| ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (click here for past winners) This Week we are honoring the entire Mount Carmel Girls Tennis team. Mt. Carmel Girls Tennis is the division 2 champion, the first tennis ever championship at MC in all of their 33 yrs! Mt. Carmel defeated Westview 11-7 in a very good match. Sabby Leon-Chao swept her three singles as did Bella Genkina. Melanie Corbin and Alyssa Paraiso swept their three doubles and Sharon Reibstein and Amrita Rao added two victories in doubles. Stephanie Hara in singles and Karen Truoung and Karen Korico in doubles rounded out the team and played very competitively throughout the day. In the end the MC Girls were up to the task and kept their noses in front the whole match, with three doubles on the court and one singles match still going, Mount Carmel had clinched the match with the last two wins by Bella Genkina and Sabby Leon Chao. Mt. Carmel defeated West Hills 15-3 in the quarterfinals of the division 2 playoffs this past Thursday. West Hills entered the contest with a 12-3 record for the season but were no match for the Sundevils who are now 12-4 for the season. In the Semi-Finals this past Friday, MC defeated Vahalla. Vahalla had excellent singles players and decent doubles teams, they were 18-2 and undefeated in their league (10-0). Final Scores was Mt Carmel 12, Vahalla 6. MC's top three players all year were Sebastiani Leon-Chao, a sophomore sensation who won all three sets without dropping a game against West Hills to go to 40-8 for the season, combined with her one doubles appearance and she is 42-9. Bella Genkina, the freshman powerhouse who won her two singles against West Hills, giving up only 1 game. She was subbed out for her third set because at that point MC had already clinched the match. She is 40-6 in singles and with her one doubles appearance this year she goes to 43-6. Sharon Reibstein, another powerhouse and transfer from Westview, is 28-4 in singles for the Lady Sundevils this year, combined with Amrita Rao to win three doubles matches against West Hills to take her year to date record to 31-4. For the year this triple threat trio is 108-18 in singles and 8-1 in doubles for a combined 116-19 record! Consider that MC plays in the ever tough Palomar League against perennial powerhouses Torrey Pines, Rancho Bernardo, La Costa Canyon, Poway and Westview , and the records are even more amazing. Out of conference MC went 7-0 against division 1 teams from North County, including Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, Carlsbad , El Camino , Oceanside and a tough division 3 team in Cathedral Catholic. Sabby, Bella and Sharon have just been outstanding all year and they all return next season for the Sundevils. They are very versatile players who could do just as well in doubles for us but it is nice to have this trio playing singles for us. Bella and Sharon are going to play doubles in the individual Palomar League Tournament which starts Tuesday at Rancho Bernardo High. Sabby will play singles in that event, and the week after it's possible all three will and should be in the CIF individual tournament. Against West Hills the doubles teams for Mount Carmel, Alyssa Paraiso and Melanie Corbin; Amrita Rao and Sharon Reibstein; and Karen Torico and Karen Truong, all swept their doubles matches to cement the win. The CIF finals will be Monday at 1pm at the Barnes Center, the third meeting this year between the teams. Mt. Carmel won the first two meetings, but the third will surely be the toughest. Good luck girls, and do your best to bring home a trophy! If you would like to nominate a young athlete or team for athlete of the week, please send Chris Wood an email at chris@pqsports.com |
