In its season opener last Thursday, the Palisades High girls’ varsity volleyball team swept San Pedro, 25-15, 25-23, 25-13. Senior outside hitter Laura Goldsmith served eight aces, libero Tait Johnson had three aces and 13 digs, middle blocker Kelsey Keil had four solo blocks and seven kills and setter Lauren Gustafson added six kills in the Dolphins’ victory. The following day, Palisades traveled to Lakewood for the first round of the Gahr tournament. In their first match, the Dolphins outlasted La Habra, 25-12, 25-22, 12-25, 23-25, 15-10. On Saturday, Palisades faced Lakewood’the same team that knocked the Dolphins out of the Division I state playoffs last fall. Once again, Lakewood prevailed in a sweep. In the afternoon, Pali fell to Warren in four games and on Monday the Dolphins lost to Lakewood St. Joseph. Pali ended against Long Beach Millikan in Cerritos on Wednesday (result unavailable at press time). Palisades’ girls varsity tennis team also got off to a fast start with intersectional victories over Malibu and Marymount. Jessie Corneli played No. 1 singles in the Dolphins’ 6-1 win over the Sharks last Tuesday in Malibu. On Friday, Palisades used a different lineup and edged Marymount, 4-3, at the Palisades Tennis Center. Playing No. 1 singles, senior Audrey Ashraf lost to the Sailors’ Alexandra Spring-Anderson while Anne Doyle lost a close match to Justine Mendez of Marymount at No. 2 singles. Corneli beat Colleen Benko at No. 3 singles and Pali’s Amy Goore downed Azlea Motamed at No. 4. In doubles, Marymount’s Alex Smith and Daniella Festa beat Pali’s Rose Schlaff and Perri Zaret, 8-6. However, Elizabeth Silvers and Ashley Navas defeated the Sailors’ tandem of Chloe Chen & Kelli Snyder, 9-7, at No. 2 and the Dolphins’ duo of Melina Loeher and Marina Sterngold upended Morgan Kasley and Misha Rafalowski 8-3 at No. 3.
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