To conclude such a superb season, the Girls Varsity Tennis team has proved to everyone that they truly can dominate the courts. The team did extremely well at Pacific League Championships, which was just as expected. Out of the 8 semi-final positions, Arcadia took 4 of them: 2 in singles and 2 in doubles.
Freshman Francis Dean was titled Pacific League Champion for singles although how she received such a name was incredible. Eagerly awaiting, she was put up against Burbank’s number one singles, who was the one who happened to beat her two times before; once because Francis was deemed worse than her and another because she had to forfeit due to a wrist injury. Naturally, Francis was aware of this and was worried about their next match against each other because she had the potential to lose, once again. However, Francis toughened up and pulled through, leading her team to success. She will be competing in the CIF individual tournament as well. Sophomore Nadia Pacheco also received fourth place for singles. She was consistent all season and at Pacific League Championships, she played exceedingly well.
__ Elizabeth Lieu and junior Michelle Zhu received 3rd place for doubles while senior Amy Qiu and senior Nicole Gandasutisna got 4th place. When at Pacific League Championships, both doubles teams had to compete against each other, which was intense because obviously both wanted to win. In the end, Elizabeth and Michelle were victorious, but the thought that two out of the three Arcadia doubles teams placed is already a huge accomplishment. According to Coach Jerry Dohling, “it's really exciting to be undefeated because you know that this means no one else can ever have a better record than us.”
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The memories the Girls Varsity Tennis team made throughout the season will surely stay with them for years and years to come. Junior Michelle Zhu describes bus rides home from away games as fun and entertaining because “half of them sing while the other half plays "Who Wants to Be a Millionare" on someone's iPhone.” It’s these little things that helped create the special bond this team has. As the season comes to an end, the team realized how tennis took up a lot of time after school many days a week, and even though some of them may be glad that the season is finally over, they are all going to miss all the time they spent together.
Freshman Francis Dean was titled Pacific League Champion for singles although how she received such a name was incredible. Eagerly awaiting, she was put up against Burbank’s number one singles, who was the one who happened to beat her two times before; once because Francis was deemed worse than her and another because she had to forfeit due to a wrist injury. Naturally, Francis was aware of this and was worried about their next match against each other because she had the potential to lose, once again. However, Francis toughened up and pulled through, leading her team to success. She will be competing in the CIF individual tournament as well. Sophomore Nadia Pacheco also received fourth place for singles. She was consistent all season and at Pacific League Championships, she played exceedingly well.
__ Elizabeth Lieu and junior Michelle Zhu received 3rd place for doubles while senior Amy Qiu and senior Nicole Gandasutisna got 4th place. When at Pacific League Championships, both doubles teams had to compete against each other, which was intense because obviously both wanted to win. In the end, Elizabeth and Michelle were victorious, but the thought that two out of the three Arcadia doubles teams placed is already a huge accomplishment. According to Coach Jerry Dohling, “it's really exciting to be undefeated because you know that this means no one else can ever have a better record than us.”
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The memories the Girls Varsity Tennis team made throughout the season will surely stay with them for years and years to come. Junior Michelle Zhu describes bus rides home from away games as fun and entertaining because “half of them sing while the other half plays "Who Wants to Be a Millionare" on someone's iPhone.” It’s these little things that helped create the special bond this team has. As the season comes to an end, the team realized how tennis took up a lot of time after school many days a week, and even though some of them may be glad that the season is finally over, they are all going to miss all the time they spent together.