Team Detail
Lightning Upset #6 Seed Santa Monica in Girls' Tennis to Reach Quarterfinals
In a battle of Top Ten Division 2 teams, Sage Hill, ranked #10, upset Santa Monica, ranked #6, to earn a spot in the quarter-finals Monday. Sage and Santa Monica tied 3-3 after the first round and again tied 6-6 after the second round; but took the last round 4-2 for the 10-8 victory. Sage had to win 4 in the last round as they would have lost on games if the sets were tied 9-9.
Jaclyn Gerschultz at 1 singles, Isabella Deckey at 2 singles, and Lauren Fishman at 3 singles each defeated Santa Monica's #3 singles player for 3 points.
"That was what they had to do," said Sage Coach A.G. Longoria. "We needed a minimum of 3 wins in singles to get our doubles teams in range."
Sage's Amira Tarsadia/Abby Ruck swept at #1 doubles, Celine Wang/Crystal Yu went 1-1 before Yu was replaced by Maya Byrd in the last round for a win, and Tess Alexander/Marina Anderson took 2 of 3, for a total of 7 doubles wins.
"Our seniors really came through for us today," continued Longoria. " Amira (Tarsadia), Abby (Ruck), and Tess (Alexander) played outstanding today and lead the way for the team."
Alexander/Anderson were down 0-3 in the last round before rolling off 6 games in a row to put Sage at 9 wins. With Tarsadia/Ruck leading 5-2 it looked as if the Lightning were going to win. Santa Monica won 2 games in a row and lead 15-40 to tie the set at 5-5. Sage saved 3 games points, had 2 match points before Tarsadia hit a winning down the line passing shot off a 13 ball rally to win the match.
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