Adams Central gave Norwell much more of a fight than the 5-0 score will show, but the Knights were the better team Friday night and deservedly won a third consecutive sectional title with a sweep of the Jets.
The Knights clinched the victory with a win at No. 2 doubles after quick victories at No. 1 doubles and No. 3 singles.
Melanie Bertsch took Delaney Hoover to a third-set tiebreak after taking the second set 6-2, but fell in the tiebreak 10-3.
That left Hillary Tobias playing Addy Heyerly to stay alive as an individual in the singles tournament. Tobias, a senior, had bounced back from an opening-set loss to beat Heyerly 6-0 in the second set. Heyerly flipped that script and broke Tobias’s serve and ended her career, 6-0 in the third.
The Knights will continue their postseason run against Manchester next week and that match will also be at Bluffton.
Norwell 5 Adams Central 0
No. 1-Addy Heyerly (N) d. Hillary Tobias, 6-2, 0-6, 6-0
No. 2-Delaney Hoover (N) d. Melanie Bertsch, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (10-3)
No. 3-Macie Saalfrank (N) d. Macy McClure, 6-0, 6-1
No. 1-Macy Felger/Annabelle Johnson (N) d. Anna Leyse/Alexa Brotherton, 6-1, 6-0
No. 2-Cierra Hiester/Jordyn Xayyachack (N) d. Alaina Bertsch/Alayna McCullough, 6-4, 6-2
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