[pullquote align=”left” speaker=”Shannon Dow”]We wanted to get this win for Poly since Wilson got Moore League Champs and Moore League Singles—it meant a lot for us to get this win.[/pullquote]
Poly’s girls tennis team played and won against both CAMS and Cabrillo, but lost their chance at Moore League Champions on Thursday after they lost a close match against Wilson. The girls battled in a long five-day week, where they lost the individual Moore League singles first place medal, but were able to win the doubles first place, and move on to CIF.
On Monday, October 14, the girls went up against CAMS’ newly founded tennis team. CAMS was able to put up a good fight, winning three matches, but they were not able to keep up with the power hitting Lady Jackrabbits who won, 13-5. On Tuesday October 15, the girls played their third game of the season against Cabrillo and just like the previous two, the girls were able to shut out the Jaguars with a 17-1 win.
On Thursday, October 17, the girls met the Bruins at Wilson in yet another nail-biting match to fight for the Moore League championship title. It was a rough start for the Jackrabbits, trailing 3-7 at the end of the first round, but where able to come up to 9-7 lead. Unfortunately, the Bruins, who held the advantage in games, responded by winning the final two matches, tying the game 9-9. In the end, the Poly lost to Wilson by a slim margin of 5 games, coming out with a 77-65 loss in the game’s tiebreaker and third place in Moore League.
“Even though Wilson won, I am very proud of every one on our team. I believe that we all played to the best of our abilities, keeping up a good fight and demonstrating our resilience throughout the entire match,” said junior Veronica Tan.
From October 21st to the 25th, the girls were busy at El Dorado Park, fitting for individual Moore League titles. Monday and Tuesday were Moore League Semi-Finals for singles. Five girls attended, but sophomore Jasmine Roberts and junior Shannon Dow were the two to make it the furthest. Roberts went up against Wilson’s number one singles player and fought for first place, while Dow went up against Wilson’s number two singles player. Roberts lost her match (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) and Dow lost her match with a set score of 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Consequently, teammates Dow and Roberts faced off for the third place medal last Friday.
Moore League Semi-Finals for doubles was held on the 23rd and 24th. Again, many teams attended, but two teams exceeded the rest. The doubles teams of Dow and Roberts and seniors Daniella Gochuico and Rylie Borje were the only ones able to move on to finals on Friday. The team of Dow and Roberts faced off against Millikan’s team in a tough three setter and where able to get the win with a score of 6-3, 0-6, 6-3. On Thursday, both Poly teams faced each other in a tough match, but the dynamic duo of Dow and Roberts got the win over the seniors, with a set score of 7-6, 6-3. Both teams were able to advance onto Friday’s Finals, with Roberts and Dow fighting for the first place title, while Gochuico and Borje played for third place.
After four long days, it all came down to Friday’s Moore League Finals. Teammates Roberts and Dow dashed it out for the singles’ third place medal. It was a close match, but Roberts was able to get the win over Dow, winning in her set 6-3, 6-2, 10-7 in a tiebreaker.
Right after their singles match, both Roberts and Dow were to face Wilson’s number one doubles team for the Moore League Doubles crown.
“It’s literally their best players against our best players,” said head coach Ricardo Montecinos.
The Jackrabbit pair trailed 5-2 in the second set, but were able to come back and win an excruciating two hours match with a final score of 6-4, 7-6 and close off a successful five-day week.
“We wanted to get this win for Poly since Wilson got Moore League Champs and Moore League Singles—it meant a lot for us to get this win,” said Dow.
It was a long week for the Lady Jackrabbits, and even though they weren’t able to claim Moore League Champions, their doubles team of Dow and Roberts were able to get the doubles first place title and will go on to represent Moore League in CIF.
