A talented trio of Newport Knights freshman tennis players captured first place at the Class 4A KingCo tennis tournament at Skyline High School.

Newport singles player Vivian Glozman and the doubles team of Teagan Mach and Simran Ravichandran nabbed KingCo titles, clinching berths at the Class 4A state tournament on May 29 and May 30 in Richland. Newport head coach Ryan Pang said he expects Glozman to turn in a memorable performance at state.

“I expect her to get to the finals. When she needs to step up her game, she can. She has been dealing with a few injuries but anything can happen,” Pang said.

Pang said Glozman will likely face Skyview’s Samantha Hampton in the finals.

“She has won it the last couple of years and she is very, very good. Samantha is going to Arizona State on a full-ride scholarship,” Pang said. “Vivian has played her a couple of times at some juniors tournaments in the past. They’ve had some really good matches. The last couple haven’t been quite as close as the earlier matches but I think part of that was due to Vivian’s injuries.”

The doubles duo of Mach/Ravichandran has been steadily improving throughout the 2015 season.

“They are pretty fearless and they don’t hold back. They have really good returns, forehands and backhands (shots),” Pang said.