Boys tennis: Sea Kings start with shutout

CORONA DEL MAR - The Corona del Mar High boys tennis team stormed

to an 18-0 victory over visiting Orange Lutheran in the first round of

the CIF Southern Section Division V playoffs Tuesday.

The Sea Kings (19-0) nearly shut out Orange Lutheran in singles play

dropping just four games as junior Cameron Ball and sophomore Garrett

Snyder won their sets 6-0.

Top-seeded CdM will now play Webb on Thursday at a site to be

determined by coin flip today. Webb defeated San Jacinto, 17-1. The

second-round match was originally scheduled for Thursday, but the Sea

Kings agreed to reschedule because four of Webb’s players have AP exams.

“It’s just a matter of getting it over with and getting on to the next

match,” CdM Coach Tim Mang said of his Sea Kings’ first-round match. “It

doesn’t help us very much and it doesn’t help them very much.”

Orange Lutheran did not have a third doubles team, automatically

forfeiting a 6-0 loss to CdM. The Sea Kings senior duo of Peter

Kulmaticki and Michael Bean did not surrender a point in their sets.

The CIF individuals playoffs are at Costa Mesa Tennis Center Saturday.

Ball will play in singles competition, which begins at 9 a.m. CdM tandems

Kulmaticki and Bean, along with senior Brian Morton and Snyder will

compete in doubles, which begins approximately at 10 a.m.

CIF DIVISION V

Boys Tennis

Corona del Mar 18, Orange Lutheran 0

Singles - Ball (CdM) def. Teeter, 6-0, def. Bloechle, 6-0, def.

Peralas, 6-0; Snyder (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Roberts (CdM) won, 6-4,

6-0, 6-0.

Doubles - Kulmaticki-Bean (CdM) def. Bui-Klitzgene, 6-0, def.

Farrel-Heim, 6-0, won by default default; Myers-Ning (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-1,

won by default; Wadhwa-Stockwell (CdM) won, 6-2, 6-1, default.