But that was not to be, as Notre Dame Prep, coming off its huge 3-2 win at Bryn Mawr last week, carried that momentum into its match versus Mount de Sales, played at Mount St. Joe�??s, and came away with a 4-1 win.

The end result: Bryn Mawr has now been champion or co-champion in four of the past five years, with only St. Paul�??s School for Girls title in 2004 keeping them from the winner�??s circle. BMS won the title in 2006, shared it with Roland Park Country in 2005, and won it in 2003.

Blazer Coach Lynn Taylor said the NDP/MDS contest �??was a very close match.�?�   The two singles matches finished quickly, with #1 going to Mount de Sales, as Cara Facchina defeated Frances Hutton (6-4, 6-0) and # 2 going to NDP, as Kasey Harvey bested Maggie Andrews (6-4, 6-2).

According to Taylor, �??My #1 doubles team won 6-4, 6-4 over a team they had lost to in straight sets in our first meeting.  So the match came down to the # 2 and  #3 doubles, both my teams having not lost a match this season.  I was surprised when I checked on my # 2 doubles team (Erin Laschinger and Kerry Heitmiller) and found they had lost the first set and were down 3-0 in the second, but, they fought back to take the second set and went on to win 6-2 in the third.�?�

By the time they had settled down, my #3 team (Brooke Jordan & Stephanie Caronna) had lost the second set after taking the first, forcing their match into a third set.  They played into the dark, not wanting to return to finish the match. All the teams fought hard to the last point making the wins so special,�?� Taylor added.

Caronna and Jordan had already gone the darkness route last week, playing into the dark on Thursday before the match was halted, having to return on Friday to conclude. They did not want a repeat of that scenario �?? except for the win.

Ironically, both Brendler an Taylor, along with two players from BMS and NDP were scheduled to appear on the DigitalSports weekly sports show on Monday evening. Taylor and her Blazer representatives were unable to appear, because their match lasted until nearly seven o'clock. Brendler and the Bryn Mawr girls were interviewed, not knowing at the time if they were champs or co-champs.

It was not until after the show that Brendler learned, via cell phone, of the outcome of the NDP/MDS match. Obviously, an outright championship would be preferable, but half a title is better than none at all.

Notre Dame Prep 4, Mount de Sales 1
#1 singles: Cara Facchina (MDS) def Frances Hutton (NDP)  6-4, 6-0
#2 singles: Kasey Harvey (NDP) def Maggie Andrew (MDS) 6-4, 6-2
#1 doubles: Katie Hershner/Caroline Kable (NDP) def Erica Brown/Carol Nettina (MDS)  6-4, 6-4
#2 doubles: Kerry Heitmiller/ Erin Laschinger (NDP) def Sara Bishop/Mary Kate
Facchina (MDS) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
#3 doubles: Stephanie Caronna/Brooke Jordan (NDP) def Maria Procopio/ Gabrielle Johnson (MDS) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

JV Results (playing 10 game pro sets)

Notre Dame Prep 5, Mount de Sales 0
#1 singles: Michele Bystry (NDP) def Chelsea Gough (MDS) 10-4
#2 singles: Christine O'Keefe (NDP) def Kate Collins (MDS) 10-1
#1 doubles: Maggie McLaughlin & Kelly McFadden (NDP) def Jordan Lombardi
and Tara Cole (MDS) 10-3
#2 doubles: Courtney Norjen and Kaitlin Caubo (NDP) def Maria Cutler and
Elizabeth McCollum(MDS) 10-2
#3 doubles: Mollie Meeder & Meghan Dunn (NDP) def Kathleen Gueritot and
Ann Marie DeGirolamo (MDS) 6-0 agreed to: played to six due to darkness

Exhibition matches, 1 set due to darkness:
Paige McCardell and Katie Tassinari (NDP) def (MDS) 6-3
Jessa Avancena and Maura Tewey (NDP) def (MDS) 6-1