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Top-seeded Dons advance to CIF semifinals

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Santa Barbara High's girls tennis team is one victory away from playing for the CIF Division II championship after Tuesday's 14-4 triumph over visiting Los Alamitos on the Dons' courts.The top-seeded Dons are seeking their first appearance in the title match since 2006. Santa Barbara reached the semifinals last season before falling to San Marino. 'HEAD TENNIS DAY' IN SANTA BARBARA THIS SATURDAY Santa Barbara used an even-handed attack on Tuesday against Los Alamitos. The Dons claimed … [Read more...]

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Warriors move past Savanna into quarters

Monday, November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Carpinteria's girls tennis team kept its season alive on Monday, advancing to the quarterfinals in CIF Division V after a 12-6 victory over visiting Savanna.It's the second playoff win for the Warriors, who move on to play again on Tuesday against top-seeded Aquinas. Monday's second-round match had been postponed on Saturday because of wet weather. CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL DIVISION V CIF BRACKET The Warriors benefited greatly from sweeps at three positions. In singles, Kelsie Bryant and … [Read more...]

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Dons continue playoff dominance

Saturday, November 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Santa Barbara High girls tennis team continued to show why it received the top seed in the CIF Division II playoffs, defeating Cypress 13-4 in a match that was slightly shortened due to rain.Despite a long trip down to Cypress, the Dons started fast as the singles swept the opening round 3-0.  Santa Barbara fought through the rain and the cold and were sparked by a tiebreaker victory from Aurora Garrison over Cypress' top singles player."That kind of energy that it created was … [Read more...]

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Warriors CIF tennis match postponed to Monday

Saturday, November 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Saturday's second-round CIF tennis match between Carpinteria High and Savanna High has been postponed until Monday because of weather.Monday's match will begin at 1 p.m. CLICK HERE to view CIF Division V playoff bracket.It will be a clash of league champions as the Warriors won the Frontier League and Savanna was tops in the Orange League. The winner of the match will most likely face Division 5's top seed Aquinas in the quarterfinals. … [Read more...]

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Chargers drop playoff opener

Friday, November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Lauren Stratman won her three sets, but Dos Pueblos fell to Flintridge Prep, 12-6, in the CIF Division 2 tennis playoffs on Thursday.“Flintridge Prep was a tough team.” DP coach Anne Altamirano said. “We had some good battles but was unable to pull out the win.”Dos Pueblos finishes the season at 10-8.Dos Pueblos Singles: Lauren Stratman 3-0 Kate Stratman 0-3 Helena Lee 0-3 Dos Pueblos Doubles: Christina Daniel/Sophia Rasmussen 0-2 Mikaela Amble/ Ali Frankel 1-2 Rachel … [Read more...]

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Warriors move into second round

Friday, November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Kelsie Bryant, Kassandra Ni and the doubles team of Erin Saito and Lesly Zapata led Carpinteria's girls tennis team to a 12-6 CIF victory over Beaumont in the first round of the Division IV playoffs.Ni did not lose a game in three sets while Bryant and Saito-Zapata also swept three sets for the Warriors.Katherine Delk and Natalie Saito teamed to win 2-of-3 sets for Carpinteria, which improves to 13-2 on the season.Beaumont finishes with an 18-4 record.The Warriors will host … [Read more...]

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Dons stride past Villa Park to start CIF march

Thursday, November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Santa Barbara High's girls tennis team looked the part of a No. 1 seed on Thursday, defeating visiting Villa Park 17-1 in the first round of the Division II playoffs.The top-ranked Dons swept all nine doubles sets and only dropped one set in singles to Villa Park's top player, freshman Rachel Kim."We don't want to be too cocky about it," said Dons sophomore Megan Grant of the top seed. "We still have to play our best tennis. It's not an automatic way to the finals. We still have to earn … [Read more...]

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Red-hot Owls advance to main draw of Div. 4 playoffs

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Caitlin Connor rallied from a 0-3 deficit and pulled out a 6-4 victory to help spark Laguna Blanca to a 14-4 win over visiting El Rancho in a CIF Division 4 wild-card tennis match on Tuesday.“That was huge,” Laguna coach Jonny Sapp said of Connor's comeback.The win advances the Owls into the main draw. They’ll play at Santa Ynez on Thursday.Connor and Bryn Jewett both swept their singles sets and the doubles of Lauren Conk-Juliana Ozur and Helena Davila-Elise Scheurmann also … [Read more...]

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Chadwick quiets San Marcos in wild card match

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Chadwick came to play on Tuesday, taking out San Marcos 15-3 in a wild-card CIF match.The Royals were stumped in singles and doubles and didn't get much going against Chadwick."I'm really proud of the hard work my team put in during the season," said Royals head coach Alex Sheldon. "This is a great group of girls and our seniors - Jenna Levine, Caitlin Mannix, Parisa Fallahi and Renee Waters - will be missed greatly."San Marcos, which received an at-large bid from the Channel … [Read more...]

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Oceanside Tennis Academy to host HEAD Tennis Day Nov. 19

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Join Tennis-Depot.com, exclusive authorized dealer of HEAD tennis equipment, and HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports representatives as they host Santa Barbara’s first HEAD Tennis Day 2011. The event will be held on Saturday, November 19th, from 10am to 5:30pm at the Oceanside Tennis Academy courts at the Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort (633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA).“HEAD Tennis Day 2011 will be an event for the whole family,” said Tennis-Depot co-founder Lubo Bojilov, “with … [Read more...]

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Dons seeded first in CIF Division 2 Tournament

Monday, November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Santa Barbara received the No. 1 seeding for the CIF Division 2 girls team tennis playoffs.The Dons (13-2), whose only dual match losses this season came against Division 1 powers Campbell Hall and Dana Hills, will host wild-card winner Villa Park or West Covina in a first-round match on Thursday at 2 p.m.Dos Pueblos (10-7) travels to Flintridge Prep for a first-round match on Thursday.San Marcos (7-8) received an at-large berth and will play at Chadwick in a wild-card match on … [Read more...]

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Stratman makes history with 4th Channel League singles title

Friday, November 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
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It’s mission accomplished for Lauren Stratman.The Dos Pueblos senior tennis star became the first player to win four Channel League singles championships since 1992 by beating Santa Barbara freshman Mattea Kilstofte in Friday’s  final, 6-0, 6-2, at Knowlwood Tennis Club. The straight-sets victory capped a perfect league record — she went 135-0 in her career.Santa Barbara’s Amelia White was the last player to capture four league singles crowns, winning it from … [Read more...]

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