Defending champ Lee rolls into PAC Singles semifinals
Top seed and defending champion Meredith Lee of Owen J. Roberts didn’t drop a game Friday while cruising into the Pioneer Athletic Conference Singles Championships semifinals at Kinetix Sports Club.
Lee will be joined in the Final Four by the other top four seeds, Phoenixville’s Julia Gumieniak (No. 2), Spring-Ford’s Tori Alexander (No. 3) and Methacton’s Dina Nouaime (No. 4).
Gumieniak dropped two games in each of her matches, topping Methacton No. 2 Tina Prince, 6-2, 6-0, to advance to the semifinals.
Alexander faced the toughest challenge by coming up clutch to rally past Owen J. Roberts’ No. 2 Elaina Lee, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5. Nouaime dropped just two games in three matches.
Elaina Lee, Prince, Spring-Ford No. 2 Kathryn Alvarez and Methacton No. 3 Sydnie Markowitz remain in contention for districts by reaching the quarterfinals.
Action will resume Saturday at 2 p.m. at Kinetix.
PAC Singles Championships
At Kinetix
(School and team seed in parentheses)
First round
Meredith Lee (OJR1) bye; Ivy Price (Bt2) def. Carly Bernhart (UP1) 8-4; Kathryn Alvarez (SF2) def. Jacey Caplan (OJR3) 9-8 (3); Amy Phantharong (UM1) def. Emily Brandt (UP2) 8-0; Jasmine Morris (PV1) def. Kelly Watson (PJP2) 8-0; Sydnie Markowitz (MT3) def. Anna Markle (NT1) 8-0; Gina Brown (PX2) def. Gianna Epps (PT1) 8-1; Dina Nouaime (MT1) def. Cassie Succloski (PJP1) 8-1.
Tori Alexander (SF1) bye; Nadja Townsend (PV3) def. Rebekah Lilliendahl (PG1) 8-2; Minali Tare (UM2) def. Rachael Moyer (BT1) 9-8 (4); Elaina Lee (OJR2) def. Naomi Dillon (NT2) 8-0; Tina Prince (MT2) def. Alivia Lopez (PT2) 8-0; Allison Newman (PV2) def. Sabar Islam (UM3) 8-0; Jessica Leach (SF3) def. Zoe Birch (PG2) 8-2; Julia Gumieniak (PX1) bye.
Second round
Meredith Lee (OJR1) def. Ivy Price (BT2) 8-0; Kathryn Alvarez (SF2) def. Amy Phantharong (UM1) 8-2; Sydnie Markowitz (MT3) def. Jasmine Morris (PV1) 9-7; Dina Nouaime (MT1) def. Gina Brown (PX2) 8-0.
Tori Alexander (SF1) def. Nadja Townsend (PV3) 8-2; Elaina Lee (OJR2) def. Minali Tare (UM2) 8-0; Tina Prince (MT2) def. Allison Newman (PV2) 9-7; Julia Gumieniak (PX1) def. Jessica Leach (SF3) 8-2.
Quarterfinals
Meredith Lee (OJR1) def. Kathryn Alvarez (SF2), 6-0, 6-0; Dina Nouaime (MT1) def. Sydnie Markowitz (MT3), 6-1, 6-0; Tori Alexander (SF1) def. Elaina Lee (OJR2), 2-6, 7-6, 7-5; Julia Gumieniak (PX1) def. Tina Prince (MT2), 6-2, 6-0.
