CIF Girls Tennis Finals: Santa Barbara Edges Laguna Blanca, Carpinteria Falls Short

Four wins in the first round of play gave Santa Barbara High enough of an edge to beat Laguna Blanca for the CIF-SS Division 4 girls tennis championship on Thursday at Cate School. Led by three singles wins from Keren Monroy, the Dons won 10-8 to claim the seventh section title in program history. In the Division 6 final at the Claremont Club, Carpinteria lost to Pacifica Christian of Orange County, 12-6. Cate is playing in the Division 2 final against Campbell Hall on Friday at Redlands University. Santa Barbara 10, Laguna Blanca 8 Hali Wight and the doubles team of Kate Hashbarger and Lucy Kronberg pulled out 7-5 victories to give the Dons a big boost after the first round of matches. “We started strong today which ended up making the difference, knowing that the strong number one doubles team from Laguna and strong number one singles player from Laguna would get wins in later rounds against the Santa Barbara three and two lines,” said Santa Barbara coach Shane Carmody.

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