GTen: Kilstofte rolls into Channel semifinals

Top-seeded Mattea Kilstofte of Santa Barbara breezed through the first two rounds of the Channel League individual tennis tournament at San Marcos on Monday.

Kilstofte, a junior who has been a league runner-up the past two years, defeated Katja Godebu of Ventura, 6-0 6-0, and teammate Gabrielle Goss, 6-0, 6-1. She’ll face Renee Handley in one semifinal match on Tuesday.

The other semifinal will feature Santa Barbara’s Madison Hale, the No. 2 seed,  against No. 3 Katie Yang of Dos Pueblos. Hale defeated  Zoe Desario of Ventura, 6-0, 6-0, and Buena’s Maija Saarinen, 6-3, 6-4. Yang knocked off Aanavi Karandikar of San Marcos, 6-0 6-0, and Chloe Shott of DP, 6-0, 6-2.

The singles semifinals will be played at 3 p.m. at San Marcos.

Seeds:
1.  Mattea Kilstofte (Santa Barbara)
2.  Madison Hale (Santa Barbara)
3.  Katie Yang (Dos Pueblos)
4.  KC Egger  (Dos Pueblos)
5.  Renee Handley (San Marcos)
6.  Chloe Shott (DP)
7. Maija Saarinen (Buena)
8. Gabrielle Goss (Santa Barbara)
Round 1 Results:
Kilstofte (SB) def Katja Godebu (Ventura) 60 60
Goss (SB) def Delyla Rivera (B) 62 60
Handley (SM) def Megan White (B) 60 60
Egger (DP) def Amber Rowley (SM) 62 61
Yang (DP) def Aanavi Karandikar (SM) 60 60
Shott (DP) def Julia Frohling (SM) 60 60
Saarinen (B) def Sasha Shapiro (V) 60 60
Hale (SB) def Zoe Desario (V) 60 60

Round 2 Results:
Kilstofte (SB) def Goss (SB) 60 61
Handley (SM) def Egger (DP) 2-6, 5-2, retired (inj)
Yang (DP) def Shott (DP) 60 62
Hale (SB) def Saarinen (B) 63 64

Semifinals:
#1 Kilstofte (SB) vs #5 Handley (SM)
#2 Hale (SB) vs #3 Yang (DP)