Parker Salomon
Staff Writer
Mira Costa’s girls tennis team lost to Corona Del Mar 11-7, at Corona Del Mar High School on Wednesday in the team’s seventh Bay League match this season, with top performances by junior singles player Amy Gaal and junior doubles players Katarina and Isabella Draskovic.
Gaal stood out by winning her first game 5-7 and sweeping her last game 6-2. Katarina and Isabelle Draskovic dominated throughout the day, winning their second game 6-1 and their last game 6-4.
“Our team had a lot of confidence going into this game which is why we started out so strong,” Gaal said. Although we lost, everyone played solid games and gave it their all.”
The Mustangs are currently 6-1 in Bay League and 16-3 overall. The team’s next match is a Bay League match against Peninsula at Peninsula High School on Thursday. According to coach Joe Casulli, the match should be very interesting, and the team is very excited to play Peninsula again.
“Peninsula is currently ranked first in CIF (California Interscholastic Federation so the match on Thursday will be very challenging,” Casulli said. “We lost our last match against Peninsula 15-3 so there is much room for improvement.”
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