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Saturday, Nov. 20

SOUTHERN SECTION INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT REGIONALS

Third Round

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At Agoura and Oak Park High School

SINGLES--Hilary Barte, Harvard-Westlake d. Nadia Sakhakorn, Saugus, 6-0, 6-2; Kristen McVitty, Calabasas d. Kate Carnahan, Chaminade, 6-0, 6-1; Mykala Hedberg, Oxnard d. Jordan Dockendorf, Dos Pueblos, 6-3, 6-3; Kelly Stewart, Malibu d. Whitney Peterson, Santa Barbara, 6-4, 6-4.

DOUBLES--Amber Harper-Jennifer Kaswick, Harvard-Westlake d. Ali Ernst-Michelle Floyd, San Luis Obispo, 6-0, 6-2; Brittney Harper-Eileen Chang, Calabasas d. Kelly Hart-Lizzie Collector, Santa Barbara, 6-1, 6-0; Brooke Robertson-Kristin Teufel, Santa Barbara d. Whitney Melhorn-Morgan Melhorn, Rio Mesa, 6-1, 6-2; Erynne Oki-Aimee Oki, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame d. Jillian Schnitman-Helen Kolpakov, Calabasas, 7-5, 6-1.

At The Claremont Club

SINGLES--Nazlie Ghazal, Chaparral d. Paloma Vasquez, Redlands, 6-1, 6-0; Ally Krasnopolsky, Campbell Hall d. Christine Abayan, Murrieta Valley, 6-2, 6-3; Katarina Reveche, Campbell Hall d. Molly Aloia, Great Oak, 6-0, 6-1; Brittany Blalock, Palm Desert d. Dunya Wren, Redlands East Valley, 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES--Lara Aragon-Claudia Vasquez, Redlands d. Ashley Levine-Whitney Ragsdale, Linfield Christian, 6-3, 6-1; Allison Wagner-Michelle Sulahian, Campbell Hall d. Heather Torres-Rebecca Moon, Aquinas, 3-6, 6-1, 10-3; Stephanie Marlis-Amelia Rose, Brentwood d. Brittany Choate-Erin Schultz, Redlands east Valley, 6-1, 6-3; Dafina Amin-Yasmin Amin, Palm Springs d. Amanda Donson-Juliann Tang, Upland, 6-3, 6-4.

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At Costa Mesa Tennis Center

SINGLES--Clarissa Fermin, Troy d. Christina Tan, Dana Hills, 6-1, 6-0; Michelle Murphy, Mater Dei d. Cosmina Ciobanu, Troy, 6-4, 6-3; Maggie Mello, Mission Viejo d. Molly Scott, Santa Margarita, 6-1, 7-5; McCall Jones, Tesoro d. Ashley Wiliams, Woodbridge, 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES--Brandy Andrews and Alyssa Nafarrete, Los Alamitos d. Becky Duesler and Natalie Ducker, Foothill, 6-3, 6-3; Jennifer Chow and Erica Liao, Troy d. Andrea Zamueen and Kelli Kawabe, Mater Dei, 6-3, 6-3; Emma Bronowicki and Katie Debowski, Dana Hills d. Roxanne Ellison and Sierra Ellison, Tesoro, 1-6, 6-2, 10-5; Alison Ramos and Samantha Nadres, Troy d. Amy Nguyen and Margaret Pietrowski, Fountain Valley, 6-3, 6-3.

The major upset in the quarterfinals was Mater Dei’s Michelle Murphy defeating Cosmina Ciabanu of Troy, 6-4, 6-3. Ciobanu was a quarterfinalist last year and has the highest Southern California Tennis Association ranking of any player in the third round.

Each winner in doubles and singles qualifies for the main draw on Dec. 2 and 3 at SeaCliff Country Club in Huntington Beach.

