Santa Barbara made Greg Tebbe a winner in his debut as the boys tennis coach, beating Cate 16-2 on Tuesday.
“It was a great team effort,” Tebbe said. “Our guys played with great energy and focus the entire match. Cate is strong in singles. I’m proud of our singles, they played really well.”
The Dons lost only one singles set.
Tebbe lauded the play of freshmen Morgan Hale (2-0 in singles), Ryan Chung (2-0 in doubles). Jack Damen (2-0 in doubles) and Patrick Kim (1-0 in doubles).
Santa Barbara 16, Cate 2. Singles—SB: Nico Pollero 1-0, Sammer Aziz-Garcia 3-0, Chris Grant 2-0, Morgan Hale 2-0, Austin Trevillian 0-1. C: Blake Makall 0-3, Austin Lokre 1-2, Greg Mak 0-3. Doubles—SB: Graham Maassen-Adrian Huffard 1-0, Jeremy Kirchoff-Mitchell Kuhn 1-0, Logan Liddell-Jack Damen 2-0, Avery Chernin-Ryan Chung 2-0, Cooper Mathiesson-Mitchell Kuhn 1-0, Mathiessen-Patrick Kim 1-0, Penn Stussy-Connor Kerns 0-1. C: Thys Northrup-Michael Revord 0-2, Alex Erling-Omar Khurshid 1-2, Reed Jeffries-Chris Lin 0-3. Records: SB 1-0, C 0-1.