Things are heating up on the courts as the MCAL play-in game approaches

Tam High defeated Archie Williams 7-0, but there was still plenty of excitement on and off the court as the Peregrine Falcons fought for a playoff spot.

Two of Monday’s singles matches went to super tiebreakers. Louise McGinness of the Red-tailed Hawks rebounded with a 6-2, 4-6 (10-8) win in third-place singles against Amalya Rajparia of the Peregrine Falcons. In singles at number 4, Asha Sanda from Tam won a 4:6, 6:4 (10:8) victory over Kathleen Schalit.

Archie Williams has a chance to maintain his playoff pursuit when the Falcons host San Rafael in the regular-season finale on Wednesday. A win, combined with a Terra Linda loss to San Marin in Wednesday’s matchup, would leave the Falcons and Trojans tied at 5-11, setting up a play-in game for the sixth and final seed in the MCAL. would force playoffs. Terra Linda would host Friday’s play-in game.

• Mackenzie Pinksa earned a dramatic three-set singles victory to help Marin Catholic to a 7-0 win over host Novato on Monday. Pinksa defeated Mikka Weber from the Hornets 6:0, 4:6 (10:4) in singles at No. 4. Georgia Compagno, Heidi Koch and Lauren Somerville from the Wildcats won the first three singles spots.

• San Marin’s Divya Lourdu won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles on Monday as San Marin defeated host San Rafael 7-0. The Mustangs’ Brooke Bested defeated the Bulldogs’ Taylor Derr-Miura 6-0, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, and San Marin’s Emily McCoy and Tessa Christian also earned singles victories.

• Katie Warrin’s win at No. 1 singles helped the Branson School to a 7-0 win over Terra Linda at College of Marin on Monday. Warrin defeated Kylie Lee of the Trojans 6-2, 6-2. The Bulls’ Audrey Gilmore, Paloma Vano-Rice and Simone Schacter also won singles matches in straight sets.

Water polo for boys

Senior Reed Hanna and freshman Jasper Feldman each scored four goals and seniors Bern Kent and Andrew Sternfels each scored three goals to lead visiting Tam to an 18-8 victory over Marin Academy. Freshman Pasch Campbell-Visnich had a team-high four assists for the Red-tailed Hawks (12-10, 5-3 MCAL), who now hold the fourth seed heading into next week’s playoffs. Tam plays Novato in the regular season finale on Wednesday.