Bucktail, Shore doubles teams fall in District 4 quarterfinals
- RALPH WILSON/For The Express Jersey Shore’s Azlyn Guerrero, left, and Emily Sherman compete in the District 4 first round, doubles tournament at Williamsport on Saturday.
- RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Jersey Shore’s Azlyn Guerrero, left, and Emily Sherman compete in the District 4 first round, doubles tournament at Williamsport on Saturday.

RALPH WILSON/For The Express Jersey Shore's Azlyn Guerrero, left, and Emily Sherman compete in the District 4 first round, doubles tournament at Williamsport on Saturday.
Bucktail and Jersey Shore both had a pair of doubles teams in the District 4 girls tennis doubles tournament which played the first three rounds on Saturday morning at Williamsport High School.
The semifinals are scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m. at the Central PA Tennis Center in South Williamsport with the finals to follow.
On the top half of the bracket, Hughesville’s Georgia Randall and Rebecca Roberts, the top seed in the tournament, advanced to the semifinals and will face Loyalsock’s Caroline Crawford and Gia Biacchi. The bottom half of the bracket sees Danville’s Gyovanna Sundaresan and Alexa Preisz matching up with Montgomery’s Cali Barnes and Madisyn Miller in the other semifinal.
Bucktail’s Eva Sockman and Kelsie Wagner advanced to the quarterfinals, but fell in a tough three-set match to Hughesville’s Randall and Roberts. Sockman and Wagner won the first set, 7-6, but Randall and Roberts would win the next two to win the three-set matchup, 6-7, 6-1, 7-6.
Sockman and Wagner earned a second-round win against Selinsgrove’s Madison Maneval and Talia Mowery, 6-0, 6-0.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Jersey Shore's Azlyn Guerrero, left, and Emily Sherman compete in the District 4 first round, doubles tournament at Williamsport on Saturday.
Jersey Shore’s Josie Gerst and Julia Herman also reached Saturday’s quarterfinals and came just shy of advancing to the semifinals. Herst and Herman fell to Danville’s Sundaresan and Preisz, 6-1, 6-2. Gerst and Herman beat Selinsgrove’s Alexis Hoot and Miah Bassler in the second round, 6-0, 6-1.
In the first round, Sockman and Wagner had a first-round matchup with Jersey Shore’s Azlyn Guerrero and Emily Sherman and won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
Gerst and Herman faced Bucktail’s McKenna Bissman and Lola English in the first round and earned a 6-1, 6-3 win against the Bucktail duo.
DISTRICT 4 DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
(FIRST THREE ROUNDS)
FIRST ROUND
Hughesville’s Georgia Randall/Rebecca Roberts def. Wellsboro’s Olivia Gage/Logan Root, 6-0, 6-1; Central Columbia’s Savannah Thomas/Rebecca Roberts def. Muncy’s Zoe Dohl/Elizabeth Howard, 7-5, 6-1; Selinsgrove’s Madison Maneval/Talia Mowery def. Mifflinburg’s Rhyann Kurtz/Addison Day, 6-1, 6-2; Bucktail’s Eva Sockman/Kelsie Wagner def. Jersey Shore’s Azlyn Guerrero/Emily Sherman, 6-0, 6-0; Loyalsock’s Caroline Crawford/Gia Biacchi def. Montgomery’s Ava Hartman/Arianna Snyder, 6-0, 6-2; Danville’s Elyse Sparh/Sanah Bhanushali def. Bloomsburg’s Suhani Vishwakarma/Harshita Choyal, 6-1, 6-2; Milton’s Emily Waltman/Emma King def. Lewisburg’s Lylah Shuey/Adelyn Conner, 6-1, 6-2; South Williamsport’s Mylee Morrison/Morgan Ertel def. Montoursville’s Bella Aldinger/Mya Wilson, 6-1, 6-0;
Danville’s Gyovanna Sundaresan/Alexa Preisz def. Loyalsock’s Vivian Reem/Lashlyn Sauers, 6-2, 6-1; Milton’s Carrie King/Madison Coup def. Bloomsburg’s Lexi Foust/Caroline Decker, 6-1, 6-1; Selinsgrove’s Alexis Hoot/Miah Bassler def. North Penn-Liberty’s Elyna Booth/Rosly Williams, 6-1, 6-3; Jersey Shore’s Josie Gerst/Julia Herman def. Bucktail’s McKenna Bissman/Lola English, 6-1, 6-3; Lewisburg’s Dayssi Weis/Christina Zheng def. Wellsboro’s Evelyn Wetherbee/Kyleigh Lyn, 6-1, 6-0; Montoursville’s Elsa Kerher/Ali Ravert def. Mifflinburg’s Holly Swartz/Alice Grill, 6-0, 6-1; Central Columbia’s Cassandra Marte/Sydney Barry def. Hughesville’s Talia Saka/Gracie Budman, 6-3, 6-2; Montgomery’s Cali Barnes/Madisyn Miller def. South Williamsport’s Peyton Coolidge/Ava Foote, 6-1, 6-1.
SECOND ROUND
Hughesville’s Georgia Randall/Rebecca Roberts def. Central Columbia’s Savannah Thomas/Zoe Seely, 6-1, 6-2; Bucktail’s Eva Sockman/Kelsie Wagner def. Selinsgrove’s Madison Maneval/Talia Mowery, 6-0, 6-0; Loyalscok’s Caroline Crawford/Gia Biacchi def. Danville’s Elyse Sparh/Sanah Bhanushali, 6-3, 6-1; South Williamsport’s Mylee Morrison/Morgan Ertel def. Milton’s Emily Waltman, Emma King, 6-3, 7-5;
Danville’s Gyovanna Sundaresan/Alexa Preisz def. Milton’s Carrie King/Madison Coup, 6-0, 6-0; Jersey Shore’s Josie Gerst/Julia Herman def. Selinsgrove’s Alexis Hoot/Miah Bassler, 6-0, 6-1; Lewisburg’s Dayssi Weis/Christina Zheng def. Montoursville’s Elsa Kehrer/Ali Ravert, 7-6, 6-3; Montgomery’s Cali Barnes/Madisyn Miller def. Central Columbia’s Cassandra Marte/Sydney Barry, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.
QUARTERFINALS
Hughesville’s Georgia Randall/Rebecca Roberts def. Bucktail’s Eva Sockman/Kelsie Wagner, 6-7, 6-1, 7-6; Loyalsock’s Caroline Crawford/Gia Biacchi def. South Williamsport’s Mylee Morrison/Morgan Ertel, 6-2, 7-6; Danville’s Gyovanna Sundaresan/Alexa Preisz def. Jersey Shore’s Josie Gerst/Julia Herman, 6-1, 6-2; Montgomery’s Cali Barnes/Madisyn Miller def. Lewisburg’s Dayssi Weis/Christina Zheng, 6-3, 6-1.
SEMIFINALS
(Monday at Central PA Tennis Center, 1 p.m.)
Hughesville’s Georgia Randall/Rebecca Roberts vs. Loyalsock’s Caroline Crawford/Gia Biacchi; Danville’s Gyovanna Sundaresan/Alexa Preisz vs. Montgomery’s Cali Barnes/Madisyn Miller.






