Sports Briefs: Vu helps Tam to win over Redwood

Tam High earned a measure of revenge Tuesday with a 4-3 victory over Redwood to split the girls tennis season series. Tam’s Alyssa Vu, who played No. 3 doubles when the teams met on Aug. 26, rallied for a key win, 2-6, 6-1, 10-7, against Redwood’s Zoey Kaufman at No. 4 singles to complete the Red-tailed Hawks’ sweep of singles play.

Chloe Mouret-Lafage and Siena Moglen spearheaded the Hawks’ singles success with wins at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, while Maya Riisgaard won at No. 3 singles.

Redwood’s Alessia Bailliet and Julia Povio, teamed at No. 1 doubles for a 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 win of Payton Dunn and Remi Thill, as the Giants won all three doubles matches.

Branson junior Gian Carlo a Marca blazed through the 3-mile Crown Road course, just 9 seconds ahead of second-place Terra Linda junior Shota Levijarvi as the Bulls won Tuesday’s three-way meet, with Marin Catholic also in the mix. The Bulls’ a Marca (16:01.06) paced the field, followed by Levijarvi (16:10.14) and Marin Catholic senior Alex Willard (16:15.41). Branson beat MC, 23-38, and beat TL, 24-33. Terra Linda edged Marin Catholic, 22-39.

Ava McMahon paced Tam with a time of 16:05.46, good enough for third place, as Tam edged Archie Williams 27-28 at Lake Lagunitas on Tuesday. Tam leaned on its depth, with Zoe Harrington, Madeleine Douglass, and Olive Campbell finishing fifth through seventh, in that order.

Ainsley Sullivan placed second with a time of 15:26.24 to lead Archie Williams. The Falcons had five of the 10 best times with Sonia Berberich in fourth (16:15.48) then Cassidy Goldberg in eighth, Maya Sankaran-Singh in ninth, and Annie Lebeau in 10th.

Both Tam and Archie Williams posted identical 20-43 wins against San Rafael, despite the Bulldogs’ Autumn Tanner crossing the finish line in first place in 14:47.24.

Mila Dawson shot a low 43 at Peacock Gap on Tuesday to lead San Domenico to a tight 202-206 win over Convent. Lola Hu shot a 49 for the Panthers, followed by June Dawson (53).

Luna Dana had 12 kills, three blocks and three aces to lead Marin Academy to a 18-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-18 win against Lick-Wilmerding on Tuesday. Muriel Harris added 10 kills and six blocks for MA (17-2, 4-0 BCL West). Noah Zalayet had 22 digs, five assists and two aces.

Colby Ralls powered home four goals to lead Terra Linda to a 15-9 victory over San Domenico on Tuesday. Adam Albers had three goals for the Trojans. Finn Macdonald and Kai Kurtzig had three goals each for the Panthers (5-5).

Tatum Buoy scored for the Giants during Redwood’s 2-1 loss to University in a MCAL title contender showdown on Tuesday. Meredith Levine had 10 saves in net for the Giants (8-1-1, 7-1-1 MCAL). The Red Devils (13-1-2, 7-0-2) got goals from Olivia Taylor and Vivienne Wong. University and Redwood, which are locked in a chase for the MCAL lead with Tam (9-2-1, 9-1-1), will face each other in a rematch in the Giants’ regular-season finale on Oct. 22.

Terra Linda is looking for varsity coaches for girls lacrosse and boys volleyball for the upcoming spring season. Interested candidates should contact athletic director Steve Farbstein via email at [email protected] or assistant Kristin Erickson at [email protected].

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