1995 PREP PREVIEW / GIRLS’ TENNIS : SIX TEAMS TO WATCH : DANA HILLS

Coach: John Stephens (seventh year).

1994: 17-4 overall, 10-0 in the South Coast League; lost to Corona del Mar, 12-6, in semifinals of Division I playoffs.

Key returners: Michele Johnson, will play No. 1 doubles, Sr.; Karlie Noyes, No. 3 singles or No. 2 doubles, Jr; Margaux Pierog, No. 2 or No. 3 singles, So.; Shayna Rimel, doubles, Jr.; Lara Spica, No. 1 singles, South Coast League singles champion, So.; Summer Tantee, No. 1 or No. 2 singles, So.; Katie Tierney, first team Times’ all-county doubles with Johnson, Sr.

Key newcomers: Brook Calton, doubles, Fr.; Amy Cole-Tranking, doubles, Fr.; Christi Manning, doubles, Fr.

Outlook: Expect Dana Hills to struggle in the early going. Johnson will miss the first few weeks as she recovers from shoulder surgery and Spica will miss some nonleague matches. But Stephens said his team probably has more talent and may have more depth than last season’s. “Eventually, I think we’ll be real solid,” Stephens said. “We should be as good as last year and we have the opportunity to be a lot better.” He is high on freshman Cole-Tranking.