At Jack Kramer Tennis Club

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SINGLES--Claire Rietsch, Laguna Beach d. Asagi Onaga, El Segundo, 6-2, 6-2; Lyndsay Kinstler, Connelly d. Tova Hausman, Beverly Hills, 6-4, retired.

DOUBLES--Jill Damion and Allie Walters, Corona del Mar d. Catie Visico and Madeline Segura, Long Beach Wilson, 6-1, 6-1; Tessa Tran and Anna Litovsky, Beverly Hills d. Madison Akerblom and Rosemary Miller, Marymount, 6-3, 6-3.

At Peninsula Racket Club

Third Round

SINGLES--Tania Mahtani, Peninsula d. Bianca Aboubakare, Fairmont Prep, 6-2, 6-1; Carissa Aboubakare, Farimont Prep d. Elizabeth Carpenter, Maranatha, 6-3, 4-6, 10-4.

DOUBLES--Emily Aston and Stephanie Chen, Peninsula d. Sarah Flynn and Alle Hsu, Sage Hill, 6-0, 6-2; Paige Weber and Tiffany Liu, Peninsula d. Allison Lee and Ashley Alger, Marlborough, 6-2, 6-2.

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Thursday, Nov. 18

DIVISION I

Semifinals

Calabasas 11, Corona del Mar 7
Amanda Fink, Kristen McVitty and Erin Wiesener combined to win eight of nine singles sets and Calabasas (20-0) advanced to the Division I championship match for the second time in three years with the victory at Corona del Mar (18-4).

Jilli Schnitman and Brittney Harper won two of three sets at No. 3 doubles for the Coyotes.

Corona del Mar No. 1 Jill Damion beat Wiesener, 6-0, for the Sea Kings’ only singles victory, but she fell, 6-3, to Fink and lost, 7-6 (5), to McVitty.

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Corona del Mar, which lost in the semifinals for the third consecutive season, picked up two of three sets from each doubles team.

Peninsula 11, Dana Hills 7
Junior Tania Mahtani, playing No. 1 singles for Peninsula (22-0), swept, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, and teammate sophomore Rika Tatsuno, playing No. 2, also swept, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, against visiting Dana Hills (18-5).

Seniors Paige Weber and Erica Schweyer, playing No. 2 doubles, won 7-5, 6-3, 6-1, for the defending Division I champions, which has now won 45 straight matches. On the year Mahtani is 48-1, losing her first match of the season to freshman Alison Ramos of Troy.

DIVISION II

Semifinals

Santa Barbara 11, Marlborough 7
Top-seeded Santa Barbara (18-3) won eight of nine doubles matches to earn a spot in Monday’s final against the Troy-Palm Desert winner. The Dons’ No. 1 doubles team of Kristin Teufel and Bethany Miller swept, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4, with the final set clinching the 10th point.

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Kelly Hart and Lizzie Collector swept, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 2 doubles.

Jane Hugh led visiting Marlborough. She defeated Whitney Peterson, 6-2, in a matchup of No. 1 singles players before winning two more sets without dropping a game.

Sophomore Jane Huh won three sets, 6-0, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 1 singles and No. 3 player Michelle Brown won two of three sets for Marlborough (11-5), which was appearing in its fifth consecutive semifinal match but suffered its third consecutive loss in that round.

Troy 16, Palm Desert 2
Clare Fermin won three sets at No. 3 singles, No. 1 player Cosmina Ciobanu won the two sets she played and No. 2 player Alison Ramos captured two of her three sets for Troy (21-2), which advanced to the Division II championship match for the sixth consecutive season.

No. 1 player Brittany Blalock defeated Ramos, 6-2, in the last round of play for Palm Desert (17-2), which had a 15-match winning streak snapped. The Aztecs’ only other loss this season was to Division III finalist Brentwood.

DIVISION III

Semifinals

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Brentwood 12, Valencia 6
Host and top-seeded Brentwood (15-3) received three-set sweeps from its No. 1 doubles team of Stephanie Marliss and Amelia Rose and No. 1 singles player Shoshana Rosenthal. The Eagles will play top-seeded and defending champion Campbell Hall in the finals at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Claremont Club.

