After defeating Alisal 7-0 on Tuesday and Christopher High 7-0
on Wednesday, the Balers won their third match in a row Thursday
with another comfortable victory
— a 6-1 win over visiting Alvarez at the Ridgemark Golf and
Country Club.
HOLLISTER
Playing in its third match in as many days didn’t seem to have much of an affect on the San Benito High girls tennis team.
After defeating Alisal 7-0 on Tuesday and Christopher High 7-0 on Wednesday, the Balers won their third match in a row Thursday with another comfortable victory — a 6-1 win over visiting Alvarez at the Ridgemark Golf and Country Club.
San Benito is now 4-3 overall on the season.
The Balers were without Hayley Barker on Thursday, but the loss of San Benito’s No. 1 singles player still didn’t provide the visiting Eagles with much of an edge.
Although Alvarez’s Nene Cella was able to take the No. 1 singles spot by a 6-4, 6-0 margin against Kristina Slavich — the Balers’ usual No. 2 singles player — San Benito earned victories in the remaining six matches.
Baler Audrey Marshall moved up a spot to No. 2 singles and defeated Nia Casad 6-0, 6-3, while San Benito’s Kelsey Slavich did the same when she moved up to No. 3 singles and defeated Alvarez’s Camine Herrera 6-3, 7-5. At No. 3, doubles player Alex Garcia was bumped up to singles and topped Mary Medrano 7-6, 7-5.
In doubles, Erin Glasspool and Alex Triolo improved to 7-0 on the season with a 6-0, 6-0 win against Pamela Pelasio and Joyce Raya, while San Benito’s No. 2 team of Olivia Diaz and Stephanie Slavin defeated Celia Martinez and Jessica Wong 6-2, 6-3.
At the No. 3 spot, Anne Tobias and Gianna Brigantino upended Eagles Jessica Vo and Maria Amviz 2-6, 6-4 and 10-6 in the third-set tiebreaker.
San Benito will return to the court on Tuesday when it will host North Salinas at the Ridgemark Golf and Country Club. Match time is 4 p.m.
