Girls’ Tennis Preview 2011

Coach: Tom Uyehara, entering sixth season as head coach

2010 record: 24-0; 12-0 in league

2010 recap: The girls’ varsity team experienced a tremendously successful season last year, going undefeated, winning at CCS and moving onto NorCal championships, where they placed first. This was the best season in the team’s history, and the girls were regarded as one of the best teams in California, if not in the nation. They were strong all around in both singles and doubles, and the players worked hard together as a team.

Star player: No. 1 Singles player Crystal Yen (record: 31-1 for entire season last year)

Key departures: No. 2 singles player Srinidhi Raghavan; No. 3 singles player Catherine Nguyen

Key additions: Freshman Smita Sabada and Arathi Sabada

Keys to success: The team’s focus this year will be succeeding consistently at doubles. Because they lost important singles players last year, the players will need consistent doubles wins to make up for singles, particularly against tougher schools. With dedicated players on the team for both singles and doubles, expectations are high after an undefeated season from the previous year.

On the team: “We have great players that are united together. We had a strong team overall last year, so hopefully we can have those results again with a solid season this year.” – coach Tom Uyehara

Magic number: 18. Out of around 20 matches, the coach expects 18 wins.

Players: seniors Crystal Yen, Lisa Asai, Sarah Lum, Denise Lin, Tiffany Tu; juniors Amy Jan, Cori Posadas, Evaline Ju, Niharika (Nikki) Bedekar; sophomores Kalyani Narayan, Usha Raman; freshmen Smita Sabada, Arathi Sabada