2025
Regular Season Record: 14-1 (8-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: #46 of 373 CIFSS Schools
Best Win: 10-8 come-from-behind win against Dos Pueblos on day 4 of the season (repeated with a 13-5 win in CIF D3 1st Round).
CIF D3 Playoffs: Clinched 14th consecutive appearance. Defeated #68-ranked Dos Pueblos High School in the 1st Round. Came to within 2 games on several occasions of clinching a CIF QF berth before falling 8-10 to #51-ranked Whitney High School.
All-League Honors: Jade Wang – Singles 3rd Place, First Team; Lisa Hasebe/Ivy Huang – Doubles League Champions, First Team; Elly Edwards/Chelsea Newlove – Doubles Runner-Up, First Team
2024
Regular Season Record: 14-1 (8-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: #51 of 373 CIFSS Schools
Best Win: 10-8 upset win over #2-seeded Sunny Hills High School in the Quarterfinal Round of CIF D2.
CIF D2 Playoffs: Clinched 13th consecutive appearance. Defeated #10-seeded Arcadia 10-8 in the first round, Xavier Prep 15-3 in the second round, #2-seeded Sunny Hills in the quarterfinals. Had a match-point to clinch against Campbell Hall in the semifinal round, but unable to convert and eventually lost the 4+ hour match, 8-10. Campbell Hall went on to easily win the CIF D2 title in the next round.
All-League Honors: Ivy Huang – Singles League Champion, First Team; Lisa Hasebe/Jade Wang – Doubles League Champions, First Team (CIF Individuals top-32 overall); Reyna Takahashi/Colette Chang – Doubles First Team
2023
Regular Season Record: 12-0 (8-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: #1 in Division 3
Best Win: Cerritos High School, coming back from 6-8 down to win the final 4 sets to clinch a CIF finals berth.
CIF D3 Playoffs: Clinched 12th consecutive appearance and went on to win the CIF Championship match 11-7 against Culver City!
All-League Honors: Lisa Hasebe – Singles League Champion, First Team; Alyna Takahashi – Singles League Runner-Up, First Team; Reyna Takahashi/Colette Chang – Doubles League Runner-Up, First Team; Sophie Alijani/Frances Davis – Doubles First Team.
2022
Regular Season Record: 6-3 (6-2 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: Unranked in Division 3
Best Win: Villanova Prep, 2022’s CIF D5 Semifinalists
CIF D3 Playoffs: Clinched 11th consecutive appearance, finishing second behind Foothill Tech in the Tri-Valley League. Fell 7-11 to Oak Park High School in the first round.
All-League Honors: Alyna Takahashi – Singles First Team; Ella Chang/Colette Chang – Doubles Second Team
Award Winners: Alyna Takahashi – MVP; Claire Bianchi – Most Improved; Ellie Tunnell – Coach’s Award
Graduates: Ellie Tunnell (Harvard), Ella Chang (Amherst), Athena Ke (Scripps)
2021
Regular Season Record: 8-2 (7-1 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: Unranked in Division 3
Best Win: Foothill Tech (11-7), 2020’s Division 5 CIF Champions
CIF D3 Playoffs: Clinched 10th consecutive appearance with a share of the Tri-Valley League title. Fell 6-12 to Windward High School in the first round.
All-League Honors: Alyna Takahashi – Singles First Team; Aminah Hill – Singles Second Team; Ashi Kamra/Colette Chang – Doubles First Team; Emily May/Ella Chang – Doubles Second Team
Award Winners: Aminah Hill – MVP; Caroline Batchelder – Most Improved; Ashi Kamra – Coach’s Award
Graduates: Aminah Hill (SBCC), Emily May (SMU), Ashi Kamra (Wellesley College), Julianna Forry (Notre Dame)
2020 (Played Spring 2021 due to COVID)
Regular Season Record: 4-1 (4-1 in TVL, plus exhibition v. Thacher)
Highest Ranking: Division 1 (Top-30 in CIF Southern Section)
Best Win(s): Thacher, 5-3 in college exhibition format
CIF D1 Playoffs: Clinched 9th consecutive playoff appearance, but did not take part due to COVID.
