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Panthers roll to net victories
Westmont wins twice to hold onto second place
By Dick Sparrer
They did it last year in the West Valley Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.
And it looks like they're at it again this year--but in the Santa Teresa Division.
Prospect and Westmont battled it out for the West Valley Division title in girls tennis a year ago. And they're going it again this fall, just up a notch in the BVAL.
The Panthers are 9-0 in division play after beating Leigh 6-1 and Pioneer 7-0 last week. Westmont sits a notch back at 8-1 after beating Overfelt 6-1 and Oak Grove 4-3 last week. The only mar on the Westmont record is a loss to--that's right--Prospect.
Julie Martin won twice at No. 1 singles last week to lead the Panthers to back-to-back wins.
Martin posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 1 to start Prospect on the road to the 6-1 win over Leigh. Marina Shlyapina won by default at No. 3 singles and Elaine Tang won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4.
Natalia Kriyama teamed with Katherine Gazlay for a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles. Judy Tang and Harroop Singh won 6-0, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles and Helen Yi and Connie Tang won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3.
The Panthers came back to blank Pioneer 7-0 to push their season record to an impressive 10-2. Martin, Michelle Stern, Shlyapina and E. Tang were singles winners, and the Kriyama-Gazlay, J. Tang-Singh and Yi-C. Tang doubles teams all came up winners.
Westmont's Anna Vugdalic won twice at No. 1 singles to start the Warriors on the road to consecutive league wins last week.
Vugdalic posted a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles in the 6-1 victory over Overfelt. Megan Clapp won 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, Katherine Bamford won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 and Dana Nguyen won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4.
Natalie Phipps and Leslie Huang joined forces for a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles and Virginia Nguyen and Kim Arnault won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2.Vugdalic pulled out a clutch 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles to get Westmont going in the 4-3 win over Oak Grove. Bamford and D. Nguyen also added singles wins for Westmont.
In other local action, Del Mar dropped a 6-1 nod to Lincoln and a tight 4-3 decision to Andrew Hill in the West Valley Division. The Dons slipped to 5-4 in league play with the loss.
Marguerite Basso posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles for Del Mar's only victory against the Lions, and Tram Nguyen won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles in the Dons' loss to the Falcons.
Menkemeller scores
Lindsey Menkemeller knocked in three goals to lead the Del Mar girls field hockey team to a 7-0 win over San Jose last week. The Dons came back to blank Homestead 2-0 to improve to 2-0 in the West Valley Division and to 5-2 for the year.
In other local action, Westmont lost 2-1 to Cupertino despite a first-half goal by Jenny Brown, then fell 2-0 to Los Altos to start the West Valley Division season.
Prospect lost 5-1 to St. Francis despite a goal by Annie Piggins and lost 1-0 to Lynbrook.
Gilford leads Panthers
Cassie Gilford drilled 10 kills to lead Prospect to a 12-15, 15-9, 10-15, 15-10, 15-5 win over Oak Grove in the Mt. Hamilton Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.
Prospect slipped to 3-3 in the division later in the week after a 15-3,l 15-6, 15-7 loss to unbeaten Presentation. Amanda McKay had three kills to lead Prospect.
In other local action, Westmont lost its first league decision of the year, falling 15-11, 15-13, 13-15, 4-15, 15-11 to Piedmont Hills in the Santa Teresa Division. The Warriors slipped to 3-1 in league play with the loss and Piedmont Hills improved to 4-1.
Del Mar lost twice in the Mt. Hamilton Division, falling 15-2, 15-6, 15-1 to unbeaten Mitty and losing 15-6, 15-9, 15-5 to Leland. The Dons are 1-5 in the division.
Willis nails third
Curtis Willis finished third overall to lead Westmont to a win over Oak Grove in a Santa Teresa Division cross country meet at Montgomery Hill Park.
Willis covered the distance in 19:13 to lead the Warriors to a 22-38 win over the Eagles. Jordan Lee was 10th in 20:26 for Westmont on the 2.85-mile course.
Joshua Miner finished fourth to lead Prospect to a split in Santa Teresa Division action the same day.
Miner ran 19:33 to lead the Panthers to a 27-28 win over Andrew Hill. Prospect lost 25-30 to Leigh the same day.
A week earlier, Willis was third in 17:45 on the 2.85-mile course at Alum Rock Park to lead Westmont to wins over Hill 26-30 and Santa Teresa 19-42.
Miner was fifth in 18:22 to lead Prospect to a 22-39 win over Oak Grove.
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