Bethlehem Catholic’s girls tennis team hosted Northampton on Aug. 27 when the Konkrete Kids prevailed, 6-1.

Northampton won all singles matches with Claire Lack defeating Elizabeth Schock, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, Emily Kemmerer defeating Louisa Robinson, 6-2, 6-3, and Emilee Gaughran defeating Sasha Mathew, 6-4, 6-1.

“I called [Coach Gabby Demchak] over in the beginning of the first set because I was ahead, and then [Elizabeth Schock] got ahead of me, and then she told me to calm down and keep my cool,” said Lack. “I like to hit it harder, but she wasn’t hitting that game, so I just hit her shots back at her. She did a lot of short shots and corner shots. She ran me side-to-side. My serves were light today. I did not do my curve on my first serve. I pulled my second serve just to get more accuracy.”

Bethlehem Catholic coach Dan Arkans said that it appeared Schock ran out of steam.

“They were mirror images of each other, but Claire was just a little stronger in that third set,” he said.

Becahi did win at No. 3 doubles where Caroline Dunn and Madison Araniego defeated Joy Samaan and Mia Rios, 6-4, 6-0.

“Madison was third singles and is now third doubles with Caroline. Sasha went to third singles from doubles,” said Coach Arkans. “I thought Brooke (Mayer) and Ruby (Robinson) had been playing longer and would be better at second doubles. Ruby’s really our strongest doubles player.”

Robinson and Mayer lost in a close match to Lea Fornatto and Hayden Nagy, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6.

“We’re still tinkering with our lineup, and there might be a new girl that’s coming, so we have to get our lineup set,” Arkans said. “I think this is a much better lineup than we’ve had the first few matches. Our second doubles had been playing third, and they’ve had some close matches, but the other girls haven’t.”

At No. 4 doubles, Northampton’s Addison Slivka and Hayden Bilheim defeated Sophia Fiorini and Kiley Parkes, 6-0, 6-2.

“My fourth doubles are not competing yet. We really need our doubles,” said Arkans. “The way it started, I thought Elizabeth could win and then second doubles, third doubles. You get it to 3-3 and anything could happen, so we could’ve if everything went well.”

Northampton also won the alternate match with Keely Holland and Dahlia Janis defeating Madelyn Araniego and Selena Phan, 8-0.

“It’s really nice to see that we’re in all these matches, and we’re not giving up and fighting through to the end,” said Northampton first-year head coach Gabby Demchak. “All of them have grown, not only in tennis but in being a good teammate.”

This week, Becahi will travel to Freedom on Sept. 4, and Northampton will host Freedom on Sept. 6.

“I don’t know too much about Freedom, but I really feel like once you get past Parkland, Emmaus, Central Catholic, we should be able to compete,” Arkans said.

The Golden Hawks enjoyed a bounce back win two days later over Pocono Mountain West, 6-0.

In singles play, Schock defeated Sarinna Longos, 4-6, 6-3, 10-3, Robinson defeated Emma Bak, 7-5, 6-1, and Mathew defeated Eva Mieckowski, 6-2, 6-0.

In doubles matches, Robinson and Mayer defeated Skylahrae Kee and Rayvonna Bynoe, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1,

Araniego and Dunn defeated Natalia Juchnicki and Angelina Alu, 6-0, 6-1, and Fiorini and Kiley Parkes defeated Ariana Rocha and Tristan Polen, 6-1, 6-2.