First published in the Oct. 20 print issue of the Pasadena Outlook.
The Maranatha High School varsity girls’ tennis team defeated visiting Valley Christian High of Cerritos, 11-6, to secure its eighth Olympic League title in the last decade and its 10th consecutive victory last Thursday.
No. 1 singles Stella Hsieh dominated by sweeping 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, while No. 2 singles Natalie Arminak (6-4, 6-0), the No. 1 doubles team of Kasey McCoy and Esmee Eaton (6-3, 6-1), and the No. 2 tandem of Mia Huang and Mia Su (6-3, 7-5) each tallied a pair of wins. No. 3 singles Audrey Loh made her first start of the season and played in just her second league set due to health-related issues but collected a clean 6-0 win. Meanwhile, the No. 3 duo of Nelli Breuer and Marie Wolfrum also won a set, 6-0.
The Minutemen defeated visiting Whittier Christian High of La Habra, 15-3, in a league matchup last Tuesday, as the doubles team picked up their third sweep in as many matches. The No. 1 doubles team of McCoy and Eaton (6-1, 6-2, 6-2), the No. 2 duo of Huang and Su (6-0, 6-2, 6-0), and the No. 3 tandem of Breuer and Wolfrum (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) each dominated the court. No. 1 singles Hsieh swept, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0, No. 2 Arminak won a pair of sets, 6-3, 6-0, and No. 3 Kathryn Khalil registered a 6-1 win.
Maranatha previously routed host Village Christian High in Sun Valley, 16-2, in a league matchup. The No. 1 doubles team of McCoy and Eaton (6-3, 6-4, 6-1), the No. 2 duo of Huang and Su (6-0, 6-1, 6-2), the No. 3 tandem of Breuer and Wolfrum (6-0, 6-3, 6-1), and No. 1 singles Hsieh (6-2, 6-1, 6-0) each swept. Arminak recorded a pair of victories, 6-0, 7-5, while Khalil won a set 4-1 as her opponent had to forfeit due to injury.
The Minutemen (11-3 overall, 7-0 in league) will conclude the regular season with a league matchup against Heritage Christian High of Northridge at the Burbank Tennis Center on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 1:30 p.m.
MAYFIELD SENIOR
The Cubs remained unbeaten after routing visiting Providence High of Burbank, 16-2, in a Prep League match last Tuesday.
No. 1 singles Aurora Rago (6-1, 6-0, 6-0), No. 2 Sarah Leiva (6-0, 6-0, 6-0) and No. 3 Anna Kingston (6-1, 6-0, 6-0) each swept. The No. 1 doubles team of Grace Gamble and Luisa Stolpe picked up a pair of victories, 6-4, 6-0. The No. 2 tandem of Abigail Beegle and Grace Nguyen won a set 6-3 before the duo rotated with Samantha Frick and Emilia Venckus, who won 6-0. The No. 3 team of Audrey O’Rafferty and Mia Mayer won the first set, 7-5. Brooke Aloe, who substituted for Mayer, and O’Rafferty won the next set, 6-1, before the latter was rotated with Sheryl Cheng. Aloe and Cheng won the last set, 6-1.
Mayfield Senior posted a 12-6 league victory at Flintridge Prep in La Cañada Flintridge. No. 1 singles Frick (6-2, 6-0, 6-0) and No. 2 Cheng (6-0, 6-1, 7-5) each swept, while No. 3 Aloe tallied a pair of victories, 6-2, 6-1. The No. 1 doubles team of Rago and Leiva swept, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1, while the No. 2 tandem of Allison Huang and Gamble won, 6-0.
The Cubs edged visiting Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy of La Cañada Flintridge, 10-8, in a nonleague matchup on Oct. 5. Aloe won a pair of sets, 7-5, 6-0, while Amy Tanaka won a set, 6-1. The No. 1 doubles team of Frick and Cheng swept, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, while the No. 3 tandem of Rago and Leiva won a pair of sets by scores of 6-2. The No. 2 duo of Gamble and Kingston won a set, 6-1, before the latter was rotated for Stolpe, who won a set 6-4 with Gamble.
Mayfield Senior previously won a league match at Palos Verdes Chadwick, 11-7. No. 1 singles Frick (6-4, 6-0, 6-0) and the No. 1 doubles team of Rago and Leiva (6-2, 6-2, 6-0) each swept. The No. 2 duo of Aloe and Kingston won a set, 6-2, before the latter was rotated with Gamble, who won a set 6-2 with Aloe. Meanwhile, Cheng (6-0), Huang (6-0), and the No. 3 tandem of Beegle and Stolpe (6-2) each picked up a win.
