The PH Girls Tennis Team fought hard but came up just short of the WVD Title on Friday afternoon, falling in a heartbreaker to the Franklin County Lady Eagles 5-4 in competition that lasted over 4 hours and featured 4 separate third set tie break matches. In singles competition, Allison Link won Court 1 in straight 6-0, 6-0 sets. Laura Hall held tough to win Court 2 in a nerve wracking 7-6 (7-4 tb), 3-6, 10-7 tie break match, and Sabel Fink played strong to a 6-4, 6-4 win in her match on Court 4.
The teams were dead even at 3-3 going into doubles. Allison Link / Allie Green picked up a convincing 6-0, 6-1 victory on Court 1. PH doubles teams on courts 2 and 3 both played their hearts out with each match decided in a third set tie breaker with the final match finishing in the near dark at the lightless William Fleming courts. The playoff match concludes the regular season with the Lady Pats at 10-4 overall and 5-2 in WVD. The team will advance to the Regional tournament and will likely face perennially strong Albemarle in two weeks.
The WVD Individual and Doubles Tournament gets underway next week on Tuesday and Thursday, which will be held at Franklin Co. In singles the Lady Pats will be sending Allison Link (10-4, 5-2) as the # 2 seed, and Laura Hall (10-3, 6-1) seeded #6. In doubles Allison Link and Allie Green (12-2, 7-0) will enter seeded #1 and Laura Hall / Kim Russell (9-4, 4-2) will start as #6 seed.
