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Girls tennis: This week’s top 10 explained

October 28th, 2008, 5:00 am by

There are two newcomers into the top 10 and quite a few shifts among the remaining eight teams.

Here are some details on the top 10 teams:

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Girls tennis: Athlete of the Week

October 27th, 2008, 12:33 pm by

Jamie Lai

Woodbridge High

The Warriors’ No. 2 singles player out-lasted Northwood’s No. 2 player, 7-5, in the opening round to help her team pull off the upset win, 11-7, and secure at least a share of the Sea View League title. Read the rest of this entry »

Girls tennis: Surveying the county

October 24th, 2008, 5:28 pm by

League girls tennis champions are being crowned all around the county.

By now the contenders have separated themselves from the pretenders.

But in order to succeed in the CIF playoffs it’s a tough nonleague schedule that really makes the difference.

Here are 10 things I know about girls tennis:

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Girls tennis: Woodbridge upsets No. 6 Northwood

October 24th, 2008, 11:55 am by
Brooke Sendele of Woodbridge returns the ball while playing against Northwood's Sally Hong and Alice Muk Thursday.

Brooke Sendele of Woodbridge returns the ball while playing against Northwood

By BRENT SHAVER

For OCVarsity.com

The Woodbridge girls tennis team didn’t beat Northwood two weeks ago, but the Warriors came away with a feeling that they could.

Northwood defeated Woodbridge on games, 69-60, after the teams were tied in sets, 9-9, the first time the two squads met on Oct. 7.

The Warriors carried their optimism into Thursday afternoon’s rematch at Northwood and turned it into an 11-7 upset win that all but wrapped up a share of the Sea View League title with the Timberwolves.

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Garden Grove improves record to 7-0

October 24th, 2008, 12:40 am by

By ARTIE CASAS
OCVarsity staff

GARDEN GROVE — An ugly victory is what Garden Grove coach Ron Vander Sluis called his team’s 49-21 victory over La Quinta on Thursday night.

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Girls tennis: Weekly roundup

October 23rd, 2008, 1:11 am by

There haven’t been any upsets this week, but it’s still early and there are several good games going on around the county today.

Here are a few scores from the first half of the week:

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Girls tennis: No. 5 St. Margaret’s edges No. 10 Sage Hill

October 18th, 2008, 5:33 pm by

Momentum can carry a team to victory.

St. Margaret’s captured that momentum when Mary Rachel Walsh and Allie Davis beat Sage Hill’s Rain Billingsley and Isa-Maria Taskinen, 6-4, in the girls tennis No.1 doubles set.

That win propelled the Tartans to a 10-8 victory over the Lightning on Friday at the Balboa Bay country club.

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Girls tennis: Surveying the county

October 17th, 2008, 5:19 pm by

A lot of interesting tennis going on now that league play and the All-American Tournament have happened.

Teams are starting to round into form and a lot of top 10 teams have already squared off.

Here’s a look at what’s going on and a few nuggets of info from around the county:

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Girls tennis: No. 3 Uni bounces back against No. 9 Laguna Beach

October 16th, 2008, 5:22 pm by

By BRENT SHAVER

Special to OCVarsity.com

The University girls tennis team took a break from Pacific Coast League play but not from tough competition.

The Trojans, ranked third in Orange County, took part in the National All-American Tournament last weekend.  It took on No. 9 Laguna Beach on Wednesday afternoon at home.

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Girls tennis: mid-week roundup

October 15th, 2008, 11:27 pm by

This was the heavyweight matchup of the season that everyone in Orange County was waiting for.

No. 1 Dana Hills and No. 2 Corona del Mar are the crème of the crop when it comes to girls tennis.

On Wednesday the Sea Kings most likely knocked the Dolphins from the No. 1 spot in the county with an 11-7 win in front of their home crowd.

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Girls tennis: Valencia moving its talent up a division

October 15th, 2008, 1:26 am by

Success has become contagious on the Valencia girls tennis team.

The Tigers are coming off back-to-back CIF Division IV titles, and they only lost one player from last year’s championship team.

Now Valencia has moved up a division, but its talent and hunger to go for a different kind of three-peat remains the same.

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Softball recruiting: Beckman’s Thomas commits to Cal Poly SLO

October 14th, 2008, 1:51 pm by

Beckman’s Trista Thomas can enjoy her senior year now that she knows where she will be going to school and playing softball after high school.

The Patriots pitcher/outfielder has verbally committed to play for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the fall of 2009.

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