingozian-Miller, 6-2, 6-1; 2, Chappie-Hanley, W, def. Hobson-Mowry, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 1 SOMERSET 4, No. 4 BEDFORD 1
SINGLES: 1, Klavuhn, B, def. Geary, 6-4, 3-6, 12-10; 2, Brock, S, def. Lafferty, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7; 3, Stinebiser, S, def. Swartz, 6-0, 6-1.
DOUBLES: 1, Abramowich-Harris, S, def. Williams-Elyard, 6-0, 6-3; 2, Marker-Pyle, S, def. Wertz-Moorhead, 6-3, 6-2.