All-League Honors: Fritze Mayer/Emily May – Doubles Champions; Yuki Kobayashi/Ashi Kamra – Doubles First Team; Aminah Hill – Singles Second Team.
Graduates: Fritze Mayer, Yuki Kobayashi, Madeleine Vanica
2019
Regular Season Record: 10-0 (7-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: Division 1 (Top-30 in CIF Southern Section)
Best Win(s): Santa Barbara High, 10-8. Dos Pueblos, 10-8. San Marcos, 11-7. For the first time sweeping the local public schools, Cate took the crown of best team in Santa Barbara County.
CIF D1 Playoffs: Eighth consecutive playoff appearance. Lost to CIF D1 first round 8-10 to Calabasas High.
All-League Honors: Grace Fuss/Carol Cai – Doubles Champions (CIF Individuals top-16 overall), Ashi Kamra/Fritze Mayer – Singles First Team, Julianna Forry/Maesa Vongkusolkit – Doubles Second Team, Yuki Kobayashi – Singles Second Team.
Award Winners: Grace Fuss – MVP, Ashi Kamra – Most Improved, Carol Cai – Coach’s Award
Graduates: Grace Fuss (Hamilton), Carol Cai (Emory), Mia Foster (Georgetown)
2018
Regular Season Record: 12-1 (8-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: Division 1 (Top-30 in CIF Southern Section)
Best Win: Santa Barbara High, 10-8
CIF D1 Playoffs: Seventh consecutive playoff appearance. Lost to CIF D1 #1 seeds and eventual champions, Mira Costa High School (4-14) in the first round.
All-League Honors: Grace Fuss/Carol Cai – Doubles Champions, Sarah Polowczak/Fritze Mayer – Doubles Runner Up
Award Winners: Grace Fuss – MVP
Graduates: Sarah Polowczak (Dartmouth), Sydney Burton (Bowdoin), Kate Tunnell (Harvard)
2017
Regular Season Record: 13-1 (10-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: Division 1 (Top-30 in CIF Southern Section)
Best Win: Santa Barbara High, 12-6
CIF D1 Playoffs: Sixth consecutive playoff appearance. Battled gamely in 6-12 loss to Mira Costa, a team featuring five nationally ranked players.
All-League Honors: Grace Fuss – Singles Runner-Up, Jackie Cai/Carol Cai – Doubles Champions (CIF Individuals top-16 overall), Sarah Polowczak/Janice Ng – Doubles Runner-Up – Sydney Burton, Singles Second Team. The Cai Sisters went on to qualify for CIF Finals and reached the Round-of-16 before losing to the eventual runners-up.
Award Winners: Grace Fuss – MVP, Sydney Burton – Most Improved, Sarah Polowczak – Coaches’ Award
Graduates: Jackie Cai (UC Berkley), Janice Ng (Boston University)
2016
Regular Season Record: 10-1 (8-0 in TVL)
Highest Ranking: #1 in CIF D2 (finished #4)
Best Win: Thacher (twice), the defending CIF D5 Champions; Xavier Prep 69-68 in playoffs
CIF D2 Playoffs: Fifth consecutive playoff appearance. Defeated Oak Park handily, then Xavier in a 9-9 tie to reach the quarterfinal round. Fell 7-11 to Riverside Poly (made CIF finals the 3 previous seasons)
All-League Honors: Grace Fuss – Singles Runner-Up, Jackie Cai/Carol Cai – Doubles Champions, Summer Christensen/Sarah Polowczak – Doubles Runner-Up, Eva Herman/Janice Ng – Doubles 2nd Team.
