Girls varsity tennis fall short of their goal

Written by Tyler Rowe

The Washington High School girls tennis team ended their season with a victorious 7-0 sweep over Kennedy high school, Oct. 30. The varsity team then proceeded to MVAL finals, Nov. 2.

“I’m definitely looking forward to MVALs because our team has been working really hard this season,” co-captain and junior Lauren Hishinuma said.

The girls went 8-5 this year with a 3-4 loss to James Logan.

“We were competitive in most of the games [singles and doubles], but the doubles really brought us up well this season,” Coach Matthew Brahbam said.

Brahbam plans to train and work with the girls on mechanics during off season to build a more solid team for next fall.

Hishinuma and junior LiAnn Bressler were both recognized at MVAL finals as members of the Second All-League team for singles. Senior Shelmi Liang, junior Tabitha Kirk, senior Kaylee Miu and freshman Alice Pham, were honored with Second All-League for Doubles.

Varsity one singles Lauren Hishinuma advanced to quarter finals after two easy wins against American (6-0, 6-1) and Kennedy (6-0, 6-2) Nov. 2, but lost to Rajeev of Mission San Jose (6-1. 6-1).

Varsity one doubles team Kaylee Miu and Alice Pham, seeded fourth in league, also advanced to quarter finals after defeating Irvington (6-2, 6-0), but lost (6-4, 1-6, 5-7) to Thatch/Bautista of James Logan.

“It felt really bad losing to Logan during finals, especially since we beat them twice in league. We should have beaten them right from the start, but we kept the game too close. Our team was counting on a win from us, but we let them down,” Pham said.