North Allegheny Repeats as Girls Team Tennis State Champions

Three District 7 girls tennis teams turned the PIAA Class AAA Final Four into a WPIAL block party, and in the end Saturday in Hershey, the defending champion was golden again. The North Allegheny Tigers defeated the Mount Lebanon Blue Devils in the state Semifinals, then ousted the Shady Side Academy Indians in a WPIAL title match rematch to win a second consecutive PIAA Class AAA state crown. The championship marks the 8th consecutive year that a WPIAL team has brough home gold in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs. Meanwhile the drought continues in Class AA where District 10 champion Mercyhurst Prep was the winner. Both Sewickley Academy and Indiana lost in the state Quarterfinals on Friday leaving the WPIAL with only one Class AA state winner this century.

Here are ALL of the results fro the 2014 PIAA Girls Team Tennis Playoffs, with the final three rounds taking place at the Hershey Racquet Club.

2014 PIAA CLASS AAA GIRLS TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS 3 – SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS 1

PIAA CLASS AAA Semifinals:

NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS 4 – MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS 1

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS 3 – Conestoga Pioneers 1

PIAA CLASS AAA Quarterfinals:

NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS 5 – Unionville Indians 0

MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS 4 – Harriton Rams 1

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS 3 – West Chester Henderson Warriors 2

Conestoga Pioneers 4 – Abington Heights Comets 1

PIAA CLASS AAA First Round:

NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS 5 – Fairview Tigers 0

Unionville Indians 3 – Southern Lehigh Spartans 0

MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS 3 – State College Little Lions 2

Harriton Rams 3 – Exeter Township Eagles 1

West Chester Henderson Warriors 5 – Landisville Hempfield Black Knights 0

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS 5 – DuBois Beavers 0

Conestoga Pioneers 4 – Philadelphia Central Lancers 1

Abington Heights Comets 4 – Manheim Township Blue Streaks 1

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2014 PIAA CLASS AA GIRLS TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

Mercyhurst Prep Lakers 5 – Scranton Prep Cavaliers 0

PIAA CLASS AA Semifinals:

Scranton Prep Cavaliers 3 – Gwynedd Mercy Monarchs 2

Mercyhurst Prep Lakers 5 – Hamburg Hawks 0

PIAA CLASS AA Quarterfinals:

Scranton Prep Cavaliers 5 – SEWICKLEY ACADEMY PANTHERS 0

Gwynedd Mercy Monarchs 3 – Moravian Academy Lions 2

Mercyhurst Prep Lakers 5 – Wyomissing Spartans 0

Hamburg Hawks 3 – INDIANA LITTLE INDIANS 2

PIAA CLASS AA First Round:

Scranton Prep Cavaliers 4 – Hughesville Spartans 0

SEWICKLEY ACADEMY PANTHERS 4 – Bedford Bisons 1

Gwynedd Mercy Monarchs 5 – Philadelphia Masterman Dragons 0

Moravian Academy Lions 3 – Lancaster Catholic Crusaders 1

Wyomissing Spartans 3 – Bloomsburg Panthers 0

Mercyhurst Prep Lakers 3 – GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS 2

Hamburg Hawks 4 – Westmont-Hilltop Hilltopers 1

INDIANA LITTLE INDIANS 5 – Punxsutawney Chucks 0