Award Winners: Summer Christensen – MVP, Katherine Grossman – Most Improved, Jackie Cai – Coaches’ Award
Graduates: Summer Christensen (Dartmouth), Katherine Grossman (Claremont McKenna College), Eva Herman, and Annie Lu.
2015
Regular Season Record: 13-1 (8-0 in Tri-Valley League)
Highest Ranking: #5 in CIF D2
Best Win: Simi Valley on parents’ weekend, 10-8 (recap)
CIF D2 Playoffs: Won several matches, including a big win over Oak Park en-route to a quarterfinal loss against Murrieta Valley. Murrieta fielded three players in the top 150 in the country and went on to become the two-time CIF runner-up.
All-League Honors: Julia Gan – Singles Champion, Jackie Cai – Singles Runner-Up, McKenna Madden/Summer Christensen – Doubles Runner-Up, Eva Herman/Janice Ng – Doubles 1st Team.
Award Winners: Julia Gan – MVP, Janice Ng – Most Improved, Emma Liberman – Coaches’ Award
Graduates: Julia Gan (Haverford – D3 Tennis!), McKenna Madden (Boston College – Club Tennis!), Cecelia Sanborn (Pomona College), Emma Liberman (Gap Year)
2014
Regular Season Record: 8-5 (4-4 in Tri-Valley League)
Best Win: A 14-4 victory over San Marcos High.
CIF D2 Playoffs: Entered as a wildcard and won first match, followed by a loss to eventual CIF Runner-Up Murrieta Valley.
All-League Honors: Julia Gan/McKenna Madden – Doubles Runner-Up, Kate Dehlendorf/Victoria Herman – All-League 2nd Team
Award Winners: Julia Gan – MVP, Coaches’ Award – McKenna Madden
Graduates: Kate Dehlendorf (Cal Poly SLO), Victoria Herman (St. Andrews), Pharibe Pope
2013
Regular Season Record: 6-6 (5-1 in Condor League)
Best Win: Overturned a 6-12 loss during regular season play to score an 11-7 playoff victory over Orcutt Academy, the #7-seed.
CIF D4 Playoffs: Beat Orcutt (#7 in CIF) and then Windward to reach the quarterfinal round before losing 3-15 to eventual CIF Runner-Up Redlands High School.
Award Winners: Julia Gan – MVP, Victoria Herman – Most Improved, Sally Shin – Coaches’ Award
Graduates: Sally Shin (UPenn), Jean Shen (USC), Kate Schroeder (Colorado College), Maddie Gordon (Vanderbilt)
2012
Regular Season Record: 7-4
CIF D4 Playoffs: Won first round match against Lompoc (14-4) before falling to Redlands High School (5-13).
Award Winners: MVP – Mady Snider
Graduates: Mady Snider (UC Davis), Marina Narain (Parsons), Taylor Erling (Wake Forest), Kailin Jones (NYU), Caitlin Cain
2011
Regular Season Record: 3-12
Best Win: Dunn School
CIF D4 Playoffs: Suffered injuries to key players and did not make playoffs
Award Winners: MVP – Mady Snider
Graduates: Margeurite Mannix (UT-Austin), Maiya Roddick-Fuller (St. Andrews), Lela Puckett (Colorado University – Boulder)
2010
Regular Season Record: 9-5
CIF D4 Playoffs: Lost 7-11 in the semifinal round to Buckley, eventual CIF Champions
Award Winners: MVP – Mady Snider
Graduates: Nikita Kokal (University of Toronto), Annaliese Northup (Davidson), Sara Cohen (Colorado College), Annaliese Schroeder (Colorado College)
2009
Regular Season Record: 8-3
CIF D4 Playoffs: Lost 5-13 in 1st Round to Santa Ynez, eventual CIF Semifinalists
Award Winners: MVP – Mady Snider
Graduates: Allegra Roth (UC Davis), Belle Kammer (Colgate), Libby Parker (School of Visual Arts)
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