Monta Vista, the top seed in the 24-team event, extended its consecutive win streak to 60 and its season record to 24-0 with a 6-1 victory over visiting eighth-seeded Archbishop Mitty on Nov. 13.

The victory boosted the Matadors into a semifinal match opposite No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton on Nov. 15 at Courtside Tennis Club in Los Gatos. The winner was scheduled to return to Courtside on Nov. 17 to vie for the CCS crown against either Saratoga or Menlo School.

Both CCS finalists will advance to the CIF Northern California tournament Nov. 19­20 at the Fremont Tennis Center in Fremont.

Serementa, who signed a National Letter of Intent with the University of Oregon, did not compete against Mitty, but Lipton did--at No. 1 singles. Lipton, who will continue who her tennis career at UC-Santa Barbara, defeated Anita Athavale 6-0, 6-1.

Jennifer Lu, Jennifer Chui and Courtney Chin also won singles matches in straight sets. Monta Vista's top two doubles teams won, before the Matadors defaulted the third doubles match to the Monarchs.

Sisters Tuskeen and Gungeet Bains won at No. 1 doubles 6-3, 6-0, and Tiffany Nguyen and Stephanie Wu combined to claim the No. 2 doubles match 6-2, 6-2 for Monta Vista.

The CCS individual singles and doubles tourneys are set to begin on Nov. 22 at Courtside. Lu will represent the Matadors in singles play, while Serementa is a tourney alternate. The Matadors will have two doubles teams going. Lipton and Vidya Dabir are the top seed, while Chui and Chin are the No. 4 seed.

Lynbrook's SCVAL El Camino championship team of Anusha Sridharan and Katty Kwong also is entered.

Mats bow in hockey

Senior Nicole Bullier's goal late in the second half sent Monta Vista into overtime of its CCS field hockey match against Prospect, but Panther Paige Madsen drilled the game winner and ended the Matadors' season, 2-1.

The game was one of four quarterfinal matches played on Nov. 13 at Los Gatos.

After a scoreless first half, the fourth-seeded Matadors fell behind early in the second half. Prospect converted on a penalty corner play when Lizzie Innes rocketed a shot from the left side.

Monta Vista, which finished the season 12-4-2, played tremendous defense in front of sophomore goalkeeper Rosie Wright throughout the match.

Prospect, which had reached the round of eight by whipping North Salinas 5-1, improved to 10-5-3 and moved into the semi-finals opposite top seed Archbishop Mitty on Nov. 16. Los Gatos and Saratoga were to meet in the other semi-final. The championship game is set for Los Gatos on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m.

Playing their final games for the Matadors were seniors Katie Cummings, Katie Sang, Bullier, Kylie Ratkovich, Roxanna Nejat, Anisha Gupta, Elisabeth Valdez, Nicole Stanek, Erin Devine, Kanae Mori, Ilana Nankin and Celestina Chu.

Other members of coach Jerra Rowland's team were juniors Jennifer Sparks, Kaitlin McGrain, Britney Sanford, Sarah Evashnek and Katie Falconer, sophomores Prina Patel, Lindsay Lowenthal and Wright and freshman Sarah Hassman.

Lynbrook falls in polo

Lynbrook, the SCVAL El Camino Division girls water polo champion, completed an outstanding season. The Vikings, coached by Lance Morrill, were eliminated in the first round of the CCS tournament by St. Francis 12-5.

The Vikings compiled a 21-12 record, including a 9-4 triumph over Monta Vista in the championship game of the El Camino playoffs. Jessica Chen and Emily Fisker scored three goals apiece and Emily Shu tallied two for Lynbrook in the game that earned the Vikes an automatic berth into the CCS tourney.