Girls tennis: CdM wins in thriller

LAGUNA BEACH - Corona del Mar High girls tennis team knocked off

host Laguna Beach Tuesday by the slimmest of margins in Pacific Coast

League action.

With the Sea Kings and Artists deadlocked at 9-9, it came down to the

tiebreaker, which CdM won on games played, 80-76.

Leslie Damion won her final match, 7-6, to allow the Sea Kings to

remain unbeaten in the PCL at 6-0, 9-5 overall.

Anne Yelsey won all three of her matches for the Sea Kings, ranked No.

6 in the Orange County Sportswriters Poll, winning, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0.

Next up, CdM travels to Irvine to take on Northwood High Thursday at 3

p.m.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Corona del Mar 9, Laguna Beach 9 (CdM wins on games, 80-76).

Singles: Yelsey (CdM) def. Maddocks, 6-3; def. Barron-Sandman, 6-0;

def. Ward, 6-0; Griffith (CdM) lost, 0-6, 2-6, 2-6; Damion (CdM) lost,

5-7, won 7-6, 6-0.

Doubles: Jacobson-Tenerelli (CdM) lost to Shulman-Steinle, 4-6; def.

McMahon-Macillvary, 6-3; def. Messineo-Tucker, 6-3; Claster-Charney (CdM)

lost, 2-6, 2-6, won 6-4; Minna-Bryan (CdM) lost, 4-6, 4-6, won 6-2.