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Girls tennis: Newport pulls out 10-8 victory over Sunny Hills

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Joseph Boo

NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High’s girls tennis doubles teams

won seven of nine sets and Kelly Nelson clinched the winning set in the

Sailors’ 10-8 nonleague victory over a highly-regarded Sunny Hills squad

on Wednesday at Newport.

The freshmen duo of Bonnie Adams and A.J. Olson swept their three sets

including an impressive 6-4 victory over Sunny Hills’ No. 1 team of

Michelle Esquivel and Katie Williams, who easily won their previous two

sets.

Newport, ranked No. 8 in Orange County, broke a 6-6 tie by sweeping

all three doubles set in the final rotation. Its top team of Megan

Hawkins and Erica Buder and the No. 2 team of Carmen and Diane Khoury

each took two of three sets.

The Sailors’ singles players won a set each. Krista McIntosh won her

first set, 6-4, against Molly Shin. Vanessa Dunlap took a 3-0 lead

against Shin and held on for a 7-4 tiebreaker victory.

Nonleague

Newport Harbor 10, Sunny Hills 8

Singles - Nelson (NH) lost to Kao, 1-6, def. Shin, 6-3, lost to

Cabanilla, 4-6; McIntosh (NH) lost 1-6, won 6-4, lost 4-6; Dunlap (NH)

lost 0-6, won 7-6 (7-4), lost 0-6.

Doubles - Hawkins-Buder (NH) lost to Esquivel-Williams, 2-6, def.

Kangwankij-Liang, 6-4, def. Chang-Farshdi, 6-1; C. Khoury-D. Khoury lost

1-6, won 6-1, 6-2; Adams-Olson (NH) won 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

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