Ryan Peus, Kayla Day, Lauren Stratman, Marianna Alevra, Kevin Ha and Sasha Gryaznov advanced into the later rounds of the 108th Southern California Junior Sectional this weekend, each winning several matches to navigate the massive draws found at the tournament, which is one of the country's largest junior tournament that takes nearly two weeks to complete.The Los Caballeros Racquet and Sports Club in Fountain Valley hosted the event.Peus was second seeded in the 12-and-under girls division, … [Read more...]
Stratman holds down local designated tourney
Lauren Stratman claimed the Girls 18 title at the 95th Santa Barbara Summer Junior Tennis Tournament this weekend, defeating Dorothy Tang 6-3, 6-2 in the final.Stratman, from Goleta, made the championship match by defeating doubles partner and No. 1 seed April Scatliffe in the semifinals. Stratman won in three sets for the second time of the tournament, topping Scatliffe 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. Stratman was the only unseeded player to make a title match in any of the five girls draws.CLICK HERE … [Read more...]
Road ends for SBCC’s Sagraves, Schaefer
SBCC's Amy Sagraves and Meghan Schaefer lost in the Round of 16 on Friday in the Southern Cal Regional women's tennis tournament at Long Beach City College. They fell to the fifth-seeded doubles duo, Tina Vuong-Natalie Loria of Irvine Valley, 6-3, 6-1.The Vaquero women (10-3) enjoyed an outstanding season, with seven more wins that the previous year, a a second-place finish in the WSC (8-2) and an appearance in the Southern Cal Regional team playoffs. … [Read more...]
Stratman brings home Ojai title
Dos Pueblos sophomore Lauren Stratman brought home the only title for local players at the 110th annual Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Saturday.Stratman teamed with April Scatliffe of Redlands to capture the Girls 18s doubles championship, defeating Bella Genkina and Kaley Schultz of San Diego, 6-1, 6-1, at Libbey Park.In other action on Saturday at the oldest amateur tournament in the country, former Santa Barbara High star Daniel Nyugen of USC lost in the Pac-10 singles semifinals to … [Read more...]
Stratman, Scatliffe scamper into Ojai final
Lauren Stratman and doubles partner April Scatliffe have reached Saturday's Girls 18s final in the Ojai Valley Tournament, outlasting all of Santa Barbara's other junior players.The Stratman combo will face Bella Genkina and Kaley Schultz of San Diego at 2 p.m.None of the boys singles or doubles players from Santa Barbara High, Dos Pueblos or Cate made it past the Round of 16 in the CIF portion of the tournament.Junior player Ryan Peus did well, reaching the quarterfinals in the girls … [Read more...]
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.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 League doubles champions Haley Hranicky-Galitzer and Aurora Garrison won their first two matches and sailed to a 6-0 first-set win … [Read more...]
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 Geremia. "(Assistant coach) Gregg Tebbe and I are extremely proud of this group. We were in it until the last point."As an example of how close it was, Chadwick's top singles … [Read more...]
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 knockout punch on Tuesday for the Santa Barbara girls tennis team, knocking the wind out of Esperanza in a 12-6 victory in the quarterfinals … [Read more...]
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 pair of sets before giving way to reserves.In doubles it was the same, as the Dons' top teams won two sets before taking an early rest. Hanna … [Read more...]
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."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 went 3-0 on the day. The Dons were without Ari Beckerman from the start and Grace Flintermann only played one set because of a pulled hamstring. In doubles, … [Read more...]
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