Congratulations to Elizabeth Goldsmith of Olympian High School for winning the CIF San Diego Individual Singles Championship and becoming the 2017 CIFSDS Girls’ Tennis Player of the Year! Also congratulations to Congratulations to Karen Gao & Jane Wang (Westview) for winning the Doubles Title.
The No. 2 seeded Goldsmith defeated No. 1 seed Britney Pellouchoud from Westfview High 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 in the final. Goldsmith, ranked No. 64 nationally in the USTA Girls’ 16’s Division, also beat defeated Helix High’s Winta Woldeab. In doubles action, Gao and Wang defeated the No. 2 seeded team of Anjni Agrawal and Kiana Nguyen of Rancho Bernardo High 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
In the CIF San Diego Section Team completion winners were Torrey Pines High in the Open Division, Cathedral Catholic High won Division 1, Helix High won Division 2 and Mission Hills High won Division 3.
Special thanks go to CIF San Diego tournament directors Ron Marquez, Kevin Brown and Evi Valles for all of their hard work. Thank you to Coach Ron Marquez who contributed greatly to this report.