Palisades High sophomore Halsey Hulse smacks a forehand winner during her 8-4 loss at No. 2 singles in Monday’s intersectional match against Palos Verdes at the Palisades Tennis Center. Photos by Steve Galluzzo
Through its first five matches of Western League play, the Palisades High girls tennis team has been as dominant as ever, winning 34 of 35 sets.
The Dolphins have blanked Hamilton, University, Fairfax and Westchester and beat LACES 6-1. They wrap up the first round of league Monday against Venice.
Kalea Martin volleys against Palos Verdes. She and doubles partner Sarah Slavkin lost in a tiebreaker.
In between its league matches Palisades has been testing itself against top-notch Southern Section teams. Bolstered by the strong play of twins Ireland and Sophia Amato the Dolphins beat Westlake 5-2 last week.
Playing without the Amatos (who were on a college visit back east) and No. 3 player Iris Berman (who was injured), the Dolphins lost 6-0 to Palos Verdes on Monday. Noe Winter fell 8-3 at No. 1 singles, Halsey Hulse lost 8-4 at No. 2 and Sophia Arvin lost 8-4 at the No. 3 spot. Captain Alex Miller and Emma Akiyama fell 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, Kalea Martin and Sarah Slavkin lost in a tiebreaker at No. 2 and Bliss Macdowell and Claudia Goore lost 8-1 at No. 3. Palisades beat Marymount on Tuesday, hosted Windward on Wednesday and travels to San Diego for the Point Loma Invitational on Saturday.
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