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PHS caps 17-0 regular season

The Parkland girls tennis team earned its sixth consecutive East Penn Conference regular season title last week when it beat Emmaus to improve to 17-0 overall and 16-0 in league play this season.

The Hornets were unbeaten in EPC matches before last week’s 4-3 Parkland win in both teams’ regular season finale.

The match came down to a doubles match both team’s top singles players. Parkland’s Sonia Lee and Sadie Pollard beat the Hornet’s Zoe Santana and Gabby Tranguch 6-4, 6-1 to seal the league title.

The match lasted two days and was tied 3-3 when darkness set in last Tuesday, Sept. 29. The deciding match was played the next afternoon.

Lee and Kiana Miles won singles matches against the Hornets. Miles pulled out a 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles while Lee earned a 7-5, 6-1 win in the second singles match.

Parkland’s Mehek Garg and Sophie Law won their No. 4 doubles match 6-1, 6-1 against Emmaus.

After the two wins against Emmaus, Lee kept rolling with three straight wins at last Thursday’s East Penn Conference Championships.

The junior was the top seed in the No. 2 singles bracket and won three straight matches to earn a gold medal.

Pollard reached the title match in the No. 1 singles bracket at leagues, while the Trojan doubles team of Garg and Law made it to the title match at No. 4 doubles.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOThe Parkland girls tennis team was awarded the East Penn Conference trophy last week after going unbeaten in league play this season.