Smooth opener for Sea Kings

Corona del Mar High’s girls tennis team opened up its season claiming

eight of nine doubles sets and defeated visiting Mater Dei, 15-3, in

a nonleague duel Thursday.

Sophomore Jillian Braverman lost just one game in sweeping her

three singles sets while sophomore Jill Damion and freshman Allie

Walters each claimed two sets.

CdM’s Hayley Young and Jamie Steele took two of three sets in the

No. 1 doubles slot while the duos of Miranda Young and Lindsay

Norman, along with Rachael Miller and Michelle Atkins, each won two

sets.

Stephanie Chen and Kelly McKitterick teamed to win one set while

Roxanne Kaiden and Miller combined to down Mater Dei’s top doubles

duo.

CdM’s first-year coach Brian Ricker said his players have

practiced aggressiveness at the net and translated those skills to

Thursday’s match.

The Sea Kings begin a stretch of three road matches with a

nonleague duel at Woodbridge at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

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Nonleague

Corona del Mar 15, Mater Dei 3

Singles -- Damion (CdM) lost to Murphy, 3-6, def. Bryan, 6-1, def. Bullock, 6-2; Braverman (CdM) won, 6-1, def. Kells (sub), 6-0, 6-0; Walters (CdM) lost, 2-6, def. Kells, 6-2, won, 6-2.

Doubles -- H. Young-Steele (CdM) def. Nguyen-McGlone, 6-0, def. Zamecen-Kawabe, 6-3; lost to Grandstaff-Van’t Hof, 3-6; M. Young-Norman (CdM) won, 6-4, 6-2, sub Chen-McKitterick (CdM) won, 6-4; Miller-Atkins (CdM) won, 6-4, 6-4, Kaiden sub for Atkins,

won, 6-3.

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