Tennis wraps up their season and finishes off CIF Individuals with incredible results. Varsity Tennis takes back the title of Sunset League Champions after beating Los Alamitos in season, and they also ranked #2 in Orange County. With confidence, Kendall Cosenza, Anna Burke, and Jenn Kingsley headed into CIF Individuals.

Jenn Kingsley, senior, is #1 singles on Newport’s Varsity Tennis team. Kingsley was a finalist in CIF and won the first set 6-4 but lost the second 5-7 and had a score of 7-10 in a super tie breaker. Despite the loss, she is “proud of [her] accomplishment,” and it was “one of the best [matches she has] ever played.”

Jenn Kingsley is Sunset League Singles Finalist.

Anna Burke and Kendall Cosenza are Sunset League Doubles Finalists.Jenn is one of five senior captains. Others are Kendall Cosenza, Anna Burke, Olivia Zehnder, and Elle Zielinski. Besides leading by example as shown through Kingsley’s success, she “leads [her team] with a competitive mindset but yet still keeping the teams well-being in mind. [She] pushes people to their full potential because [she] knows everyone involved in the Newport Harbor Tennis program is capable of such success.” Being a captain not only entails her to lead varsity, but also the other teams, Junior Varsity and the Freshman/Sophomore, who look up to her and desire to follow her footsteps.

Anna Burke and Kendall Cosenza are Sunset League Doubles Finalists.

Jenn is one of five senior captains. Others are Kendall Cosenza, Anna Burke, Olivia Zehnder, and Elle Zielinski. Besides leading by example as shown through Kingsley’s success, she “leads [her team] with a competitive mindset but yet still keeping the teams well-being in mind. [She] pushes people to their full potential because [she] knows everyone involved in the Newport Harbor Tennis program is capable of such success.” Being a captain not only entails her to lead varsity, but also the other teams, Junior Varsity and the Freshman/Sophomore, who look up to her and desire to follow her footsteps.

Newport Harbor says farewell to those five senior captains as they head off to college next fall. Kinsley will continue her tennis career in college. Jenn describes what she will miss most about the season which is “the unity [they] have and how [they] are all like sisters, there is not one girl [she] would hesitate to call if [she] needed anything and vice versa.” She will take Coach Kristen Case’s advice with her through life. She has learned to “keep working toward goals no matter how far away the deadline is” and “give 100% in everything.” Kingsley also was taught “what the heart of a competitor truly resembles.”