Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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' j n riidJ - Worst to First Trampled one year and triumphant the next, the varsity tennis team literally turned their record around in 1986. Owing much of their success to depth and experience (with five seniors and five juniors), they volleyed the previous year ' s win column (one) into this year ' s loss column. The result. Girls ' tennis won the South Coast League championship and a trip to the playoffs. After warming up for the season with a summer getaway to Santa Barbara, the team showed its strength in league play by defeating long-dominant Capo Valley not just once, but twice. They then rode the crest of a 9-1 record into the post -season match against Canyon, where they served up their first play-off win in over eleven years. The bad luck of the draw, however, brought the season to a close against second -seeded Corona del Mar. 1 it ' s o.k. • the sunroofs stuck I ' ll always worked wcl not to give The queens of the court were led by the singles play of sophomore Kristin Green and senior Cindi Hamnquist. Green, ranked on the So. Cal. juniors circuit, formed a 1-2 punch with Hamnquist, an outstanding athlete who penetrated her opponents with abusive serves and ground strokes. Kim D ' Arcy added a touch of power with her ball -flattening serves at no. 3 singles. Talented and often victorious were the three solid doubles teams of Leslie Stockton and Stephanie Marks ( 1 seed at SCL finals), sisters Pam and Julie Watson, and Kelly Lynch and Michelle Michaels. Junior varsity also made a quantum leap to the top of the standings this year. Splitting matches with Capo and losmg none to the rest of the league, the J.V. team earned a league co-championship for the second time in three years. The young champions were led by Naoko Nakagawa in singles and Lisa Brzezinski and Lorraine Hanna in doubles. Brzezinski and Hanna, who won about 99% of their matches, capped the season by placing second at league finals while singles stand-out Susan Walti placed fourth. -e.y. remember how they I together and chose up. -Coach Granger 1. V «i771 ' .(lront) K. Green, P. Watson, B. McLean, K. Lynch, M, Michaels, C. Hamnquist; (back) Coach Leander. L. Stockton, J. Watson, S. Richards, K. DArcy, S. Marks. 2. JUNIOR VARSITY-((mm)]. Harris, N. Fogelson, S. Walti.J.Jay, L. Brzezinski, J. Butland.J. Mills; (back) M. Smith, N. Nakagawa, L. Hanna. C. Mullen, J. Talley, J. Ammon, D. Dolphin. 3. All in the family: sisters Pam and Julie Watson brought almost twenty years of tennis experience to the varsity team. 4. Newcomer Kristin Green, a sophomore, led the singles players by winning 38 out of 44 matches during the regular season. 5. She ' s better than most guys : Kim DArcy kept all of her opponents off-balance with her deadly arsenal of serves. 6. Having played since the age of five. Sarah Richards held her own while splitting time between singles and doubles play.

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go for the green • grow ' n roots? • i diiid ' • nacho t I ? VARSITY 9-1 OPPONENT Irvine 9 Capo Valley 9 Mission Viejo San Clemente El Tore Irvine Mission Viejo Capo Valley El Toro San Clemente SCORE (82)-9 (73) (81)-9 (79) 14- 4 12- 6 9 (77)-9 (69) 14- 4 13- 5 12- 6 8-10 12- 6 JUNIOR VARSITY 9-1 OPPONENT SCORE Irvine 17- 1 Capo Valley 9 (82)-9 (77) Mission Viejo San Clemente El Toro Irvine i Mission Viejo Capo Valley El Toro San Clemente 15- 17- 11- 18- 16- 5-13 13- 5 15- 3 Game, sef. and match: Michelle Michaels won 35 itiatches m doubles.