The Piedmont High School girls tennis team ended its season with a 4-3 loss at Alameda in the first round of the North Coast Section Division 1 tournament on Nov. 10.
The Highlanders won the top three singles matches. Ella Ruthven beat Natalie Wong at No. 1, 6-2, 6-3. Faith Chin defeated Shilla Smith at No. 2, 6-2, 6-3. Maddy Huynh downed Lucille Clasen at No. 3, 6-2, 6-1. The Hornets’ Natalie Gilbert took the No. 4 match over Leela Sivakumar, 6-1, 6-4.
Alameda swept the doubles to take the match. Sophie Featherstone and Zoey Jalleh defeated Emma Chan and Chiara Silvio at No. 1, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Naomi Lin and Caroline Sue beat Ella Thomasson and Mai Pham at No. 2, 6-4 (the other set score was not on the scoresheet). Nora Lloyd and Morgan Takao downed Amelia Oldrin and Amalia Angulo at No. 3, 6-1, 6-4.
Ruthven won the West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division singles title the weekend of Nov. 6-7. She defeated Bishop O’Dowds Ellena Kao in the finals. The full score was not available.
Ruthven opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Berkeley’s Cambria Frozena. She then defeated Castro Valley’s Claire Liu, 6-0, 6-0 and took down teammate Maddy Huynh in the semifinals, 6-0, 6-0.
Huynh took third place with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win over Alameda’s Wong. Huynh opened with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Berkeley’s Franny Bertolini, and then defeated Alameda’s Clasen, 6-3, 6-0.
Sivakumar made the consolation final where she lost to Bishop O’Dowd’s Essa Sims, 8-2. Sivakumar opened with a loss to Wong, 6-1, 6-2. She beat Castro Valley’s Hailey Magno in the consolation bracket, 8-2. She then defeated Berkeley’s Erin Liao, 8-1.
Chin and Chan finished second at the WACC doubles championships, falling to Bishop O’Dowd’s Ayla Akcaoglu and Edie Kevane in the finals, 6-1, 6-3. Chin and Chan opened with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Berkeley’s Rowan and Charlotte Crawley. Then, they defeated Bishop O’Dowd’s Vivienne Manning and Avani Shah, 6-1, 6-1. In the semifinals, Chin and Chan beat Alameda’s Lin and Sue, 6-4, 6-1.
Silvio and Pham won the consolation bracket, defeating Alameda’s Takao and Lloyd, 8-6. Silvio and Pham opened the tournament with a loss to Bishop O’Dowd’s Fiona Wood and Sloane Kau in a very tight first round match, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Silvio and Pham then won their first match in the consolation bracket over Berkeley’s Cid Fryman and Ceci Grant, 8-2. They then defeated Castro Valley’s Kaylee Cheng and Kaylie Ly, 8-3.
The Highlanders’ Angulo and Oldrin lost in the first round to Bishop O’Dowd’s Sophia Lopez and Elly Ly, 6-3, 6-0. Angulo and Oldrin then made the consolation semifinals with a 9-8 (4) win over Berkeley’s Marilyn Whiteside and Isa Bijl-Thompson. They then fell to Alameda’s Lloyd and Takao, 8-1.