Girls Tennis vs Providence

April 20, 2021

Cate girls tennis moved to 2-0 on the season with a 14-4 win over Providence High School at the Municipal Courts of Santa Barbara today.

In the first meeting of the two Santa Barbara Area private schools, the match began fairly even in the opening games. However, Fritze Mayer ’21 and Emily May ’22 steam-rolled ahead with a 6-0 win at #1 doubles and then the floodgates opened.

Junior Aminah Hill picked up a convincing 6-2 win at the #1 singles spot and sophomore Ellie Tunnell added a 6-3 victory over her opponent at the #2 spot. Yuki Kobayashi ’21 moved to the doubles lineup to pair with Ashi Kamra ’22, and the pair recorded another 6-2 set to bring Cate to a 4-0 lead.

Providence fought back with wins at #3 singles and doubles, but would only collect two more wins the rest of the way.

Junior/Freshman combo Julianna Forry and Sophie Alijani recovered from a 4-6 first round to defeat the Providence #1 squad in the second round and also beat the #2’s in the final round of play.

After rolling through their second-round opponents Mayer and May were replaced by sophomore/freshman combo Nikita Nautiyal and Caroline Batchelder who made the most of the opportunity with a 6-1 victory. Meanwhile, in singles, Hill and Tunnell swept their matches to go a combined 6-0 on the day.

Cate plays next on Thursday at the Laguna Blanca School, with the match beginning at 3:30pm.