The Hazen girls tennis team stayed undefeated in the Seamount league on Monday, but just barely, eking out a 4-3 win at home against Renton.
In the end, Hazen won all of the singles matches, while Renton won all three doubles matches.
“Most of the matches were really close and could have gone either way,” Coach Gail Ellis said in an email. “This is definitely one of the best Renton teams I’ve seen in a long time.”
In singles play, Hazen’s first singles player Misa Takami had little trouble in her match against Kimy Hoang, winning 6-0, 6-0. But in second singles, Hazen’s Catherine Lin had some trouble with Renton’s Ana Santos, who played hard, though Lin ultimately won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
In third singles Kristy Huynh defeated Corisa Leon 6-2, 6-0 and in foruth singles Adress Chan beat Isabelle Saechao 6-0, 6-1.
But on the doubles courts, the Indians were able to turn the tables.
In first doubles, the Renton team of Hafely Heng and Yoon Manivann beat MinhThu Nguyen and Amy Huynh 6-1, 7-6 (7-1). In second doubles, Renton’s Thoa Nguyen and Xiuhua Wu dropped the first set but rallied to beat Gabbie Solis and Kelly Lo 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. And in third doubles, the team of Yesena Cruz and Vivian Vo beat Constance La and Lilian Mai 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Hazen is now 3-1 on the season and 3-0 in the Seamount. They are scheduled to travel to Kennedy tonight, Tuesday.
Renton falls to 2-2 overall and in the league and is scheduled to host Evergreen tonight, Tuesday.