FAIR OAKS, Calif. – Freshman Alexandra Wallace and sophomore Sarah Ramos-Lasso defeated their respective singles opponents in a one-game tiebreaker, helping St. Francis claim a 7-2 win over Rocklin in a sweltering Sierra Foothill League girls' tennis dual match at Rollingwood YMCA Thursday.

The Troubadours even their overall record at 5-5 while winning their second straight league match to move to 3-4. The victory also more than offsets the Thunder's 5-4 win back on September 9.

Wallace, who had made five previous appearances in St. Francis' No. 1 doubles line, assumed the No. 2 singles slot in the absence of senior Tatum Walbeck. She outlasted Rishika Bhutani, 7-5, in the first set, then dropped a 6-2 second. However, Wallace rolled to a 10-2 victory in the tiebreaker set for her first singles win as a Troubie. The Wallace-Bhutani match lasted so long that both the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles match reached their conclusions on the adjacent court before Wallace snared the winning point.

Meanwhile, Ramos-Lasso came out on top of a rollercoaster of a match at No. 5 singles, a 6-1, 2-6 split set battle with Nihal Chopra, followed by a 10-5 tiebreaker.

The Troubies seized the team lead relatively early on, with Maria McDougall (No. 1), Anna Dinh (No. 3) and Sophia Troppmann (No. 4) storming to straight-set singles victories. The Ramos-Lasso and Wallace wins followed, then two SF doubles tandems picked up sweeps: Arden Garcia and Lena Mundhenk at No. 2, and Nura Fananapazir and Isabella Bollinger at No. 3.

McDougall had the most lopsided victory, narrowly missing a double bagel with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph against Aarya Sharma Vats – precisely the scores from the September 9 meeting. McDougall now holds a 9-1 singles record, all at No. 1.

The Troubadours hit the road for back-to-back SFL matches next week: Tuesday at Folsom followed by Thursday's visit to Granite Bay. Both matches begin at 4 p.m.

ST. FRANCIS 7, ROCKLIN 2
Rollingwood YMCA (Fair Oaks, Calif.)

SINGLES
1. Maria McDougall (SF) def. Aarya Sharma Vats (R), 6-0, 6-1
2. Alexandra Wallace (SF) def. Rishika Bhutani (R), 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (2)
3. Anna Dinh (SF) def. Ella Pizzuti (R), 6-1, 6-1
4. Sophia Troppmann (SF) def. Ava Hudson (R), 6-1, 6-3
5. Sarah Ramos-Lasso (SF) def. Nihal Chopra (R), 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (5)
6. Amrita Chopra (R) def. Ava Dezham (SF), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)

DOUBLES
1. Kayla Plog/Melanie Hildebrand (R) def. Litzy Alengaden/Ava Ensberg (SF), 6-2, 6-0
2. Arden Garcia/Lena Mundhenk (SF) def. Katie Kochis/Addie Savage (R), 6-1, 6-1
3. Nura Fananapazir/Isabella Bollinger (SF) def. Akriti Kapoor/unlisted (R), 6-3, 6-0