Baler roundup
By NATHAN MIXTER Sports Editor
Hollister – The San Benito girls golf team came in in first place in the Tri-County Athletic League tournament played on the front nine of the par-36 Gabilan Course at Ridgemark Monday. It was the first time this year that everyone has been consistent with her scores, said coach Mark Tinder.
San Benito scored a 191, Gilroy had a 202, Salinas had a 221 and Live Oak had a 234.
Corryn Pacheco and Megan Smith led the Balers with a score of 45.
“I am very with the steady play of senior Corryn Pacheco,” Tinder said. “She hits her drives straight down the fairway, and she never lets a bad shot upset her thus maintaining a positive attitude. She remains our number one player, and in addition she does her part as team captain to motivate the rest of the team to strive and do their best.”
Senior Johni Kiesewetter has improved her game a lot this year, Tinder said, and made her first appearance with a 49. Rachelle Barrientos shot a 52. The non-qualifying scores were Ashly Cullumber with a 53 and Marissa Gutierrez with a 54.
The next match is against Santa Catalina today at Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey. Santa Catalina is the defending TCAL champion.
Tennis
Hollister – The San Benito girls tennis team defeated visiting Live Oak 6-1 Tuesday.
No. 1 singles player Danielle Burke won 6-0, 6-0, No. 2 Jamie Huston won 6-0, 6-1, No. 3 Vanessa Martinez won 2-6, 6-2 (10-4) and No. 4 Mary Von Urff lost 1-6, 2-6.
In doubles, Megan Kirk and Alyssa Panacho won 7-6, 6-4, Christina Watson and Kaitlyn O’keefe won 6-1, 6-2 and Michelle Rovella and Rebecca Williams won 6-1, 6-1.
San Benito (7-5, 2-3 TCAL) faces visiting Gilroy today at Ridgemark. The Haybalers won the last meeting 4-3.
Girls JV polo
Hollister – The San Benito girls JV team defeated visiting Carmel 15-3 Tuesday to improve to 10-1-1 overall.
Alex Stern and Michelle Dietrich split time at goalie, and each had two saves.
Jessica Temperino led the Balers with five goals. Valerie Nicolason had four goals, and Jayme Telles had three. Jarae Tanner, Megan Guella and Stephanie Rodriguez each had one goal. Two-meter set Judi Sumida had four assists in this game.
The Balers were coming off of a 1-1-1 finish in a tournament at Saratoga High school. Mountain View won 6-4 in the first game. Telles had three goals, while Temperino had one.
Dietrich had six saves. Elsie Tozier, Megan Guella and Alex Stern helped the Balers both offensively and defensively.
San Benito won the second game against Presentation High school, 9-6. Nicolason and Telles had three goals each.
Rodriguez, Sumida and Temperino had one. Stern had three saves.
The third game against Monta Vista high school ended in an 8-8 tie. Tanner and Telles had three goals each. Nicolason had two. Stern had three saves.
The team had strong defense during the weekend from Sumida, Tozier and Rodriguez.