Campbell Hall 15, Long Beach Wilson 3
Ally Krasnopolsky won three sets by 6-0 scores at No. 1 singles and Katarina Reveche dropped just one game in three sets at No. 3 singles for defending-champion Campbell Hall (18-1), which advances to the final match for the third year in a row.

The No. 1 doubles team of Alison Wagner and Michelle Sulahian won three sets, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, to remain unbeaten for Cambell Hall, which takes a 12-match winning streak into the final. The Vikings defeated Brentwood for last year’s title after losing the final match to the Eagles in 2002.

DIVISION IV

Semifinals

Beverly Hills 11, Oxnard 7
Ana Litovsky and Liana Babich won three sets by 6-0 scores and the No. 3 doubles team of Jade Sherman and Briana Banayan won two of three sets, going, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, for Beverly Hills (19-4), which won its 14th consecutive match and advanced to the final with a victory over defending division champion Oxnard.

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Beverly Hills, a Division I finalist last season, won six of nine sets in singles, where No. 1 player Mykala Hedberg swept for Oxnard (14-5).

Walnut 12, Palos Verdes 6
Crystal Kim, who has only lost three sets out of 60 this season, swept, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 1 singles and Tammy Chu and Manon Carrie swept, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1 doubles to lead visiting and second-seeded Walnut (20-0), which has reached the semifinals in the last two years but will make its first finals appearance.

Megan Corpuz won two of three sets at No. 3 singles and No. 2 dobules Jacky Lim and Patty Durongwong won two of three sets for the Mustangs. Walnut will face top-seeded Beverly Hills, the Ocean League winner, in the finals after beating the Nos. 2 and 3 teams from Ocean League, Palos Verdes and a regular season 11-7 victory over Santa Monica.Palos Verdes finished at 15-7.

DIVISION V

Semifinals

Fairmont Prep 11, Santa Ynez 7
Sophomore Bianca Aboubakare and freshman Carissa Aboubakare, playing No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, for Fairmont Prep (19-0), swept at Santa Ynez (19-3). Bianca won, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, and Carissa prevailed, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. Jenny Chung and Julie Luzar, play No. 2 doubles, swept, 7-6, 6-2, 6-1.

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Malibu 10, Sage Hill 8
Top-seeded Malibu dominated singles play, dropping just seven games in nine sets. Kelly Stewart swept, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1, Dalya Perelman won, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 2 and Chelsea Mosser triumphed, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 3.

The No. 1 doubles team of Lisa Marie Kohrs and Casey Zweig defeated Sage Hill’s No. 3 team of Grace Graham and Rachel Heyler, 6-2, in the third round of round-robin play to clinch the victory for defending division champion Malibu (15-3) in a match played at Pepperdine University. The Sharks will play Fairmont Prep in the finals at 1 p.m. Monday at the Claremont Club.

Sage Hill (15-7), which also lost to Malibu in last year’s semifinals, won eight of nine doubles sets, but could not overcome the Sharks’ sweep of nine singles sets

Tuesday, Nov. 16

DIVISION I

Quarterfinals

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Corona del Mar 11, Harvard-Westlake 7
Jill Damion swept by scores of 6-0, 6-2 and had a 6-3 victory over Hilary Barte for visiting and No. 3-seeded Corona del Mar (18-3), which won five doubles and six singles matches.

Allie Walters won two of three sets, including a 6-4 victory over the Wolverines’ No. 2 player Natasha Brown. The Sea Kings have reached the semifinals for three consecutive years, losing the previous two years.

Calabasas 13, Mater Dei 5
Amanda Fink did not lose a game while sweeping at No. 1 singles, Helen Kolpakov and Eileen Chang swept, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 1 doubles and Brittney Harper and Jilli Schnitman swept, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 2 doubles to lead host and second-seeded Calabasas (19-0), which hasn’t lost since last year’s quarterfinals. Mater Dei finished at 15-6.