The Cubs (9-0 overall, 6-0 in league) will visit Chadwick for a league rematch on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3:30 p.m.
POLYTECHNIC
The Panthers lost 12-6 against visiting Flintridge Prep in a Prep League match last Thursday. No. 1 singles Juliet Lord (6-3, 6-2, 6-0) and the No. 1 doubles team of Dylan Lam and Ava Teng (6-3, 7-6, 6-0) each swept.
Poly lost a league match at Palos Verdes Chadwick, 14-4, last Tuesday. Lord and Cristina Bogaard each won a set, 6-0, while the No. 2 team of SiQi Lai and Anya Patel won a pair of sets, 6-2, 6-4.
The Panthers defeated host Providence High in Burbank, 14-4, in a league matchup on Oct. 7.
Lord (6-1, 6-0, 6-0) and Bogaard (6-1, 6-0, 6-1) each swept, while Madeleine Delbridge tallied a pair of wins, 6-1, 6-0. The No. 1 tandem of Lam and Teng swept, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0, the No. 2 team of Patel and Mariel Vargas-vonBreymann won a pair of sets, 6-1, 6-0, and the No. 2 duo of Lai and Emma Hsieh won a set, 6-0.
Poly previously lost a league match against visiting Westridge School, 11-7. The No. 1 doubles team of Lam and Teng swept, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, while No. 1 singles Lord won a pair of sets, 6-0, 6-2. No. 2 singles Bogaard, and the No. 2 tandem of Lai and Patel each won a set by a 6-3 score.
The Panthers (3-8 overall, 1-6 in league) will visit Westridge for a league rematch on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3:30 p.m.
FLINTRIDGE PREP
The Wolves won their second straight match after defeating host Polytechnic, 12-6, in a league contest last Thursday.
No. 2 singles Emily Hsiao (6-2, 6-0) and No. 3 Chloe Liao (6-0, 6-1) each won a pair of sets. No. 1 Katharina Zirn won a set, 6-2, before rotating with Nicole Lee, who swept her lone set, 6-0. The No. 1 doubles team of Rachel DeMerit and Sophie Haddad (6-2, 6-0), and the No. 2 duo of Avery Hobey and Kayla Lee (6-2, 6-2) each won a pair of sets. Meanwhile, the No. 3 tandem of Sienna Beltz and Vanessa Hsu won a set, 6-1. Hsu was rotated with Miranda Thomson and the duo tallied a 6-0 win.
Flintridge Prep routed visiting Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy of La Cañada Flintridge, 17-1, in a league match last Wednesday. No. 1 singles Haddad (6-0, 6-1, 7-5), No. 2 Hsiao (6-1, 6-0, 6-0) and No. 3 Zirn (6-1, 6-4, 6-0) each swept. The No. 2 doubles team of DeMerit and Beltz won a pair of sets 6-4, 7-5, before rotating with Kate Snaer and Minda Lai, who registered a 6-4 win. The No. 1 tandem of Hobey and Kayla Lee won a pair of sets, 6-2, 6-3. Kayla Lee was substituted for Liao, who won the final set with Hobey, 6-3. The No. 3 duo of Nicole Lee and Hsu won a pair of sets 6-4, 7-5.
The Wolves had a league match at Westridge School suspended due to darkness as both teams were tied 8-8 last Tuesday. The match will resume on Monday, Oct. 24, with just two sets remaining.
Flintridge Prep lost a league match to visiting Mayfield Senior, 12-6, recently. The No. 1 doubles team of DeMerit and Haddad (6-0, 6-1), and the No. 2 duo Hobey and Kayla Lee (6-2, 6-3) each won a pair of sets. Meanwhile, the No. 3 tandem of Nicole Lee and Hsu (6-3) and No. 1 singles Zirn (6-2) each posted one victory.
The Wolves previously routed visiting Providence High of Burbank in a league match, 15-3, as the singles players dominated with nine nearly spotless victories. No. 1 Hsiao and No. 2 Haddad each won their sets by scores of 6-0, while No. 3 Snaer won 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. The No. 1 doubles team of DeMerit and Beltz (6-1, 6-0, 6-2) and the No. 2 tandem of Kayla and Nicole Lee (6-3, 6-0, 6-0) each swept.
