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    University, Corona del Mar lead Orange County into All-American boys tennis tournament
    • March 23, 2023

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    Defending champion University, featuring a new singles player to watch, is seeded third for the 22nd National High School Tennis All-American Boys Team Tournament set for Friday and Saturday in Orange County.

    Punahou of Hawaii and Menlo of Atherton are the top two seeds for the 16-team tournament, which includes schools from Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland and Tennessee.

    The tournament will mostly be played at University and Corona del Mar high schools before shifting to Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach for the championship and third-place match on Saturday.

    Those last two matches are scheduled for 2:30 p.m., with the final set to be streamed at tennisallamerican.org.

    University, ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Open/Division 1, has added senior transfer James MacDonald, a former standout at Brentwood.

    MacDonald is listed as five-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting Network and owns a UTR of 12.

    He joins a lineup that includes senior Ani Gupta, a Claremont-Mudd-Scripps commit, and junior SangHyuk Im.

    University opens the tournament Friday by playing host to Catalina Foothills of Arizona. If the Trojans win, they would face the winner of Harvard-Westlake-Memphis School of Tennessee in the quarterfinals later Friday.

    Last season, University defeated Menlo 6-3 in the finals and went onto to claim the Ojai and CIF-SS Open Division.

    Corona del Mar is Orange County’s other team to watch.

    The Sea Kings, ranked fourth in the Open/Division 1, play host to Brophy Prep of Arizona in the first round on Friday. If the Sea Kings win, they will face the winner of Brunswick of Connecticut-Peninsula.

    Corona del Mar is led by junior Niels Hoffmann, who recently committed to USC and holds a UTR of 12.

    Peninsula’s lineup could feature Keaton Hance, the No. 1 freshman in California, according to Tennis Recruiting.

    The teams will play matches featuring five singles sets and three doubles sets.

    Please send tennis news to Dan Albano at [email protected] or @ocvarsityguy on Twitter

    ​ Orange County Register 

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