CITY GIRLS' TENNIS: GRANADA HILLS STAYS ON TARGET WITH TOUGH WIN.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News During its run of 50 consecutive wins over City Section opponents, Granada Hills High's girls' tennis team has had plenty of 6-1 victories. None were as close as Monday's triumph over visiting Marshall of Los Feliz in the quarterfinals of the City division playoffs. The Highlanders, three-time defending section champions, won four of the first five matches. But aside from straight-set victories by seniors Julia D'yachenko and Roxanne Plata in singles, third-seeded Granada Hills (12-1) found its path to Wednesday's semifinals difficult. ``It was a lot closer than the score indicated,'' said Granada Hills coach Simon Robertshaw, whose team will face second-seeded Carson (14-0) - a 5-2 quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. winner over North Hollywood - at 1 p.m. at the Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Sports Complex in Encino. ``They gave us a little scare.'' The Highlanders, who last played Oct. 27, were supposed to play sixth-seeded Marshall (13-2) Wednesday, but rain forced postponement. A three-week layoff Layoff 1. When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees' performance. 2. A risk reduction, made by investment bankers, that minimizes the potential downside associated with a commitment to purchase and sell a stock issue unsubscribed by stockholders holding , and four players competing while ill or coming off illness, kept the Highlanders from looking sharp. Robertshaw is confident his players regain form as Granada Hills seeks its eighth consecutive City final appearance. Sophomore Becky Friedman and freshman Kelly Paris clinched the match with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Wendy Eav and Phoebe Phoebe, in astronomy Phoebe (fē`bē), in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn IX (or S9), Phoebe is 137 mi (220 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 8,047,985 mi Minette. Senior Olivia Pokorny also recorded a pivotal point for Granada Hills with a 4-6, 6-1, 3-1 victory over Dandi Dandan, who retired in the third set with leg cramps. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) OTHER CITY QUARTERFINAL GAMES (2) INVITATIONAL in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. BRACKET In programming, brackets (the [ and ] characters) are used to enclose numbers and subscripts. For example, in the C statement int menustart [4] = ; the [4] indicates the number of elements in the array, and the contents are enclosed in curly braces. QUARTERFINALS |
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