Playing with a lineup that lacked several regulars, the Dos Pueblos girls tennis team plugged the holes without problem and earned a 13-5 Channel League victory over Buena on Tuesday.
Shelbi Nigh led the Chargers in singles going 3-0. Nicole Eskenazi won two sets starting out at No. singles for the first time. Sofia Pasternack nearly scored another set for the Chargers, falling to the Bulldogs’ No. 1 singles player, Katherine Hefelfinger, in a tiebreaker.
The Charger singles draw was completely different than the one that had led DP to an 11-2 record and to Division II’s No. 5 ranking this season.
While No. 2 and 3 Hayley Edwards and Lauren Stratman stayed home, No. 1 singles player Erica Cano got her first doubles action this season, pairing up with Nicoletta Bradley for two set wins. The normal No. 1 doubles team of Amy Sagraves-Amy Logan was its normal self in winning two sets without a loss.
Dos Pueblos improves to 12-2, now 5-1 in the Channel League. DP hosts Calabasas in a non-league match on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
DOS PUEBLOS 13, BUENA 5
DP singles: 1) Nicole Eskenazi 2-1 2) Shelbi Nigh 3-0. 3) Sofia Pasternack 0-2. Alternates: Kee Kee Daniel 1-0. Doubles: 1) Amy Logan-Amy Sagraves 2-0, 2) Erica Cano-Nicoletta Bradley 2-0. 3) Hannah Zimmerman-Melissa Dahl 1-1 Alternates: Rashi Singh-Megha Manjunath 1-0, Lilli-Kim Preston 1-0, Gabi McDaniel-Rachel Amspoker 0-1
Buena Singles: 1) Katherine Hefelfinger 1-1. 2) Ashley Lopez 1-1. 3) Grace Kim 1-1 Alternates: Erika Thompson 0-1, Martine Richey 0-1, Courtney Hopkins 0-1. Doubles: Victoria Pido-Danielle Warmuth 1-1. 2) Kiana Jenkins-Brooke Jepsen 0-2. 3) Grace Littig-Jessica Lundstrom 0-2. Alternates: Camille Gonzales-Jenn Roach 0-1, Kirsten Maddux-Brianna Rutan 0-1, Anna Shang-Hannah Olsen 1-0
