It’s been quite a while since the Fox Chapel Area girls tennis team has had such a young singles lineup, but coach Alex Slezak says it makes no difference in the way he coaches his players. “I just view it as getting more time to spend with them,” he says of a lineup that includes...Read More

Keith Barnes Tri-State Sports & News Service, Post-Gazette, September 15, 2022 Fox Chapel pulled off an upset of North Allegheny to make it into the WPIAL Class 3A girls team tennis semifinals last year, then nearly came up with another in a 3-2 loss to Latrobe. This year, though, the Foxes might need a little...Read More

Fox Chapel Area’s girls tennis and boys soccer teams have been named the recipients of the 2021-2022 Team QPA Award. The girls tennis team earned a cumulative QPA (quality point average) of 4.45. The boys soccer team turned in an overall QPA of 4.03. Congratulations to both teams for their achievements in the classroom and...Read More

Riding on the strength of the Foxes doubles’ teams, the girls tennis team became the new WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 champions on October 4, after defeating Shady Side Academy, 3-2. The victory automatically advances the squad to the Class 3A WPIAL championships that will begin October 11. Under Coach Alex Slezak’s leadership, the program...Read More

Carissa Shepard retained her WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 individual singles title by defeating Shady Side Academy’s Elana Sobel, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, for the second consecutive year. Carissa, a four-year varsity singles starter for the Foxes, says she was a little nervous during the first set. She explains, “It was more a battle with myself...Read More