Seven receive accolades for Sage Hill boys’ tennis team

The Sage Hill boys’ tennis team, which was narrowly edged by St. Margaret’s in a battle for the Academy League title, had seven players named to all-league teams.

Junior singles stars Martin Park and Robert Wee, senior Michael Garrison and freshman Troy Astorino were All-Academy League first-team selections for Sage Hill.

Sophomores Karam Sethi and Grant Gerdau and freshman Kevin Wang were second-team picks for the Lightning.

Park and Wee led the way as Sage Hill’s top singles players. The Lightning reached the CIF Southern Section Division V quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive season before falling to Palos Verdes, 16-2. Sage Hill finished the regular season ranked No. 5 in CIF’s Division V. Sage Hill defeated area foe Costa Mesa, 16-2, in the first round of the playoffs.

The Lightning nearly won the league title, but lost to St. Margaret’s in a tiebreaker round after the two teams tied in sets and games.

Both Park and Wee reached the Academy League singles tournament final, with Park beating his teammate, 6-4, 6-0, to capture the league singles title.

Park and Wee both advanced to the CIF Southern Section individual tournament, where they competed against the best players in the CIF Southern Section.

Wee was named Daily Pilot’s Male High School Athlete of the Week early in the season when he briefly took over the No. 1 singles spot from a slumping Park with a newly refurbished net game and recorded sweeps against both Academy League foe Oxford Academy and nonleague opponent Laguna Beach. Garrison and Astorino formed Sage Hill’s top doubles team. The duo took fourth in the league tournament. dpt-academytennis.IMGGraphicInfo0D1S7I9N200606220D1S7I9NNo Captiondpt.22-park-CPhotoInfoIE1S7HCR20060622izj6ftncMARK DUSTIN / DAILY PILOT(LA)Junior Martin Park was a first-team All-Academy League singles player for the Sage Hill boys’ tennis team this season. Park captured the league singles title.