Girls’ tennis (8-0) defeated Laguna Hills High 15-3 in a home match on Sept. 19. Six wins were out of the singles’ bracket, and nine wins were in the doubles’ bracket. Their next match will be on Oct. 5 at Sage Hill. 

After losing the first round of the 2023 CIF competition, girls’ tennis came prepared to win for the 2023-24 season, according to interim head coach Maithy Do. Doubles players started and ended in a strong position, winning all their matches. Singles players started in a strong position but lost three matches. 

“Our doubles’ members, Alya and Sahana, were really strong,” Do said. “They had good communication. We’ve been working on a lot of doubles’ drills and they definitely applied those.” 

The team prepared for this match by doing many doubles drills, serves and return practices, which helped many with their serves during the actual game, according to doubles player and senior Arianna Wong. 

Though the team as a whole did well, there were areas where they could have made improvements, according to Wong. She said she could have made more serves in the first game but was able to make things up in the second game. 

“If we’re talking as a team, our cheering could be better,” Wong said. “Our coach drills that into us.”

Similarly, doubles player and freshman Payton Nguyen also wanted to focus on improving her consistency, especially on her serves. She won her match, but she admits that she could have done better. However, she was also proud of some parts of her performance. 

“I think I hit my forehand pretty well, so that’s good,” Nguyen said. 

In the future, the goal is to win both the San Diego tournament and CIF this season, according to Wong.

“We got a lot of new freshman that are really good this year, so I think we might do really good this season,” Wong said.