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Acalanes girls tennis tops Las Lomas 7-2 in Walnut Creek

By Lamorinda Daily Gazette staff · October 1, 2026 · 1 min read

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Acalanes varsity girls tennis beat Las Lomas 7-2 on Tuesday, Sept. 29, winning five singles matches and two doubles lines on the road in Walnut Creek.

Liza Sokolova and Jasmine Taylor dominated at Lines 2 and 5, each winning 6-1, 6-0. Addi McBride won 6-4, 6-2 at Line 3, and Louie Kubas took Line 4 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. Emery Stern had the tightest match of the day at Line 6, dropping the first set 4-6, winning the second 6-3, then taking the super-tiebreaker 10-5. Audrey Tseng fell 7-6, 6-1 at Line 1.

In doubles, Sadie Moise and Grace Colaco won 6-4, 6-2 at Line 2, and Livvy Lewis and Alessa Smith won 6-1, 6-2 at Line 3. Carissa Penn and Riley Zirkel lost 6-3, 6-3 at Line 1. Maddie Obertello and Lotta Griemens added an 8-3 extended-match win, according to the Acalanes Boosters.

Acalanes hosts Northgate on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m., according to the Acalanes Parents Club schedule.

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