GTen: Bryant seeks 4th straight TVL singles title

Carpinteria’s Kelsie Bryant will play for her fourth straight Tri-Valley League singles championship. The top-seeded senior won both her matches by 6-0, 6-0 scores on Monday.

Bryant, the three-time champion, will play Natalie Greco of La Reina in the final on Wednesday at Carpinteria High. Greco defeated Cate’s Eva Herman, 6-0, 6-2.

Herman needed three sets to get past Carpinteria’s Makenna Pike, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, in the quarterfinals.

In the doubles final, Cate’s Julia Gan/Mckenna Madden faces Sophia Aulicino/Jacey Katch of La Reina.

The top two singles players and the top two doubles teams qualify for the CIF Sectionals on Nov. 24. The 3rd-place finishers will be the alternates to the CIF Sectionals.

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Singles:
Quarterfinals

#1 seed Kelsie Bryant (Carpinteria) beat # 8 seed Bailee Doolittle (Nordhoff) 6-0, 6-0
# 4 seed Diana Khutortsova (La Reina) beat # 5 seed Pharibe Pope (Cate) 6-2, 6-3
# 3 seed Eva Herman (Cate) beat # 6 seed Makenna Pike (Carpinteria) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
# 2 seed Natalie Greco (La Reina) beat # 7 seed Alli Weston (Nordhoff) 6-0, 6-0

Semifinals

# 1 Kelsie Bryant (Carp) beat # 4 Diana Khutortsova (LR) 6-0, 6-0
# 2 Natalie Greco (LR) beat # 3 Eva Herman (Cate) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles:
Quarterfinals

# 1 seed Sophia Aulicino/Jacey Katch (La Reina) beat # 8 seed Emily Roth/Alana Adelman (Nordhoff) 6-1, 6-2
# 5 seed Lesly Zapata/Natalie Saito (Carpinteria) beat # 4 seed Kate Dehlendorf/Victoria Herman (Cate) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
# 3 seed Inga Parkel/Olivia Adelman (Nordhoff) beat # 6 seed Mackenzie Bass/Camille Cohen (La Reina) 6-4, 6-2
# 2 seed Julia Gan/Mckenna Madden (Cate) beat # 7 seed Merissa Souza/Emily Saito (Carpinteria), 6-3, 6-0

Semifinals

# 1 Sophia Aulicino/Jacey Katch (LR) beat # 5 Lesly Zapata/Natalie Saito (Carp) 6-1, 6-2
# 2 Julia Gan/Mckenna Madden (Cate) beat # 3 Inga Parkel/Olivia Adelman (Nordhoff) 7-5, 6-1

The Finals and 3rd/4th place matches will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at CHS

Singles final: Kelsie Bryant vs Natalie Greco
Doubles final: Sophia Aulicino/Jacey Katch vs Julia Gan/Mckenna Madden

Singles 3rd/4th: Diana Khutortsova vs Eva Herman
Doubles 3rd/4th: Lesly Zapata/Natalie Saito vs Inga Parkel/Olivia Adelman