Girls’ Tennis Has A Rainy Start

On Sept. 19, girls’ tennis matched against Xavier Prep, who won DVL last season, losing by a score of 6-12. “This year we have a whole new team dynamic,” said varsity returner, Madison Burns (12). “After our first match against Xavier and seeing how competitive our singles players and doubles teams were, I think that we could win our later DVL matches against these more difficult teams.”

Before this match, the girls had two wins against Shadow Hills and Desert Mirage on Sept. 12 and Sept. 13, respectively.

The team kicked off its season with a match against Palm Desert on Sept. 7. After two canceled games, the first match was nearly canceled as well due to unsafe playing conditions on the courts, but they continued to wait out the rain for the courts to dry.

One of La Quinta’s doubles team consisted of Burns and Captain Mlen Azurin (12). Their final set consisted of the two best doubles teams battling for the win, with a resulting score of 6-7.