Alyssa Smith
Dana Hills
Smith led the top-ranked Dolphins to the CIF-SS Division 1 team title Monday, winning all three matches 6-0. Smith, only a junior, didn’t lose a single set to an opponent during the playoffs.... Full story
Lauren Michaels
Laguna Beach
Michaels, a senior, helped lead a young Breakers squad into the second round of the CIF-SS Girls Tennis Championship, decisively sweeping three first-round sets against Northwood Thursday. Laguna Beach lost in the s... Full story
Mayci Jones
Tesoro
Jones avenged a loss in last year’s South Coast League individual tournament against Sophia Bott, defeating the San Clemente senior in straight sets this past week. Jones, a junior, will lead Tesoro in the first round o... Full story
Sophia Bott
San Clemente
Following a week where she swept for San Clemente in a big match with Tesoro, Bott continued to cap her senior season in style. Bott, who is committed to play tennis at Cal Poly, swept three singles matches against La... Full story
The girls tennis athlete of the week for Oct. 25:
Mazy Watrous
El Toro
Watrous, a senior, has been one of the county’s top players for some time, but in her first season of high-school tennis, she’s done nothing but reinforce her r... Full story
Jessica Perez
Dana Hills
Perez, a junior, swept three sets from then-top-ranked University last Wednesday, leading the Dolphins back to the top spot in the O.C. rankings. Perez then followed it up by playing doubles in the Dolphins’ win o... Full story
Ava Sleimany
Sage Hill
Soleimany, a senior for the Lightning, had a monster week helping her team pick up a win at the D3 Invitational. Soleimany won three singles matches and three doubles matches in the tournament, also going 6-0 in singles... Full story
Tiffany Cheng
St. Margaret’s
The Tartans senior made a major statement in her team’s Academy League opener against No. 8 Sage Hill, sweeping all three singles points in St. Margaret’s 10-8 win, helping keep the Tartans... Full story
Yuki Asami
University
Asami, a freshman, won a pair of crucial sets in University’s win over Campbell Hall last week. Asami defeated Alyza Benotto 6-2 and won another match 6-1. The one-sided wins meant a lot because the Trojans won the ... Full story
Katelyn Nguyen CypressNguyen, a former athlete of the week while playing for the Corona del Mar Sea Kings, is off to a red hot start for Cypress. As the team’s No. 1 singles player, Nguyen, a senior, is 17-0 while her team has started the year... Full story