Dana Hills 12, Tesoro 6
The No. 1 doubles team of Katie Debowski and Emma Bronowicki won three sets, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3), and the No. 2 team of Taryn Villasenor and Natalie Hardie won, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3, for Dana Hills (18-4) in a victory over visiting Tesoro.

Feshman McCall Jones won three sets, all by 6-2 scores, at No. 1 singles for Tesoro (16-4).

Peninsula 13, Laguna Beach 5
No. 1 singles player Tania Mahtani, of Peninsula, swept, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0, including a come-from-behind victory over Claire Rietsch, the No. 1 player for host Laguna Beach (16-5). Panthers Rika Tatsuno and Paige Weber also swept, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 doubles.

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Defending champion and top-seeded Peninsula (21-0), which has won 44 straight matches over the last two years, plays Dana Hills at home on Thursday, a team they defeated 13-5 in October.

DIVISION II

Quarterfinals

Marlborough 13, Edison 5
Sophomore No. 1 singles player Jane Huh won three sets by 6-0 scores to improve her season record to 33-4 and Marlborough’s other singles players, Erina Digby and Michelle Brown, also won three sets for the Mustangs (11-4).

With the victory, Marlborough earned a berth in the Division II semifinals for the third consecutive season.

Palm Desert 11, Dos Pueblos 7
Brittany Blalock swept, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0, for Palm Desert (17-1), which also had two doubles teams sweep, in a victory over visiting Dos Pueblos (18-4), which was seeded third. Julie Onishenko and Jordan Dockendorf won two of three sets and Brianna Lopez picked up another in singles play for Dos Pueblos.

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Santa Barbara 14, Fountain Valley 4
Kristin Teufel and Bethany Miller swept, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 1 doubles and Brooke Robertson and Kristen Franz swept, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 3 doubles for visiting and top-seeded Santa Barbara (17-3).

The defending division champion Dons will play Marlborough at home on Thusday, a team they beat 11-7 in September. Brooke Bartlett swept, 6-2, 6-0, 6-1, for Fountian Valley (15-5).

Troy 15, Los Alamitos 3
Clare Fermin won, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 1 singles and the No. 1 doubles team of Avni Patel and Bobbie Geiss won three sets, 6-0, 6-0, 6-2, for Troy (20-2), which has advanced to the playoffs’ semifinals for the eighth consecutive season.The Warriors, Division II champions in 2001 and finalists each of the past five years, made the Division III semifinals in 1997 and have now advanced to at least the semifinals in Division II for the seventh consecutive season.

DIVISION III

Quarterfinals

Brentwood 13, Mayfield 5
Stephanie Marlis and Amelia Rose swept at No. 1 doubles to lead second-seeded Brentwood (14-3) past host Mayfield.

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Campbell Hall 13, King 5
Ally Krasnopolsky, Lauren Shearer and Katarina Reveche each won three sets for Campbell Hall (17-1), which has won 11 consecutive matches since its only loss, a 10-8 defeat at Brentwood.

With the victory, Campbell Hall, the defending division champion, advances to semifinals for the fourth consecutive season. The Vikings have been to the finals each of the past three years.

The No. 1 and No. 3 doubles teams for King (18-3) each won two sets of three sets.

Long Beach Wilson 9, Chadwick 9 (Wilson wins on games, 88-84)
Jovanna Sangria swept, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, at No. 1 singles and Madeline Segura and Nicole Tigas swept, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1 doubles for visting Long Beach Wilson at Peninsula Racket Club.

Tiffany Ho and Caitlin Fowler of fourth-seeded Chadwick (14-5) won two of three sets, including their final set, 7-6 (8), at No. 2 doubles to push the match to 9-9, but the Bruins (16-3) prevailed on games. Carol Anne Cramer and Marisa Walton also won two of three sets at No. 1 doubles for the Dolphins, who did not sweep any of their matches.

