Local netters’ day loses its shine
Like Friday’s unusual weather, the CIF Individual Playoffs started bright but turned dreary in the afternoon for the top local girls tennis players competing at Cate School and Carpinteria High.
Dos Pueblos sophomore Lauren Stratman
Channel League singles finalists Rachel Decker-Sadowski and Lauren Stratman each won two matches in the morning before losing in the Round of 32. Likewise, Channel [...]
Dons netters check in at Heartbreak Hotel
Like a presidential candidate winning the popular vote but not the electoral, Santa Barbara High’s girls tennis team won more games but lost one set too many in Thursday’s 10-8 CIF Division II semifinal match at Chadwick.
“We lost a couple of tiebreakers. We just needed that one push and couldn’t quite get it,” said Steve [...]
Decker-Sadowski’s big win pushes Dons through
UPDATED WEDNESDAY: Santa Barbara lost a coin-flip with Chadwick on Wednesday, forcing the Dons to travel to Los Angeles for Thursday’s semifinal match. The match will be played at the Peninsula Racquet Club starting at 2 p.m. Chadwick, champions of the Prep League, defeated Los Alamitos 13-5 in the quarterfinals to advance.
Rachel Decker-Sadowski provided the [...]
Santa Barbara’s advance nearly unanimous
Judging by Saturday’s final score, the Santa Barbara girls tennis team is in a winning mode at the right time, posting a 17-1 victory over visiting La Quinta in CIF’s Round of 16 for Division II.
“Everybody played and everybody played well,” said Dons head coach Steve Geremia.
Rachel Decker-Sadowski, Ari Beckerman and Grace Flintermann each won a [...]
Villa Park overmatched by undermanned Dons
The Santa Barbara girls tennis team wasn’t at full strength for its CIF playoff opener on Thursday, yet the Dons still had enough muscle to post a 14-4 first-round victory over visiting Villa Park.
Santa Barbara's Ariana Hudson
“It’s hard, but we have such depth that we still have confidence in our team,” said No. 1 singles player Rachel Decker-Sadowski, who [...]
Chargers just shy of major upset
Dos Pueblos came close to upsetting No. 4 Santa Monica on Thursday, coming up just short in a 10-8 decision in the first round of the CIF Division II girls tennis playoffs.
Sophomore Lauren Stratman swept her sets at No. singles and DP’s No. 1 doubles team of juniors Nicole Eskenazi and Kim Preston did the [...]
Pirates commandeer playoff win from Cate
The Condor League champion Cate girls tennis team couldn’t extend its season on Thursday afternoon as the Rams fell 13-5 to the visiting Santa Ynez Pirates in the first round of CIF’s Division V playoffs.
“I was expecting and hoping for a much stronger showing from our team today but Santa Ynez played very solid tennis across the board [...]
Owls hit the Rio Mesa wall
Laguna Blanca’s girls tennis team met its match on Thursday in Rio Mesa, succumbing to the division’s No. 1 team in the first round of the CIF Div. IV playoffs by a count of 15-3.
The Owls, which defeated Lancaster on Tuesday in a wild-card match for the chance to play the Spartans, got set wins [...]
Royals’ run down in CIF opener
Pacific League champion Arcadia ended San Marcos’ girls tennis season on Thursday, sending the Royals home for good after a 13-5 decision in the first round of CIF’s Division II playoffs.
Seniors Shelby Zylstra and Amy Kinsella combined to win three sets for the Royals, but San Marcos recorded just one more win in doubles, its strength throughout the season.
Caitlin [...]
Owls erase Lancaster from the picture
The Laguna Blanca girls tennis team made sure it reached the next round on Tuesday, eliminating visiting Lancaster 16-2 in a CIF wild-card match at the Municipal Courts.
“The girls definitely performed like it was going to be a close match,” said Owls head coach Brian Antecki, whose team earned a playoff berth by finishing second [...]
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