SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Norah Zhou and sophomore Anna Dinh each posted a singles victory as St. Francis dropped a pair of matches on the final day of the Golden State Tennis Classic, hosted by Menlo Saturday. The Troubadours fell, 5-1, to Henry M. Gunn; then dropped a 4-2 decision to Castilleja School in the nightcap.
Dinh opened the day with a split-set win over Gunn's Anjani Mirchandani at No. 4 singles, winning 6-4 before falling by a 6-2 score in the second set. She prevailed in a marathon 15-13 tiebreaker to pick up her team's lone win in the dual.
Zhou then claimed a straight-set, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Castilleja's Katy Zhen at No. 1 singles. Meanwhile the doubles team of Caroline Niethammer and Arini Tandon prevailed at the No. 2 line, 6-2, 6-4.
The Troubies head into the final stretch of their 2022 regular season, return to action in their lone home match of the year: a key Delta League visit from Davis on Thursday. Match time is 3:45 p.m. at Rio Del Oro. The event also serves as Senior Day for seven 2023 grads: Zhou, Chloe Garcia, Hayley Labia, Lucy Phillips, Aniyus Pierre, Becca Weil and Madeline Welch. Thursday's match also includes the team's Booster-Q event.
2022 GOLDEN STATE TENNIS CLASSIC, DAY 2
GUNN 5, ST. FRANCIS 1
Gunn High School (Palo Alto, Calif.)
SINGLES
1. Kailana Matsuoka (G) def. Norah Zhou (SF), 6-0, 7-5
2. Yoonseo Lee (G) def. Hayley Labia (SF), 6-4, 6-0
3. Sophia Hwangbo (G) def. Tatum Walbeck (SF), 6-2, 6-1
4. Anna Dinh (SF) def. Anjani Mirchandani (G), 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (13)
DOUBLES
1. Nimisha Sivaranan/Mia Saad (G) def. Chloe Garcia/Lucy Phillips (SF), 6-1, 6-0
2. Sarah Jung/Ellie Yuan (G) def. Arden Garcia/Arini Tandon (SF), 6-4, 6-0
CASTILLEJA 4, ST. FRANCIS 2
Gunn High School (Palo Alto, Calif.)
SINGLES
1. Norah Zhou (SF) def. Katy Zhen (C), 6-2, 6-2
2. Karys Chang (C) def. Chloe Garcia (SF), 7-6, 1-6, 1-0 (7)
3. Eloise Moha (C) def. Lucy Phillips (SF), 7-5, 6-2
4. Ella Kemp (C) def. Sophie Troppmann (SF), 6-0, 6-3
DOUBLES
1. Paisley DeBlank/Leigh Houssman (C) def. Arden Garcia/Anna Dinh (SF), 6-4, 6-2
2. Caroline Niethammer/Arini Tandon (SF) def. Candy Fu/Ava Kwok (C), 6-2, 6-4