Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Lady Warrior Raquelle Rogers prepares to make a forehand shot during a doubles match against the Ramona High Bulldogs. Rogers and doubles partner Maddie Young went 3-0 as Fallbrook won the match 15-3 on Oct. 20. Shane Gibson photos
Lady Warrior Imogen Isaac serves in a doubles match against Ramona High. Isaac and doubles partner Megan Lowry went 2-1 against Ramona.
Fallbrook High School's girls tennis team was undefeated in Valley League play to give the Warriors their second consecutive Valley League championship.
The Warriors won all eight of their league matches. Valley Center and Ramona, which split their matches with each other, shared second place with 5-3 league records. Fallbrook concluded the regular season with a 13-4 overall record.
"I'm proud of the girls. They all worked hard and just kind of did what they were supposed to do, took care of business and basically dominated league," said Fallbrook coach Dave Ramirez.
The Warriors, who traveled to three of their four matches during the first round of league play, began the second round of Valley League competition with a pair of 16-2 home wins Oct. 6 against Oceanside and Oct. 8 against Orange Glen.
The Warriors' narrowest margin of victory during the first round of league play was a 14-4 win against Valley Center. The rematch Oct. 15 at Valley Center was also a 14-4 Warriors triumph. Fallbrook won all nine doubles matches with the duos of senior Maddie Young and junior Raquelle Rogers, senior Colleen Murphy and junior Emily Vu, and senior Megan Lowry and freshman Imogen Isaac all sweeping their opponents.
Fallbrook junior Alyssa Karavitch also swept her three sets against the Jaguars. Valley Center senior Kaitlyn Hillard and Jaguars junior Brooke Clark each won two sets against the Warriors.
"Valley Center did pretty good with their singles," Ramirez said.
The win over Valley Center clinched the league championship for Fallbrook. "I didn't think about it," Ramirez said.
The Warriors instead were focusing on their Oct. 20 contest against Ramona at the Fallbrook Tennis Club. All of Ramona's points in Fallbrook's 15-3 victory during the first round were from singles set wins including one by senior Elizabeth Bowersox and one by sophomore Renee Hogervorst. Ramona coach Rose Darrough utilized Bowersox and Hogervorst as a doubles team in the Oct. 20 match, which was also a 15-3 Fallbrook victory.
Bowersox and Hogervorst won doubles sets against Murphy and Vu and against Lowry and Isaac. Ramirez replaced Murphy and Vu with seniors Halee Olson and Jaylene Romero after Murphy and Vu's first two sets, and the Ramona duo of junior Jamie Roe and senior Grace Berry took a 6-1 victory over Olson and Romero. Lowry and Isaac had a 6-0 victory over Roe and Berry while the three wins by Young and Rogers included a 6-0 triumph over Ramona juniors Tori Perfect and Betsy Dean.
Young and Rogers concluded league dual meet play undefeated in their sets. Karavitch was also undefeated in her league sets with her only loss of 2015 occurring in a non-league contest against Torrey Pines. Karavitch had 6-0 wins over all three of her Ramona opponents while senior Lauren Bashara's three wins against the Bulldogs included a 6-0 victory and senior Celine Keshavarzi also won three sets against her Ramona opposition.
Last year, Fallbrook also posted an 8-0 record in Valley League play. Ramona had the second-place mark of 6-2 with Fallbrook accounting for both Bulldogs defeats.
The individual singles and doubles Valley League tournament will begin Nov. 2 if weather permits and is scheduled to run through Nov. 5.
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