Lansdale Catholic Repeats as PCL Tennis Champions

Lansdale Catholic won the Philadelphia Catholic League girls' tennis championship on Oct. 8 at Legacy Tennis Center. The top-seeded Crusaders secured their second consecutive league title and third championship in five seasons with a 3-2 team victory.

Senior Kate Donathan clinched the title for Lansdale Catholic by winning her first singles match against Cardinal O’Hara’s Marielle Farrell. Donathan won the deciding match 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 after the team score was tied at 2-2. Donathan noted that she did not realize her match would determine the team winner until her teammates joined her on the court to celebrate.