The Laguna Seaside Excessive ladies’ tennis workforce received precisely one match final 12 months.
Including 5 gamers to the squad made a distinction, however so did the camaraderie the Breakers displayed.
Second-year Coach Robert Klugman noticed it once more Friday afternoon on the Claremont Membership, with junior No. 3 singles participant Hannah Nguyen because the final participant on courtroom.
“You might see the best way they have been cheering for her,” Klugman stated. “That is what workforce tennis is about, it’s why I do that job. It’s not about successful, it’s in regards to the assist you may have.”
Laguna’ Beachs No. 1 singles participant Jessica MacCallum competes in opposition to Calabasas throughout Friday’s match.
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Successful did additionally come for the Breakers, who completed off their outstanding transformation holding a CIF championship plaque. Prime-seeded Laguna Seaside edged No. 3 Calabasas 10-8 for the CIF Southern Part Division 2 title.
It’s this system’s twelfth CIF title, however first since 2005.
“It was a change,” senior captain Kendyl Beresford stated of the advance. “I’m actually glad about all the brand new teammates we bought. We truthfully have been such an amazing workforce and labored very well collectively. We labored actually arduous every single day to get to the place we’re. It was a superb journey.”
Laguna Seaside’s Rebecca MacCallum hits a forehand in opposition to Calabasas throughout Friday’s match.
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo-bound senior Jessica MacCallum and her freshman sister Rebecca MacCallum each swept in singles for the Wave League champion Breakers (20-3) in spectacular vogue.
Jessica swept 6-2, 6-0, 6-0, together with a powerful win over Calabasas sophomore Giana Mucci within the first spherical. Rebecca received 6-0, 6-1, 6-3.
“I used to be simply going into the primary match desirous to do my finest, attempting to get as many video games, as a result of that’s actually what counts in the long run,” Jessica MacCallum stated. “Clearly, the assist from my workforce was very nice, and I feel that actually bought me via as effectively. It was a pleasant match and positively gave us momentum.”
Laguna Seaside’s doubles workforce of Ryan Levine, left, and Ava Chadha high-five after successful their set in opposition to Calabasas on Friday.
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MacCallum understood how lengthy it’s been for the reason that final time the Breakers held the championship plaque. She was born in that very same 12 months, 2005.
“I used to be saying it on the bus,” she stated with amusing. “It was like future.”
Each participant or doubles workforce received no less than as soon as for the Breakers. At No. 1 doubles, sophomore Ava Chadha and freshman Ryan Levine received as soon as, as did Beresford and her sophomore accomplice Izzy Lobosko at No. 2 doubles.
Calabasas (15-4), which bought doubles sweeps from the groups of Sydney Smith and Emma Penev, in addition to Charli Kaaya and Nava Aminian, didn’t go quietly. The match was tied 3-3 after the primary spherical and 6-6 after the second spherical.
Laguna Seaside’s Hannah Nguyen is all smiles after successful her remaining set within the Division 2 title match on Friday.
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It remained tied 8-8 late, when the Breakers relied on their No. 3 gamers to take them house. The No. 3 doubles workforce of juniors Chloe Balliet and Lola Sabol earned a 6-3 victory for the ninth set win.
Laguna Seaside had a big sufficient video games result in clinch the match, however moments later Nguyen topped Calabasas’ Tea Damascus by the identical 6-3 rating for good measure. Her teammates rushed the courtroom to have a good time.
“It was nerve-wracking, but in addition I used to be blissful on the similar time as a result of everybody was cheering for me,” Nguyen stated. “I simply felt prefer it was enjoyable. It’s the perfect feeling. Everybody’s supporting one another and we’re all hugging on the finish.”
Laguna Seaside’s Kendyl Beresford, left, and Izzy Lobosco compete in opposition to Calabasas on Friday.
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Each of Laguna Seaside’s senior starters, Jessica MacCallum and Beresford, had older sisters on the 2018 Breakers workforce that was edged by Huntington Seaside within the Division 3 title match. Ainsley Beresford confirmed up Friday to assist her youthful sister and alma mater.
“Oh my God, we received,” Kendyl Beresford stated as she walked off the courtroom together with her teammates. “We actually received.”
“Simply because my sister got here so shut, I needed it,” she added later. “I do know we hadn’t actually received and had a very robust workforce since then, so I needed it actually dangerous. I feel all of us did.
“It’s surreal. The entire follow and arduous work lastly paid off.”
The Laguna Seaside Excessive ladies’ tennis workforce congratulates one another after successful the CIF Southern Part Division 2 title on Friday.
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Klugman gave all of the credit score to his gamers and allow them to cherish the second. He knew how they felt, as he stated he was on a state championship boys’ tennis workforce at New Rochelle Excessive Faculty in New York in 1980.
“They’ll have these reminiscences for the remainder of their lives,” he stated. “I nonetheless speak to my teammates about it.”
The season is slated to proceed for 5 of the Breakers gamers within the CIF Southern Part People match that begins with preliminaries on Nov. 20. The MacCallum sisters have been Wave League doubles champions, with Beresford and Levine as doubles finalists and Chadha as a singles finalist.
The Laguna Seaside Excessive Faculty ladies’ tennis workforce poses for an image after successful the CIF Southern Part Division 2 title on Friday on the Claremont Membership.
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