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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Corona del Mar 18,

Harvard-Westlake 0

CORONA DEL MAR — The top-seeded Sea Kings improved to 22-0 with a CIF Southern Section Division I triumph Tuesday on the Sea Kings’ courts.

Freshman Melissa Matsuoka and sophomore Lindsay Zotovich won 18 of 19 games at No. 2 doubles to stand out for Coach Brian Ricker’s squad, which eliminated the Wolverines (13-7) and advanced to Thursday’s semifinals.

Hayley and Miranda Young, as well as the CdM doubles team of Michelle Atkins and Karen Ishii recorded two wins each.

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Jill Damion, Cierra Gaytan-Leach and Hailey Hogan swept in singles.

CdM will face Calabasas at a site to be determined by coin flip today.

Calabasas defeated Peninsula on games, 71-63, after a 9-9 tie.

The Sea Kings won at Peninsula, 11-7, earlier this season. It was the only match the Sea Kings have played that was not decided until the third of three rounds.

CIF Division I

Quarterfinal

Corona del Mar 18,

Harvard-Westlake 0

Singles -- Damion (CdM) def. Kobayashi, 6-2, def. Brown, 6-2 def. Kalt, 6-0; Gaytan-Leach (CdM) won, 6-1, 6-1, 6-0; Hogan (CdM) won, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles -- H. Young-M. Young (CdM) def. Sathier-Kolin, 6-0, (sub) Kaiden-Lee (CdM) def. Richman-Moy, 6-2; H. Young-M. Young (CdM) def. Hung-Horn, 6-2; Matsuoka-Zotovich (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0; Atkins-McKitterick (CdM) won, 6-2; (sub) Atkins-Ishi (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-1.

Santa Barbara 15,

Newport Harbor 3

NEWPORT BEACH — Sailors junior Alex McIntosh posted two wins against the Dons (17-3), the No. 2 seed, Tuesday at Newport Harbor.

Sailors sophomore singles player Ariana Cernius collected the other win for Newport (13-5).

“These girls ended the season strong,” Newport Coach Fletcher Olson said. “They played well again, but they played a great team.”

McIntosh will continue, competing in the CIF individual tournament, which begins Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center. The Sailors senior duo of Chrissy Schwartz and Sasha Dunlap, who are 23-3, will play in doubles.

McIntosh, as well as Schwartz and Dunlap reached the semifinals of the Sunset League finals and earned first-team all-league honors.

Emily Gelbaum, Natalie Small and Brittany Sowers were on the second team.

CIF Division II

Quarterfinal

Santa Barbara 15,

Newport Harbor 3

Singles -- Heimstaedt (NH) lost to Peitzke, 2-6, (sub) Cernius (NH) def. (sub) Florrington, 6-1, lost to Decker-Sadowski, 2-6; McIntosh (NH) def. (sub) Broida, 6-4; def. Beckerman, 6-1, lost, 1-6; Gelbaum (NH) lost, 3-6, 0-6, 0-6.

Doubles -- Schwartz-Small (NH) lost to Ludwick-Penner, 1-6, lost to Robertson-Trufel, 3-6, lost to Grokenberger-Franz, 1-6; Dunlap-Sowers (NH) lost, 6-7 (6-8), 1-6, 2-6; Sigalos-Shea (NH) lost, 6-7 (4-7), 1-6, 2-6.

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