Flintridge Prep (8-4 overall, 6-2 in league) will visit de Toledo High in West Hills for a nonleague match on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 2:30 p.m.
FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART
The Tologs lost a Mission League match at Harvard-Westlake in Studio City, 17-1, last Thursday, as No. 1 singles Nathalie Genyk won the lone set, 6-3.
FSHA lost a nonleague match at Flintridge Prep, 17-1, last Wednesday, as the No. 1 doubles team of Meghan Garrity and Amelie Koch won a set, 6-1.
Flintridge Sacred Heart also lost a pair of league matches to visiting Notre Dame High of Sherman Oaks, 15-3, last Tuesday, and at Marlborough High in Los Angeles, 17-1; individual set scores were not reported to the Pasadena Outlook.
FSHA was previously edged in a nonleague match at Mayfield Senior in Pasadena, 10-8. No. 3 singles Ashley Hurjak swept 6-4, 6-3, 6-0, No. 1 Genyk picked up a pair of 6-0 victories, and No. 2 Madison Wu won a set, 6-2. The No. 2 doubles team of Garrity and Kate Mann recorded a pair of victories, 6-0, 6-4.
Flintridge Sacred Heart (2-10 overall, 1-6 in league) will open the first day of league prelims on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
WESTRIDGE
The Tigers had a Prep League match against visiting Flintridge Prep of La Cañada Flintridge suspended due to darkness as both teams were tied 8-8 last Tuesday. The match will resume on Monday, Oct. 24, with two sets remaining.
Westridge tied a league match at Palos Verdes Chadwick, 9-9, on Oct. 7; however, individual set scores and game totals were not reported to the Pasadena Outlook.
The Tigers previously defeated host Polytechnic, 11-7, in a league match. No. 3 singles Audrey Anguiano won a pair of sets, 6-3, 6-2, while No. 2 Cindy Cui won a set, 6-0.
The No. 3 doubles team of Charlene Weng and Sofie Wong won a set, 6-2, before rotating with Chloe Wolas and Whitley Lowery, who claimed a 6-3 victory. The No. 1 tandem of Emma Tay and Ellie Leiter (6-2), and the No. 2 duo of Emerson Forester and Arden MacLaren (6-3) each tallied one victory.
The Tigers (4-2-1 overall, 2-2-1 in league) will host Polytechnic in a league rematch on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3:30 p.m.
LA SALLE
The Lancers won their 10th straight match after defeating visiting Bishop Montgomery High of Torrance, 14-4, in a Del Rey League match last Thursday.
No. 1 singles Sydney Sasaki (6-0, 6-0, 6-0) and No. 2 Cayenne Lee (6-1, 6-1, 6-0) each swept, while No. 3 Audrey Turner registered a pair of wins, 6-4, 6-3. The No. 2 doubles team of Cameron Turner and Isabelle Core swept, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. The No. 3 duo of Andrea Valandia and Daniella Romero posted a pair of victories, 6-4, 6-3, while the No. 1 tandem of Jj Burgess and Emma Liang added one win, 6-1.
La Salle routed host Pomona Catholic in Pomona, 17-1, in a league matchup last Tuesday. The No. 1 doubles team of Liang and Burgess (6-0, 6-0, 6-0), the No. 2 tandem of Core and Cameron Turner (6-0, 6-1, 6-0), and the No. 3 duo of Reagan Bean and Phoebe Ding (6-3, 6-1, 6-0) each swept. No. 1 singles Lee (6-1, 6-1, 6-0) and No. 3 Audrey Turner (6-0, 6-0, 6-0) also swept, while No. 2 Burgess recorded a pair of 6-0 wins.
The Lancers dominated host St. Monica High in Santa Monica, 17-1, in a league match on Oct. 4. The No. 1 doubles team of Bella Ferrari and Jayden VanMeter (6-3, 6-4, 6-2), the No. 2 duo of Ivanna Salazar and Abby Zhao (6-4, 6-2, 6-0), and the No. 3 tandem of Romero and Zoey Yang (6-0, 6-1, 6-0) each swept. Meanwhile, No. 1 singles Nicole Lao (6-2, 6-4), No. 2 Liang (6-0, 6-0) and No. 3 Bean (7-6, 6-4) each picked up a pair of wins.
La Salle previously defeated host Bishop Amat High in La Puente, 15-3, in a league match.
The Lancers (10-1 overall, 8-0 in league) will host St. Monica Catholic in a league rematch on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m.