Knights shut out Willits 5-0 in Coastal Mountain Conference opener at Willits
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WILLITS >> Five matches and five straight-set wins for the Kelseyville High School tennis team in its season and Coastal Mountain Conference opener against the Willits Wolverines on Tuesday afternoon in Willits.
Kelseyville coasted to a 5-0 conference win, dropping a grand total of five games in the 10 sets played.
“It was a nice, stress-free way to start the season,” Kelseyville head coach Andy Dobusch said. “Willits is a young, developing team. We’re returning almost all players from last year’s strong roster.”
Maddy Borghesani, runner-up in the girls singles bracket at last year’s CMC Championships, beat Karina Velazco 6-0, 6-0 in first singles.
“A nice clean match,” Dobusch said. “She was never tested.”
Olivia Bushey, a sophomore, played the first singles match of her high school career and scored a 6-0, 6-0 victory in second singles.
“She’s a different player than last season,” Dobusch said. “She has much stronger ground strokes and serves. It’s clicking for her and she’s got two more years to play. It makes me happy to be the coach.”
Riley Lopez defeated Lissbeth Hernandez 6-1, 6-1 in third singles.
“He was knocking some rust off because of a late start due to basketball, but still a solid performance,” Dobusch said.
In first doubles, Riley Hanson and Grace Peterson beat Sofia Vaccaaro and Alieah Barragan 6-0, 6-0.
“Another pair of promising sophomores took care of business,” Dobusch said. “Both are really quick players that can get to most balls. More consistent ground strokes and these two will be a tough out.”
In second doubles, Brookyn Young and Gemma Tanti defeated April Villegas and Alisson Raya 6-2, 6-1.
“Finishing off the slew of sophomores, Gemma and Brooklyn both had solid performances,” Dobusch said. “They were just all-around stronger and more consistent.”
Kelseyville is home Friday to play Fort Bragg at 4 p.m.
