Radnor’s Ciarrocchi advances in District 1 singles
If Radnor’s Kanon Ciarrocchi is going to qualify for the PIAA Class 3A singles tournament for the first time, the Central League champion will have to go through a familiar foe to do so.
The fifth-seeded Ciarrocchi won a pair of straight set victories Friday to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals of the District 1 singles championships to set up yet another showdown with fourth-seeded Jordan Bradley of Downingtown West.
The winner of Saturday’s quarterfinal match at Legacy automatically qualifies for the state tournament. The top four individuals in the district tournament advance to states.
It’s the third straight year the pair have met in the district singles tournament. Bradley knocked Ciarrocchi out in the quarterfinals last season, 6-1, 6-4, and scored a 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) win in the second round in 2016.
Ciarrocchi defeated West Chester Henderson’s Hanna Baxter, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round and Conestoga’s Priya Aravindhan, 6-0, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
All of the other Delco entries lost in the first round. Academy Park’s Camille Erskine fell to Aravindhan, 6-0, 6-1. Sallay Thollie of Penn Wood dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to Lower Merion’s Cecilia Anger-Denis and Megan Kidd of Strath Haven fell to Stow Weiss of Mount St. Joseph, 6-3, 6-2.
In Class 2A, Delco Christian’s Brette Foutch advanced to Saturday’s final with a pair of victories. The second-seeded Foutch defeated Bean Hughes of Upper Moreland in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-0 and then knocked off third-seeded Hannah Crew of St. Basil in the semis, 6-0, 6-2. Foutch faces top-seeded Nikole Lisovyy for the title. Only the district champion qualifies for the state tournament.
In nonleague action:
Upper Darby 4, Delco Christian 3 >> Adrienne Loc and Hannah Asaya overcame a three-game deficit in the second set at first doubles to post a 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) victory and pace the Royals to their third straight victory.
Loc and Asaya were down 5-2 in the second set before rallying for the win. Camryn Shultz (first singles), and Jen Donsanouphit and Bianca Garcia (second doubles) and Bridget Mongan and Tarana Ananna (third doubles) came up with big wins for UD.
Daphne Neal and Ersy Neal won in straight sets at second and third singles, respectively, for the Knights.
Springfield 4, Academy Park 1 >> A 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2 win at first doubles by Deanna Williams and Kaitlin Siddons powered the Cougars past the Knights. Mia Graci came up with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory at third singles.
After competing in the District 1 singles tournament Camille Erskine scored a 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 win at No. 2 singles for Academy Park’s only victory.
