Royals beat Owls thanks to doubles

The San Marcos girls tennis team swept in doubles competition to edge Laguna Blanca 11-7 despite missing top singles player Julian Mannix.

“Our doubles were good, and they had good singles players,” said coach Kara Warkentin.

Esther Tran Le went 3-0 as did Liza Fletcher for the Owls (1-1).

San Marcos (2-0) opens up Channel League play when it hosts Buena on Tuesday.

SAN MARCOS 11, LAGUNA BLANCA 7

Singles — SM: Caitlin Mannix 1-1, Liz Morris 0-1, Kiki Katsev 1-2, Annie Battles 0-3. LB: Esther Tran Le 3-0, Liza Fletcher 3-0, Annabella Waters 1-2. Doubles — SM: Shelby Zylstra-Amy Kinsella 3-0, Christine Pearson-Amy Ransohoff 3-0, Paris Dadat-Jackie Gregoire 3-0. LBS: Kelsey Chesterfield-Haley Sternum 0-3, Lauren Danson-Rachel Barbour 0-3, Kayla Schwartz: Olivia Leedman 0-3. Records: SM 2-0, LB 1-1.