SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Junior Tatum Walbeck picked off the first set at No. 2 singles while freshman Maria McDougall took Mikah Yu to a tiebreaker to start the No. 1 singles match, but St. Francis ultimately lost all six singles and all three doubles in a loss to top-seeded Woodcreek in the semifinal round of the Sac-Joaquin Section girls' tennis team championship Monday.

The fourth-seeded Troubadours finish their season at 12-6. This marked their farthest advancement into the SJS postseason since their runner-up finish in 2019.

Walbeck scored a 6-4 win to open her match again Madelyn Yu, but evened out the match with a similarly scored loss in the second. She fell behind a break in the rubber set and never recovered, eventually falling by a 6-2 final. Walbeck was the lone SF player to post a set win. McDougall went to the brink in her first set but the older Yu sister caught fire in the tiebreaker, taking it 7-0 for the 7-6 win. Yu then followed with a 6-1 victory to complete the sweep.

All other matches were also decided in straight sets. The longest battle belonged to St. Francis' Anna Dinh and Woodcreek Mandy Lam at No. 5 singles. Lam won the match by scores of 6-1, 6-4, but they went so long that they outlasted both a singles and a doubles match in the adjacent court before walking off.

Monday also marked the final matches for seniors Caroline Niethammer, who held the No. 3 singles slot on Monday; and Kate Jones, who teamed with Kavya Benush at No. 2 doubles. A third senior, Claire Allaye-Chan, finished her career two weeks prior against Davis.

WOODCREEK 9, ST. FRANCIS 0
Woodcreek High School (Roseville, Calif.)

SINGLES
1. Mikah Yu (WC) def. Maria McDougall (SF), 7-6 (7-0), 6-1
2. Madelyne Yu (WC) def. Tatum Walbeck (SF), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. Keira Petersen (WC) def.  Caroline Niethammer (SF) 6-2, 6-1
4. Autumn Holmes (WC) def. Sophia Troppmann (SF) 6-2, 6-4
5. Mandy Lam (WC) def. Anna Dinh (SF) 6-1, 6-4
6. Caitlin Kato (WC) def. Sarah Ramos-Lasso (SF), 7-5, 6-3

DOUBLES
1. Mia Chhon/Kali Whittier (WC) def. Arden Garcia/Ava Ensberg (SF), 6-4, 6-3
2. Kaira Purnomo/Lyla Tichauer (WC) def. Kavya Benush/Kate Jones (SF), 6-4, 6-3
3. Johnna Pollack/Natalie Sabanikh (WC) def.  Litzy Alengaden/Ananya Saini (WC), 6-1, 6-0