The girls’ varsity tennis team swept Marin Catholic in the MCAL semifinals on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Redwood won every singles and doubles match, finishing with a team score of 9-0.
Senior Lauren Wolfe did not lose a single game in her win against Jackie Mclaughlin, and sophomore Devon Cusack only lost one in her defeat of Leila Jamaslei.
The team is undefeated going into the MCAL finals, but sophomore Molly Kehoe, ranked eighth for Redwood, says that team hasn’t focused on its perfect record.
“We don’t feel [the pressure] because we know that we can go undefeated, so I think it’s more just something the other teams worry about,” Kehoe said.
According to fifth-ranked junior Lindsay Thornton, who played doubles against Marin Catholic’s top-seeded Mana Belardineli, it took time for the team to hit its stride in the match.
“I was playing doubles with [freshman] Sofia Perozzi and I have never played with her before. The first set was tough because we didn’t have a good rhythm, but it improved as the match went on,” Thornton said.
Both Thornton and Kehoe are confident going into the next match because they are guaranteed to face a team they have previously beaten, either Tam or Branson.
The MCAL girls’ varsity tennis finals will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29 at Tam.
