Piedmont High School’s girls tennis team continued to dominate West Alameda County Conference play, sweeping Castro Valley and Arroyo.
The Highlanders beat Castro Valley on the road on Sept. 19, 7-0. Carolina Romanczuk defeated Aleksandra Hurka at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-0. Kate Jumper downed Kasey Mulato at No. 2, 7-5, 6-2. Arianna Kortun handled Elly Ly at No. 3, 6-4, 6-2. And at No. 4, it was Faith Chin over Alayna Sershen, 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles, Samantha Huynh and Maddie Tran downed Laina Zhang and Clarissa Sun at No. 1, 6-1, 6-1. Inara Mehta and Abigail Call beat Madison Lee and Kristie Fong at No. 2, 6-1, 7-5. And Alina Shahid and Ella Thomasson defeated Nicole Levano and Tapasa Tamang at No. 3, 6-4, 7-5.
On Sept. 17, Piedmont defeated visiting Arroyo, 7-0. Kortum beat Alisha Huynh at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-2. Chin downed Angelina Tran at No. 2, 6-0, 6-0. Lila Rosen defeated Jackly Huang at No. 3, 6-4, 6-2. Hallie Burden beat Jacqueline Nguyen at No. 4, 6-1, 6-1.
Mehta and Emma Chan won the No. 1 doubles match over Mia Chan and Stephanie Espivito, 6-2, 6-0. Shahid and Amelia Addington beat Rihanna Li and Perla Gallardo at No. 2, 6-0, 6-3. Thomasson and Chiara Silvio defeated Madeline Borgess and Keani Chi at No. 3, 6-0, 6-1.
In between, on Sept. 18, Piedmont lost a non-league match at Lick-Wilmerding-San Francisco, 6-1. Emma Eisemon and Samantha Huynh got the win for the Highlanders at No. 1 doubles, beating Madelyn Hsieh and Leela Ganguly, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8. The Tigers Camryn Marlow and Linda Palmer defeated Tran and Chan at No. 2, 6-3, 6-0. Hannah Lim and Sofia Susal beat Mehta and Addington at No. 3, 7-5, 2-6, 11-9.
In singles, Kira Iltchev downed Romanczuk at No. 1, 6-3, 6-3. Maahir Gupta beat Jumper at No. 2, 6-2, 6-0. Gisella Donohoe defeated Kortum at No. 3, 7-5, 6-0. Jocelyn Gursky won the No. 4 match over Chin, 6-3, 6-0.