Doubles Graham Maassen and Cooper Matthieson from Santa Barbara tennis ended their run in the CIF Individual Tennis Tournament on Friday, losing to Shuhai Shubahara and Chris Dalton from Peninsula 6-2, 6-0 at Seal Beach Tennis Center.Maassen and Matthieson made it to the final 16, with 500 doubles teams participating in the tournament."I am extremely proud of Cooper and Graham for making it this far in the tournament. They both played excellent tennis today, although they had to play … [Read more...]
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Maassen and Matthieson’s dominant run ends in CIF round of 16
Filed Under: Boys Tennis, Santa Barbara High, Tennis Tagged With: Cooper Matthieson, Graham Maassen, Santa Barbara tennis
Matthieson and Maassen score big for Dons, advance to final 16
The doubles team of Cooper Matthieson and Graham Maassen from Santa Barbara High advanced to the Round of 16 of the CIF Individual Doubles Tournament on Thursday after winning their Round of 32 match in straight sets on Thursday at the Whittier Narrows Tennis Center.Matthieson and Maassen swept Jon Jason/Drew Freeman from Beverly Hills, 6-4, 6-3. They hit the courts at Seal Beach Tennis Center Friday for the championship round.Channel League MVP Chris Grant fell 6-1, 6-3 to Garrett … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Boys Tennis, Santa Barbara High Tagged With: Chris Grant, Cooper Matthieson, Graham Maassen, Santa Barbara tennis
Grant, freshman doubles push Dons past 2nd round
Santa Barbara tennis progressed through the second round of CIF playoffs in dramatic fashion after beating Marina High 10-8 on Friday.The Dons began the day slow, finding themselves down 1-4 with one match to go in the first round. It was up to Chris Grant to trigger a comeback for Santa Barbara. The only obstacle: No. 35 Southern California-ranked Parker Glore.Grant found himself down 3-4, but managed to grind out a huge 7-5 win to keep the Dons in the game.Santa Barbara … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Boys Tennis, News, Santa Barbara High, Tennis Tagged With: Chris Grant, Jack Damen, Morgan Hale, Santa Barbara tennis
Dons complete perfect Channel League schedule
Santa Barbara tennis finished the Channel League regular season undefeated after beating Ventura 15-3 on Tuesday.Dons doubles went 8-1 for the day, and the singles ended up 7-2 to complete an 8-0 league season. Coach Greg Tebbe was able to play 18 players in the match.The doubles teams of Logan Liddell / Jack Damen and seniors Cooper Matthieson / Jeremy Kirchhoff each went 2-0 on the day. Graham Maassen and Chris Grant each won key singles matches in the first round against the top two … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Boys Tennis, High School, Santa Barbara High, Tennis Tagged With: Chris Grant, Graham Maassen, Sammer Aziz, Santa Barbara tennis
Dons wrap up Channel League tennis title
Santa Barbara tennis clinched the outright Channel League title in Greg Tebbe's first year as head coach by defeating Dos Pueblos 11-7 on Thursday.Santa Barbara improves to 7-0 in Channel League. Dos Pueblos drops to 3-3.Santa Barbara had a commanding lead after the second round, up 10-2. With the Dons starters sitting for the third round, Dos Pueblos was able to make a 5-1 run and make the score close.Santa Barbara's doubles starters went undefeated and combined for five of six … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Boys Tennis, Dos Pueblos, High School, Santa Barbara High Tagged With: Dos Pueblos Tennis, Jared Madison, Sammer Aziz, Santa Barbara tennis
Dons come one point shy of tennis shutout
Santa Barbara tennis was one point away from sweeping Buena on Friday, winning 17-1.Dons doubles swept Buena and earned 9 points. Duo Mitchell Kuhn and Penn Stussy went 3-0 and led the way for Santa Barbara.Dons singles were one point shy of the sweep. Morgan Hale and Ryan Chung were each 3-0."It was a good overall team effort from Santa Barbara," Dons coach Greg Tebbe said. "I liked the intensity from start to finish. Buena has some good players, especially in singles, and I like … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Boys Tennis, High School, Santa Barbara High, Tennis Tagged With: Mitchell Kuhn, Morgan Hale, Santa Barbara tennis
Peus, Simon, Goulak take Knowlwood titles
This past weekend, 200 junior tennis players from Southern California competed in the 39th Annual Knowlwood Tournament in Santa Barbara.While there were many top ranked juniors that competed, Briggs Peus, Spencer Simon, and Annette Goulak were the standouts in the tournament.COMPLETE KNOWLWOOD RESULTSPeus, the No. 1 seed in the boys 10’s division, dominated throughout, winning 7-5, 7-5 in the final. Peus, a local player coached by Jerry Hatchett at Knowlwood, played Connor … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Tennis, Youth Tennis Tagged With: annette goulak, annual knowlwood tournament, briggs peus, Santa Barbara tennis, Spencer Simon
CIF polls: Top dogs stay pat
There wasn't much movement at the top of the CIF polls released Monday, as Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara girls volleyball, Dos Pueblos boys water polo and Santa Barbara girls tennis all went unchanged.Dos Pueblos is No. 1 in Div. I-A for the second straight week in girls volleyball, directly followed by the Dons. Laguna Blanca did see some movement in Div. IV-AA, but in the wrong direction, falling from No. 3 to No. 6.Santa Barbara girls tennis maintained its No. 2 ranking in Div. II … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CIF Polls, Sports Tagged With: Channel League, CIF Polls, Condor League, Dos Pueblos Cross Country, Dos Pueblos Volleyball, Dos Pueblos water polo, Santa Barbara tennis, santa barbara volleyball
Nguyen earns U.S. Open berth for doubles title
Former Santa Barbara High tennis player Daniel Nguyen and doubles partner JT Sundling won a boys 18s national title at the USTA Hardcourt National Championships in Michigan on Saturday, providing the pair with an automatic berth to play in the main draw of the U.S. Open that starts August 31.CHECK OUT IN-DEPTH FEATURE ON DANIEL NGUYENNguyen and Sundling, the No. 1 seeded team, defeated eighth-seeded Sekou Coker Bangoura, from Bradenton, Fla., and Nathan Pasha, of Atlanta, 7-6(2), 6-3. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Tennis, USTA Tennis Tagged With: Daniel Nguyen, JT Sundling, Santa Barbara tennis, U.S. Open doubles, USC Trojans, USTA
