GTen: Bryant, Stork roar into Frontier League semis

Carpinteria put two singles players and two doubles teams in the semifinals of the Frontier League girls tennis tournament on Tuesday.

In singles, top-seeded Kelsie Bryant and No. 2 Odessa Stork didn’t lose a game in their quarterfinal matches. Bryant will play Nikki Neumann of Nordhoff and Stork will face Julianna Adelman of Nordhoff in the semifinals on Wednesday at Carpinteria High at 1 p.m.

Bishop Diego’s Meredith Amspoker/Emilee Krablin, the top-seeded team, defeated Nordhoff’s Adelmann/Juarez, 6-3 6-2, to advance to the semifinals in doubles. They’ll play fourth-seeded Merissa Souza/Gabi Montes De Oca of Carpinteria. The other semifinal will feature No. 2 Lesly Zapata/Natalie Saito of Carpinteria against Inga Parkel/Olivia Adelman of Nordhoff.

The finals will be played Wednesday.

Singles:
Play-in round (8 game pro-set):
Emily Mam (Villanova) beat Anais Olivaras (Santa Paula) 8-4
Sierra Faoro (Bishop Diego) beat Rebecca Velasco (Santa Clara) 8-0
Seraphina Arce (Villanova) beat Pim Chitsanga (Bishop Diego) 8-3
Lauren Shield (Santa Paula) beat Amy Huang (Santa Clara) 8-2

Quarterfinals (2 out of 3 sets):
# 1 seed Kelsie Bryant (Carpinteria) beat Mam (Villanova) 6-0 6-0
# 2 seed Odessa Stork (Carpinteria) beat Shield (Santa Paula) 6-0 6-0
# 3 seed Julianna Adelman (Nordhoff) beat Arce (Villanova) 6-1 6-2
# 4 seed Nikki Neumann (Nordhoff) beat Faoro (Bishop Diego) 6-7(0) 6-2 6-2

Doubles:
Play-in round (8 game pro-set):
Alana Adelman/Roxy Juarez (Nordhoff) beat Eva Fang/Karen Fang (Villanova) 8-3
Laura Solis/Celeste Ramirez (Santa Paula) beat Margaux Ugalino/Angelin Serrano (Santa Clara) 8-2
Naomi Lu/Valerie Lopez (Villanova) beat Josefina Cruz/Sara Garcia (Santa Paula) 8-5
Kate Agnoli/Nicole Larson (Bishop Diego) beat Kirsten Vea/Erika Catabay (Santa Clara) 8-7(2)

Quarterfinals (2 out of 3 sets):
# 1 seed Meredith Amspoker/Emilee Krablin (Bishop Diego) beat Adelmann/Juarez (Nordhoff) 6-3 6-2
# 2 seed Lesly Zapata/Natalie Saito (Carpinteria) beat Agnoli/Larson (Bishop Diego) 6-0 6-0
# 3 seed Inga Parkel/Olivia Adelman (Nordhoff) beat Lu/Lopez (Villanova) 6-2 6-2
# 4 seed Merissa Souza/Gabi Montes De Oca (Carpinteria) beat Solis/Ramirez (Santa Paula) 6-1 6-1

The Semifinals, Finals and Third Place matches will be held tomorrow at Carpinteria HS with play starting at 1:00.