Girls tennis: CdM sweeps singles, doubles at PCL finals

LAGUNA BEACH - It was a full house for Corona del Mar High’s girls

tennis team Friday in the Pacific Coast League individual championships

at Laguna Beach High.

CdM junior Anne Yelsey, the team’s No. 1 singles player and top seed

in the tournament, defaulted in the singles final against teammate Leslie

Damion, who claimed the easiest title of her career.

Yelsey, the defending singles champion, was experiencing back problems

and did not play in the finals. Damion and Yelsey qualified for the CIF

Southern Section individual championships beginning Nov. 17.

Yelsey topped University’s Danielle Kausen, 6-0, 6-0, in the

semifinals, while Damion beat CdM teammate Juliette Mutzke, 6-2, 6-1, in

the other semifinal. Mutzke defeated Kausen, 6-2, 6-4, for third place.

In doubles final, Corona del Mar’s Brittany Holland and Taylynn

Snyder, the top-seeded team, beat Laguna Beach’s Cameron Barron-Sandman

and Lindsay Butterwick, 6-3, 6-1, after defeating Laguna Beach’s Jackie

Schulman and Danielle Reed, 6-1, 6-0, in the semifinals.

In the other semifinal, Butterwick-Barron-Sandman beat CdM’s Brittany

Minna and Amanda Rubenstein, 6-3, 6-3. Schulman-Reed topped

Minna-Rubenstein for third place, 6-3, 6-3.