Valencia 9, Beaumont 9 (Valencia wins on games, 82-71)
No. 1 singles player Cassie Strange won two of three sets, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, and Michelle Stock also took two out of three in No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, to provided the margin of victory for host Valencia (18-1).

Ally Westover and Kristin Anderson also won, 6-1, 6-7, 6-0, in No. 1 doubles for Valencia. Beaumont suffers its first and only loss of the year to finish 18-1.

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DIVISION IV

Quarterfinals

Beverly Hills 15, Quartz Hill 3
No. 1 singles player Tova Hausman won three sets, 6-2, 6-0, 6-1, in a successful return from a back injury that had kept her sidelined the past two weeks and Beverly Hills (18-4), the Southern Section Division I runner-up in 2003, defeated visiting Quartz Hill.

The Normans, who have won 13 consecutive matches since a 14-4 loss to Peninsula last month, also got a three-set sweep by Liana Babich and Ana Litovsky at No. 1 doubles.

Oxnard 15, Cate 3
Mykala Hedburg won three sets, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, and Oxnard’s other singles, players Ariel Bergthold and Rhianna Lee, also won three sets apiece and the Yellowjackets (14-4) also won six doubles sets in a victory over visiting Cate.

Oxnard, the defending division champion, will face Beverly Hills in a semifinal match Thursday. All three doubles teams won one set for Cate (7-11).

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Walnut 11, Santa Monica 7
Crystal Kim and Stephanie Yeh, playing No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, for Walnut (19-0), the No. 2-seeded team, each took two of three sets at Santa Monica.

Palos Verdes 11, Villanova Prep 7

DIVISION V

Quarterfinals

Fairmont Prep 14, Westminster 4
Sisters Bianca and Carissa Aboubakare each won three sets by 6-0 scores for Fairmont Prep (18-0), which advanced to the semifinals for the second consecutive season with the victory at Westminster (17-5).

Malibu 13, Aquinas 5
Kelly Stewart won three sets to improve her season record to 38-2 and Malibu (14-3) swept all nine singles sets in a victory at Aquinas.

Stewart, and the Sharks’ other singles players, Dalya Perleman and Chelsea Mosser all are unbeaten in three playoff matches. Casey Zweig and Lisa Marie Kohrs won three sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 1 doubles for Malibu.

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Sage Hill 14, Lompoc Cabrillo 4
Sarah Geocaris won three sets without dropping a game at No. 1 singles and No. 2 player Stephanie Langer won three sets, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, as third-seeded Sage Hill (15-6) advanced to the division semifinals for the second consecutive season.

Singles players Ellen Monkemeir, Lisa Schutz and Lauren Vance provided three victories for Lompoc Cabrillo (13-5), with each defeating the Lightning’s No. 3 player, Emily Webb.

Santa Ynez 11, St. Margaret’s 7
Subi Sundaran swept, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 3 singles and Krissa Armenta and Chelsea Nash swept, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0, at No. 1 doubles for visiting and third-seeded Santa Ynez (19-2) at San Clemente Tennis Club. The Pirates play Fairmont Prep on Thursday with location determined by a coin flip.

Malibu 13, Aquinas 5

Monday, Nov. 15

DIVISION I

Second round

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Mater Dei 10, Mira Costa 8
Leslie Bullock beat Rachel Manasse, 6-3, to win her second set of the day and clinch the victory for Mater Dei (15-5). Michelle Murphy swept, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1 singles for the Monarchs. Mira Costa (22-4) had two doubles teams win two sets. Stephanie Guimera and Goldie Garling won, 7-6 (3), 6-0, and Jennifer Wahba and Sri Kier won, 6-4, 6-2. Mater Dei defeated Mira Costa in the playoffs last year on games.

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