Liberty High School's Samantha Peterson and Madelyn Conrad won the silver medal in the District XI Class AAA Girls Doubles Tennis Tournament on Monday at Lehigh University.

"Getting this far is an accomplishment," said Conrad.

The Hurricane pair lost to East Stroudsburg South's Brittany Poje and Kaitlyn Poje, 0-6, 1-6.

"We played pretty well [in the tournament]. In finals, I think we could have changed up our game more," said Peterson.

In the second set, four of the seven games went to deuce.

Liberty coach Leo Schnalzer said, "I felt they had to try to take some risks, and attempt to control the net if they could. When they went to some deeper lobs, they did well."

Knowing the power of Poje and Poje, the Hurricanes worked on strategy the day before.

"We tried to change up the game, but we should have thrown in some slices, serve and volleys ..." said Peterson.

The Liberty pair won the fourth game of the second set.

"We just tried to pull out one, and after that, it boosted our confidence," said Conrad.

In the semifinal round last Thursday at Parkland High School, the Hurricanes defeated Freedom's Flannery Johnston and Elizabeth McCarthy, 7-5, 6-2.

"During semis, they were more motivated," Peterson said. "I tried to hit a lot down the middle because they would both call each other off, and no one would get to it."

In quarterfinals, the Hurricanes defeated Pleasant Valley, 6-1, 6-0.

Peterson and Conrad's match against Stroudsburg in the second round proved to be a little more of a challenge, even though the Hurricanes won 6-4, 6-0.

"In the first set, there were too many unforced errors on our part. In the second set, we got our heads on straight," said Conrad.

In the first round, the Hurricanes defeated Northampton, 6-1, 6-2.

2014 was the first time in at least 17 years that Liberty had a number one singles player in the district final and a number one doubles team in the district final.

"Sam and Madelyn are probably the best one-two punch around. They are very good players. Maybe I didn't expect to advance both singles and doubles to the final. I felt they had the opportunity, but it was a little unexpected. They deserved to be here," Schnalzer said.