Varsity Girls’ Tennis Getting into the Swing of Things

NATE GARCIA
Sports Editor

Rackets that move like samurai swords and balls that are seen as green blurs are a couple things witnessed during a varsity girls’ tennis match. Despite the scorching heat, the Lady Moors practice daily after school to become adroit in their event, whether it be singles or doubles matches.

During practice, the girls warm up and work on fundamentals such as ground strokes, volleys and serves. They also run and do drills and core exercises during the two-hour practice.

The girls started off their preseason with wins against both Burroughs High School on Sept. 3 and Pasadena High School on Sept. 4. However, they lost to San Marino High School on Sept 5.

This year, most of the varsity team is comprised of former JV players, with only two varsity returners from last year, according to Head Coach Calvin Chau.

“Most of these players don’t have the experience [of being on the varsity team] since we had to move them up from JV. This is a brand new team,” Chau said.

Despite having an almost completely new roster, the Lady Moors continue to strive to improve their game as best they can.

“We have done better than I thought we would so far in this preseason. […] Even though we lost to San Marino, a lot of us are happy because we were able to fight back against the CIF champions,” sophomore singles player Tiffany Chen said.