RE-CAP OF 10/22/11 GIRLS VARSITY TENNIS 2ND ANNUAL MARINE LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to Lizbeth Medina & Jamie Vasquez, Luisa
Martin & Angel Noriega, as well as Jocelyn Cuevas & Sabrina Serrano for their great performances during Saturday's
Marine League Doubles Championships.
As the #7
Seed in the tournament, Jocelyn Cuevas & Sabrina Serrano had the difficult task of taking on their own, higher-ranked
teammates in the first round. However, knowing that in practice they had beaten them before, they were confident going
into that match, & quickly jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Recognizing, that this was their Senior year, however, #2 Seeds
Lizbeth Medina & Jamie Vasquez fought back, winning 6 of the next 8 games, & seemed on the verge of a win as they
built a 7-6 advantage. Cuevas & Serrano would re-group to knot things all up at 7-all to force a tie-break, as anxious
teammates looked on, knowing that a pair of teammates would be victorious, while the others might be heartbroken. Medina
& Vasquez would finally prevail 7-3 in the tie-break, as their experience/calm apparently became the decisive factor,
to advance to the semi-finals, where they would face Narbonne's #2 Doubles squad (#5 Seed) who knocked off Carson's #1 Doubles
team who was seeded 4th.
In their
1st round match, Luisa Martin & Angel Noriega cruised to an 8-1 win over an 8th-seeded Gardena squad
that was a last-minute fill-in. However, as the #1 seed in the tournament, their 1st round result was somewhat
expected, as they then awaited the results between Gardena's #1 Doubles squad and Narbonne's #1 team to set up the match up
in the semi-finals.
In the 1st Semi-Final,
Martin & Noriega would fall 8-6 vs. Narbonne's #1 squad who seemed to be growing in confidence with every match.
Despite falling short of their expectations of winning the championships, and thereby the automatic bid into the C.I.F. L.A.
City Section Doubles Championships in Encino, CA, Martin & Noriega's spectacular regular season (9-0) still gives them
hope.
In the 2nd Semi-Final, Medina
& Vasquez faced off Narbonne's #2 squad, who many thought was arguably better than Narbonne's top team. Also growing
in confidence, Medina & Vasquez won easily, 8-4, to set up a true championship grudge-match. Medina & Vasquez
had previously faced off vs. the other finalists twice during the regular season. In the 1st regular season
matchup, they easily built a 7-4 lead before letting it slip away in the tie-break. Just three days before the tournament,
however, Medina & Vasquez avenged that defeat by winning convincingly 8-4.
The championship match would prove to be epic, as the "rubber-match" between these two
determined finalists. Starting out as a very back-and-forth affair, as Medina & Vasquez battled their opponents
who, by this time, were very familiar with their playing style. As the match began to get to "crunch time"
Medina & Vasquez seemed to be in control as they prepared to hold serve, up 6-5. The Gauchos, however, still had
some fight in them, and took the next two games, putting the Pilots on the brink of defeat. Medina & Vasquez, however,
weren't done fighting themselves, as they knotted things up at 7-all to force yet another tie-break. In the tie-break,
things seemed to fall apart for the Pilots as they only managed to win one more point. Once again, however, despite
the loss, Medina & Vasquez's impressive results on the year (10-2) still offers a glimpse of hope that they will also
make it to Encino.
Congratulations Pilots &
Good Luck in the Team Playoffs Next Week!
| | 1st Round
| SEMI-FINALS |
CHAMPIONSHIP | CHAMPIONS!
|
| | SINGLES
| |
| |
|
1. | Sandy Lemus (Gardena) |
Jackie Alayvilla 8-7 (4) | | |
| 8. | Jackie Alayvilla (Narbonne) | (Narbonne)
| |
|
| |
| | Patty
Ramos 8-6 | |
| 4. | Patty Ramos (Narbonne) | Patty Ramos 8-5 | (Narbonne)
| Andrea |
| 5. | Shyenne Quintana (Carson) | (Narbonne) |
| Mosqueda |
| | |
| | (Gardena) |
| 3.
| Andrea Mosqueda (Gardena) | Andrea
Mosqueda 8-5 | |
8-5 |
| 6. | Gaby Zarate (Washington) | (Gardena)
| Andrea Mosqueda |
|
| | | | (Gardena) 8-0 |
|
| 7. | Isabel Davila (Gardena)
| Erica Ponce 8-0 |
| |
| 2. | Erica Ponce (Washington) |
(Washington) |
| |
|
| |
| | |
| |
DOUBLES |
| |
|
| 1. |
Luisa Martin (Banning) | | |
|
| | Angel Noriega
(Banning) | Martin/Noriega 8-1 | | |
| 8. | Veronica Magaña
(Gardena) | (Banning) |
| |
| | Evelyn Sam (Gardena) |
|
| |
|
| |
| Gawaran/Mercado | |
| 4. |
Samar Ali-Hagab (Gardena) | | (Narbonne) 8-6 |
|
| | Kimberly Bugarin
(Gardena) | Gawaran/Mercado 8-5 | | |
| 5. | Macy Gawaran (Narbonne)
| (Narbonne) |
| |
| | Megan Mercado (Narbonne) | | |
Gawaran/ |
|
| |
| | Mercado
|
| 3. | Emily McNabb
(Carson) | |
| (Narbonne)
|
| | Jasmine Amparo
(Carson) | Arce/Alabat 8-4 | | 8-7 (1)
|
| 6. | Grace Arce (Narbonne)
| (Narbonne) |
| |
|
| Patricia Alabat (Narbonne) |
| | |
| |
| |
Medina/Vasquez |
|
| 7. | Jocelyn Cuevas
(Banning) | |
(Banning) 8-4 | |
| | Sabrina Serrano (Banning)
| Medina/Vasquez | | |
| 2. | Lizbeth Medina (Banning) |
(Banning) 8-7 (3) |
| |
|
| Jamie Vasquez (Banning) |
| | |
