Sage Hill, just moved to CIF D2, edged Villa Park in the first round of girl’s team tennis play-offs 11-7. Seniors Kimberly Brown and Molly Wang swept at #2 doubles (losing only 1 game) while senior Lauren Hus and freshmen Jaclyn Gerschultz along with #3 doubles team of sophomores Amira Tarsadia and Natalie Meltzer each took 2 of 3 matches as the Lightning doubles teams took 7 of 9 matches. Senior #1 singles player Liana Korber and freshman #2 singles player Celine Wang each took 2 of 3 sets to give Sage 11 wins. Junior Briana Rayhaun lost all three matches at #3 singles.

Villa Park’s #1 singles player R. Kim swept and #1 doubles team of K. Pearson and N. Halcrow took 2 of 3 for five wins while J. Cradle at #2 singles and A. Burreda at #3 singles each took 1 of 3 for Villa Park’s 7 wins.
Score by round:
Rd One: Sage 3/Villa Park 3; Rd Two: Sage 4/Villa Park 2; Rd Three: Sage 4/Villa Park 2: Total Sage 11/Villa Park 7.

Sage plays the winner of Westridge (Prep #1) and St. Lucy’s (Sierra #2) on Friday, November 2.

Sage Hill 11, Villa Park 7
Liana Korber, Sage, lost to Kim, 3-6; def Barreta, 6-0; def Cradle, 6-0
Celine Wang, Sage, won 6-1; lost 0-6; won 6-1
Briana Rayhaun, Sage, lost 4-6; lost 3-6; lost 0-6

Lauren Hsu/Jaclyn Gerschltz, Sage, lost to Pearson/Halcrow, 5-7; def Ko/Cooper, 6-0; def Kouri/Korhapa, 6-0
Kimberly Brown/Molly Wang, Sage, won 6-1; won 6-0, won 6-0
Amira Tarsadia/Natalie Meltzer, Sage, won 6-4; won 6-4; lost 5-7

Sage is 9-8 overall; 8-0 in Academy League, ranked (and seeded) #7 in D2; and ranked #10 in OC Preps Top Ten for last two weeks.