Bethlehem Catholic number one singles player Brenna Magliochetti won the silver medal after competing in the PIAA State Class 2A Singles Tennis Tournament this past weekend in Hershey, and Freedom’s Natalie Sinai and Tashanna Smith won bronze after competing in the PIAA State Class 3A Doubles Tennis Tournament, also this past weekend in Hershey.

“We wanted to end on a good note,” said Sinai. “They were very good.”

Sinai was referring to Shady Side Academy’s Ella Santora and Amy Youssef, whom the Patriots played for third place.

“They definitely had a weaker player, so we concentrated a lot on her,” Sinai said. “Tashanna volleyed a lot in that match. She loosened up more, but I got tired, trying not to think about it and keep going.”

Sinai and Smith won that match, 6-4, 6-4.

In the first round, the Patriots defeated Downingtown Wests’s Holly Koons and Sophia Koons, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.

“I think we both came out really tight, and for me, it could have been my last match ever, so we had to ease into the match, and we got through,” said Sinai, a senior. “Between the first and second set, Tashanna said, ‘Let’s not lose another game.’”

The Patriots knew they should be doing better and could be doing better.

Sinai and Smith also defeated Manheim Township’s Emily Garvin and Avery Palandjian, 6-4, 7-5 before losing in the semifinal to Hamilton’s Sophia Sassoli and Saige Roshkoff, 6-1, 6-2.

“We knew they were the best team, and they decided not to play in singles so they could play in the doubles tournament,” Sinai noted. “We were right there, but we could have done better.”

This was Sinai’s second trip to states.

“I am so happy, but I will miss this team and [Coach Mark] Sigmon. He’s like a second dad,” said Sinai. “I feel like I’ve grown up on this team. It was an incredible experience.”

In Class 2A singles, Magliochetti defeated Archbishop Wood’s Jess Firriolo, 6-0, 6-0, in the first round, Ellie Neudecker, 6-1, 6-1, in the quarterfinal, and Knoch’s Laura Greb, 6-3, 7-5, in the semifinal before losing to Lower Moreland’s Nikole Lisovyy, 6-1, 6-4, in the final.