2003 PREVIEW GIRLS' TENNIS: TRANSFERS AID VALENCIA TEXAS TWINS MAKE VIKINGS THREAT TO WIN LEAGUE AGAIN.Byline: Lauren Gustus Staff Writer With only three players returning from the 2002 Foothill League championship team, it looked as though Valencia would be hard-pressed to repeat that title. That is, until some Lone Star/Ranger-type help came along. The Vikings' 2003 lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. was improved by two sisters from Texas - sophomore fraternal twins fraternal twins pl.n. Twins that derive from separately fertilized ova and that have different genetic makeup. They may be of the same or opposite sex. Alexa and Cassie Strange. ``I lost all three singles players,'' coach Annie Kellogg said. ``Six of nine players ... (the twins) are going to give us a big boost.'' Cassie and Alexa played doubles together in Texas, but Kellogg, who is returning to the varsity level after four years with the junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. , indicated they could play singles for the Vikings. ``At this point they're a couple of our strongest players,'' Kellogg said. Before coaching the JV team, Kellogg coached the girls' varsity for two years. She also coaches the boys' varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of and last spring led it to a Foothill League championship. Kellogg and former girls' varsity coach Jeff Holen switched jobs, with Holen, who coached varsity for four years, moving to the JV. Elyse Mazursky, a senior and one of three returning players, sees differences between the coaches. ``(Coach Kellogg) is actually a little more tough than Coach Holen,'' Mazursky said. ``At practice, she's getting strategy down and doing lots of repetition REPETITION, construction of wills. A repetition takes place when the same testator, by the same testamentary instrument, gives to the same legatee legacies of equal amount and of the same kind; in such case the latter is considered a repetition of the former, and the legatee is entitled . She knows what she's talking about.'' Mazursky and longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective partner Elisa Duus, also a senior returnee re·turn·ee n. 1. One who returns, as from a journey or to school after a long absence. 2. A person returning from military duty overseas. See Usage Note at -ee1. , will comprise Valencia's No. 1 doubles team. The duo has played together since their freshman year, when they were a JV doubles team for Kellogg. After three years on varsity, they and Ally Westover, the other holdover hold·o·ver n. One that is held over from an earlier time: a political advisor who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood. Noun 1. , will be counted on to provide Valencia's match-play experience. Last year's top three players - Ashley Hererra, Samantha Milner and Bernice Escuerra - were veterans who helped Valencia win tight matches against Hart and Burbank for the league championship. The Vikings also relied on their experience in winning three tiebreak tie·break n. See tiebreaker. matches and advancing to the quarterfinals of the Southern Section Div. III playoffs. Duus and Mazursky were one of the league's dominant doubles teams last season. ``For the most part we did really well,'' Mazursky said. ``We had some trouble with one of the teams from Hart.'' It will be Hart again, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mazursky, that will give Valencia the most trouble. The Indians return almost all of their top players. But Saugus, with sisters Yasaman and Nadia Sakhakorn at the top two singles spots, also should challenge. That means Mazursky was just as excited as Kellogg to learn about the Strange sisters' arrival. ``We heard at the end of the summer they would be coming,'' Mazursky said. ``And we were really happy. They're really good, which I think is going to really help our team.'' Lauren Gustus, (818) 713-3607 lauren.gustus(at)dailynews.com AT A GLANCE Team: Valencia girls' tennis Coach: Annie Kellogg 2002 Record: 17-3 Foothill League finish: 10-0 Playoffs: Lost in Div. III quarterfinals Key returnees:Elisa Duus (Sr., Doubles), Elyse Mazursky (Sr., Doubles) and Ally Westover (Sr.) Top newcomers: Marika Imaga, Cassie Strange, Alexa Strange, Alessandra Horii, Bretil Beitmirza, Michelle Stock CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: Valencia's No. 1 doubles team of Elyse Mazursky, left, and Elisa Duus helped the Vikings win a Foothill League championship last season. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: (1) AT A GLANCE (see text) (2) 2003 SCHEDULE |
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