AMHERST — The Amherst girls tennis team outlasted Ludlow, 4-1, in a marathon match on Monday at the Amherst Middle School Courts during the Class A semifinals of the girls tennis Western Mass. Tournament. The second-seeded Hurricanes took two pivotal points against the No. 3 Lions with match wins in second singles and first doubles — matches that took about two hours — to advance to the Class A championship against top-seeded Longmeadow.

Amherst’s Emma Learned-Miller beat Isabell Cyr (6-4, 6-4) in second singles and Daniella Sherman and Aliya Osman won the lengthy first doubles match (5-7, 7-6 (9-7), 10-5), swinging the final score the Hurricanes’ way to move on to their first Class A final with head coach Claire Cocco.

“It was really fun,” Cocco said. “Even the girls were saying it was fun to be in that situation, although for me as a coach, a little nerve-wracking. I give credit to Ludlow. Ludlow played really well in all their matches, so I have to give them a lot of credit because we had to really battle.”

While second singles and first doubles needed every minute of daylight to decide winners — Cocco mentioned those were two of the longest matches all season long — the remaining three matches went as accordingly. Amherst’s lone defeat was in third singles as Ludlow’s Ava Moutinho won over Marin Carlyon (6-1, 6-1). The Hurricanes’ second doubles of Janaki Ewoton and Elena Ruiz took the “W” by scores of 6-2, 6-0 and first singles favored Amherst’s Katie Gromacki 6-0, 6-0.

“Katie Gromacki, our No. 1, she won the first time we matched up with Ludlow, but overall, her play has really elevated since the beginning of the season,” Cocco said. “She’s so young but she’s also gained a lot of maturity. She has a lot skill, but she’s a seventh-grader, so she’s still maturing. She’s able to control her emotions a bit more, which is like above her years even.”

Cocco also again praised Learned-Miller for grinding out the win in second singles, the second-to-last match of the day to be decided.

“Just really battl[ed],” Cocco said. “Because of the really long points that she had, I think her opponent was really even with her.”

Amherst swept Ludlow 5-0 earlier in the season amid its season-high eight-match win streak, and Cocco felt her ‘Canes saw an “improved” Lions pack this time around. Ludlow’s loss on Monday counted as its sixth of the year, but its season will continue on in the state tournament.

Amherst (12-2) now gets a chance to flip the script against the Lancers, the one team the Hurricanes haven’t been able to solve, later this week in the Class A final. Longmeadow beat Amherst twice by a combined score of 7-3 during the regular season.

No date or time has been posted as of Monday evening.

Boys tennis

Class C semis

No. 2 PVCICS 4, No. 3 Mount Greylock 1 — It was almost a perfect sweep for the Dragons, however Gabe Loinaz suffered an injury at third singles and had to retire after one game, which he won. That gave Mount Greylock its only victory of the afternoon.

Lee Ferguson (first singles) and Derek Ye (second singles) both won 6-1, 6-0 for the Dragons, while Teddy Scott and James Scott powered their way to a 6-1, 6-2 win at first doubles and Simon Speek and Devan Ye notched a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles.

PVCICS will play No. 1 Lenox in the Class C finals later this week.

No. 1 Lenox 3, No. 4 Frontier 2 — The Redhawks gave the top-seeded Millionaires all they could handle on Monday. The match came down to No. 1 doubles, but a strong comeback from Frontier’s Xavier Fripp and Noah Nichols fell just short, as Lenox took the set 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to earn a 3-2 victory in Lenox.

Casey Bestler earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory in No. 1 singles while Oliver Brown came back from a 3-5 deficit in the third set to win 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in his singles match for Frontier.