Samantha Russell/Ellie Johnson: Finalists of the Western League Individual Tournament (doubles draw).
Summer Vu poses with Coach Rob Moore. Vu was the finalist of the CIF Western League Tournament and will be moving onto the CIF Individual Tournament.
Last week, the Islanders, along with all of the Western League teams in the San Diego Section, played in the Western League Individual Tournament—a post-CIF tournament where individual players and doubles teams compete for the title of Western League Player/Doubles Team of the Year. This year, Coronado had finalists in both the singles and doubles draws of the tournament. Ellie Johnson/Samantha Russell lost 0-6, 2-6 against a team from La Jolla High School, while in the singles draw, Summer Vu lost to the No. 1 seed of the tournament—Jolie Morgan from OLP—0-6, 5-7.
In order to qualify for the CIF Individual Tournament, all players in the San Diego Section must have made it past the quarter-finals of their league tournament. Since Coronado had three players—Summer Vu, Elsa Östermarker, and Lily Vu—in the semi-finals, all of them were guaranteed entry to CIF Individuals.
All four of the doubles teams reached the quarter-finals of the Western League tournament, but only two made it to the semi-finals—Johnson/Russell and Alejandra Gonzalez/Marla Steel, who fell to the championship team from La Jolla (No. 4 seed) in a close match (3-6, 7-6, 7-10). Gonzalez/Steel were among the #5-8 seeds of the CIF Individual Tournament and will feed into the third round, due to their high seeding. Johnson/Russell were also seeded among the top sixteen teams and will be feeding into the third round, as well. Other doubles entrants were Olivia Strong/Sinaia Haskal and Jolee Barr/Tiana French, who lost in the quarterfinals of the Western League tournament.
Click here for the draw of the CIF Individual Tournament for the San Diego Section.