
San Marcos girls tennis received great performances in singles play en route to a 13-5 win over Santa Barbara High in a rivalry matchup on Thursday.
The Royals almost swept singles as Mina Yazadzhiev and Kate Selby each won all three of their sets. For the Dons, Nicole Buist picked up a win over Victoria Chow while the other singles players earned two games for the remaining six sets.
In doubles play, the Santa Barbara High pairing of Caitlyn Buist and Juliana Aviani impressed, sweeping all three of their sets.
“Caitlyn brings an amazing amount of positivity to the doubles side,” Dons coach Danny Echt said. “She was the Dons most dominant player in doubles today.”

For the Royals, the duo of Helena Manar and Bridget Cunnison won two of their three matchups. It was close throughout, as all five of San Marcos’ doubles wins ended with a set score of either 6-4 or 7-5.