Berwick won the first two singles positions and the No. 1 doubles match Thursday while beating host Crestwood, 3-2, in a Class 3A quarterfinal as the District 2 boys tennis team tournament got underway.
The fifth-seeded Bulldogs picked up all three of their team points against the fourth-seeded Comets in straight-set victories, but two of the matches had sets go to tiebreakers.
Issac Gerkin rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles.
Ben Yard topped Noah Ceklosky, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
The team of Ben Carro-Liam Welch fought past Sean Rossi-Braiden Fallbright, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
Crestwood got straight-set victories from Scott Lenio at No. 3 singles and Aaron Kogoy-Will Savner at No. 2 doubles.
The match was one of three Class 3A quarterfinals played Thursday.
Unbeaten Abington Heights, the top seed and defending champion, shut out Wilkes-Barre Area.
No. 2 singles player Sam Christman and the doubles teams of Luke Morgan-Liam Farrell and Manan Pancholy-Mike Klamp combined to drop just one game in six sets.
The Comets picked up a point by default at third singles and had the lead at first singles when the match was halted.
Valley View beat Scranton, 4-1, in the other Thursday quarterfinal, then Delaware Valley completed the field with a 5-0 shutout of West Scranton Friday.
Those results set the Tuesday 1 p.m. semifinals at Kirby Park. Berwick (7-5) will face Abington Heights (14-0) while third-seeded Valley View (12-3) faces second-seeded Delaware Valley (11-3).
