Mountain House High School hosted the VOL end-of-season tennis tournaments this week, highlighted by a dominant local showing in doubles and strong individual runs in singles.
Singles Tournament
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Hansika Dinesh (#8 seed): Won her opening match 8-1 before falling to top-seed Hailie Kim (Manteca) 0-8 in the quarterfinals.
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Aditi Baskaran (#7 seed): Won her opening match 8-1, then dropped a close quarterfinal 5-8 to #2 seed Reina Ngo (Manteca).
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Alicia Rawat (#3 seed): Streamrolled through the early rounds (8-1, 8-1) before falling to Ngo in a tight three-set semifinal battle (6-0, 2-6, 4-10).
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Champion: Hailie Kim (Manteca) defended her title, defeating teammate Reina Ngo 6-1, 6-0 in Thursday's final.
Doubles Tournament
Mountain House dominated the draw, sending all three of its entry pairs to the semifinals.
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Semifinal 1: Top-seeded Vivian Zhang & Ishita Ahelleya advanced after Varna Maganti & Gauri Krishna (#5 seed) retired due to injury while down 6-1, 3-0. Maganti & Krishna had previously pulled off an 8-2 quarterfinal upset over Manteca’s #4 seed.
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Semifinal 2: #3 seed Alicia Rawat & Diya Sundar outlasted #2 seed Riley Avila & Holly Healy (Oakdale) in a hard-fought 6-3, 6-4 victory.
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Finals: Zhang & Ahelleya rallied from a 3-3 opening-set tie to win 9 of the next 11 games, taking the VOL championship title 6-3, 6-2 over Rawat & Sundar.
Milestones & Next Steps
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3-Peat: Vivian Zhang captured her third consecutive VOL doubles title, while co-captain Ishita Ahelleya won her first as a Mustang.
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Sectional Qualifiers: Both doubles finalist teams—Zhang/Ahelleya and Rawat/Sundar—advance to the individual sectional tournament in Roseville next Thursday.
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Team Playoffs: Up next, the #5 seed MHHS Mustangs host the #12 seed West Park Panthers in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Division 1 Sectional tournament on Monday.