Sage Hill marches into the quarterfinals

Sage Hill High’s girls tennis team punished host Azusa, 15-3,

advancing to the CIF Southern Section Division V quarterfinals on

Tuesday against Santa Maria, which will require a require a coin flip

to determine the home team.

It was business as usual for the Lightning as freshmen Katie

McKitterick (50-4) and Kellie Ammerman (50-2) were virtually

untouchable, and the doubles team of Jessica Tsoong and Stephanie

Chen swept the competition.

Sage Hill is 15-3. Azusa exits with a 13-17 record.

CIF DIVISION V

Second Round

Sage Hill 15, Azusa 3

Singles -- McKitterick (SH) def. Perez, 6-1; def. Cortez, 6-0;

def. Burrows, 6-1; Ammerman (SH) won, 6-2, 6-0, (Tomlinson) lost,

1-6; Fullmer (Sh) won, 6-0, lost, 1-6, won, 6-4.

Doubles -- Tsoong-Chen (SH) def. Fominona-Ayala, 6-0; def.

Valdez-Nguyen, 7-6; def. Soto-Lopez, 6-1; Webb-Berman (SH) won, 6-2,

6-2, lost, 2-6; Graham-Heyler (SH) won, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.

Mesa eliminated, 12-6

Costa Mesa High’s girls tennis team dropped a 12-6 decision at Savanna High in Anaheim on Saturday in a CIF Southern Section

Division V second-round duel as a combination of heat, a blister and

a broken string leading to a new racket all contributed to make it a

forgettable day for the Golden West League champion Mustangs, who

finished 13-6 overall.

CIF DIVISION V

Second Round

Savanna 12, Cosa Mesa 6

Singles -- Havens (CM) def. Cuervas, 6-0; lost to Dyquiangeo, 1-6;

def. Tobias, 6-1; K. Nguyen (CM) lost, 1-6, 1-6, won, 6-1; H. Nguyen

(CM) lost, 3-6, 0-6, 2-6.

Doubles -- Doan-Pham (CM) lost to Moran-Parker, 0-6; def.

Gaytan-Lee, 6-1; def. Ibarra-Stanton, 6-; Tran-Fais (CM) lost, 3-6,

5-7, 1-6; Gomez-Rodriguez (CM) lost, 0-6, won, 6-2, lost, 0-6.

Tars eliminated, 14-4

Newport Harbor High’s Sailors lost, 14-4, at Dana Hills in a

second-round CIF Division I match Saturday, exiting the playoffs with

a 12-8 record.

CIF DIVISION I

Second Round

Dana Hills 14, Newport Harbor 4

Singles -- Sturgess (NH) lost to Pooler, 6-0; lost to Beck, 6-0;

(Slater) lost to Hinneise, 6-2; McIntosh (NH) won, 6-1, lost, 1-6,

won, 6-2; Kay (NH) lost, 0-6; Dunlap (NH) lost, 1-6, 6-7 (4-7).

Doubles -- Olson-Khoury (NH) lost to Johnson-Villaseran, 6-7; def.

Wilson-K. Bornowski, 6-3; lost to E. Bornowski-Ayers, 4-6;

McKay-Haxby (NH) lost, 1-6, 1-6, 2-6; C. Adams-B. Adams (NH) won,

6-3, lost, 3-6, 2-6.

CdM wins, 14-4

Corona del Mar High’s No. 3-seeded Sea Kings traveled to Aliso

Niguel and captured a 14-4 verdict Saturday in the second round of

the CIF Division I Playoffs.

Junior standout Brittany Holland and senior sensation Taylynn

Snyder both swept their singles matches and the Yelsey sisters, Anne

and Rachel, swept in doubles, according to Coach Andy Stewart.

Individual scores were not available.

Corona del Mar (17-3) will meet Peninsula (17-2) in the

quarterfinals on Tuesday at a site to be determined by coin flip. CdM

defeated Peninsula earlier in the season.