As expected, Los Alamitos won Sunset League Varsity Girls Tennis. The varsity team finished the season undefeated at 10 – 0 in League Play to win the Team Title. Doubles teams took the top three spots and singles took second and fourth at Sunset League Individual Finals held at Seal Beach Tennis Center.
The number 1 doubles team finished the season undefeated. But, an injury kept Senior, Aliyah Alenikov from playing with her partner Junior, Hope Hairrell in League Finals. Hairell’s sister, Freshman Hailey was originally slated to play singles for the Griffins. The Hairrell sisters only gave up twelve points the entire tournament to take the title from teammates, and 2013 Sunset League Doubles Champions, Senior, Sydney Bott and Sophomore, Erika Cheng.
Los Al took all the top three doubles spots with Junior, Karoline Pintar and Sophomore, Catt MacEachern winning their second league doubles medal in two years.
In some very hard fought games, Los Al Senior, Jennifer Lu finished second to Fountain Valley Freshman, Hanh Pham. Lu earned 11 points against Pham who only gave up six points before fighting it out with Lu in two very close tie-breakers. Fellow Los Al Senior, Caroleen Fararji finished fourth. Senior, Madelyn Payne topped off October as LAHS Senior of the Month, subbing in to play singles at Sunset League Finals after Freshman, Hailey Hairell was moved to play doubles for the injured Alenikov.
In J.V., Los Al Juniors, Chloe Carpenter and Renee Congdon, made it to the final round winning their last match with a 10-8 tie-breaker to finish third in the J.V. Doubles.
Los Al’s top Varsity players move on to CIFSS Team Championships. They are currently ranked fifth, their highest CIFSS Division 1 Ranking in years. As in 2013, Coach Kevin Garrett expects they will make it through the first two rounds before meeting one of the few teams that has beaten them in 2014 non-League Play. They will likely meet up with number two ranked University at the Nov. 10 quarterfinals.