York junior tennis ace Caroline Coan received two phone calls before her Class 2A girls tennis state singles championship match Saturday at Hersey.

Older sister Josie Coan wished Caroline well from Middlebury College in Vermont.

Former York teammate Lizzie Isyanov — the Class 2A state singles runner-up last fall — sent encouragement from the University of Illinois.

Caroline Coan, seeded second, then hit the court and made an array of sensational shots against top-seeded Helena Klooster of Marist.

Made history, too.

Coan became the first Duke in program history to net a state championship after edging the RedHawk 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in three hours, give or take a minute of dauntless shot-making from both athletes.

Coan (31-2) was down 3-0 in the third set, knotted it at 3-3 and broke K

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