Brenna Magliochetti and Molly Ehrig won the silver medal in the championship match of the District XI Class AA Girls Doubles Tennis Tournament on Monday afternoon at Lehigh University where Coco Chen and Logan Lencheski of Notre Game Green Pond won the gold in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

Ehrig said, “It feels great. It’s been amazing and so much fun.”

It was the first district doubles tournament for both Becahi players.

“I feel very proud. We had a lot of support,” said Magliochetti.

Despite dropping the first set, the Hawks did not lose confidence.

Becahi coach George Harmanos said, “We came in with a plan, and we didn’t deter from that. They were composed, and they knew 6-3 was pretty good for the first set.”

In the second set, three games went to deuce, and Becahi won all three of those.

“It’s intense. If you don’t have your A game during those deuce points, you’ll lose it,” Magliochetti said. “We just got the momentum in the second set.”

Momentum carried over into the third set for Becahi as the Hawks won the first three games, but the next two games went to deuce, and Notre Dame won those.

Lencheski said, “Our coach [Matt Crouse] kept us positive. We knew them, and we tried to think of strategies, but some of it was pure instinct.”

Later in the third set, a shot at the net by Ehrig tied the match at 4-4.

“My net game isn’t the best, so every time I get a volley in, I feel good about it overall,” said Ehrig.

The next game went to deuce and was won by Notre Dame, and the last game of the set went to deuce twice before the Crusaders won the match.

Chen said, “We came back by concentrating, and we had a few good serves. Earlier, we had a lot of unforced errors.”

Chen and Lencheski will compete in the PIAA State Doubles Tennis Championships early next month.

Both Becahi and Notre Dame will have completed the first round of team districts on Tuesday, past Press deadlines.