For the ninth time in 10 years, the Foxes girls’ tennis team won the WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 championship. In all, since 1971 when the program started, they have earned 24 section gold medals. In the 2019 regular season, the team finished the year 9-0 in the section and 14-1 overall. Now, going into...Read More

Two-time WPIAL and PIAA doubles tennis champion Charlotte James earned her first solo gold medal Sept. 19 when she upset top-seed Bethany Yauch from Baldwin, 6-4, 6-4 at the WPIAL Class 3A singles finals. With the win, Charlotte, a senior, became the first Fox Chapel Area High School female singles player to win the 3A...Read More

Tennis coach Alex Slezak is reluctant to say that this year’s cumulative singles lineup might be one of his best in his 11 years with the program, but there’s no denying there’s a lot of winning happening on the courts this season. All three of his singles players – senior top-seed Charlotte James, sophomore second-seed...Read More

Carissa Shepard is a much different person than she was a year ago. The sophomore, who played singles and doubles tennis for the Lady Foxes during the 2018 season, worked hard all summer with a singular focus to take her game to a higher level. And it appears she’s done just that. Only a week...Read More

Members of the girls’ tennis team are bearing the hot weather and working hard on their shots, court fitness, and summer tournament schedules in preparation for the upcoming season. The 2019 fall preseason begins August 12.Read More