On one of her first days at Mira Mesa High School, then-freshman Samantha Truong wandered into the gym, looking for a CIF girls tennis championship banner hanging on a wall.

Said Truong, now a senior, “I never saw one.”

That’s because in the school’s 50-year history, the Marauders never won a section girls title.

Until Saturday.

As a sun-kissed morning leaked into afternoon, Mira Mesa set history in dominating fashion, defeating Christian 13-5 to win the school’s first girls tennis championship at the Barnes Tennis Center.

“It feels incredible,” said Truong.

Said fellow senior Allison Ly: “Part of me can’t believe it’s real.”

Allison Ly, left, and Samantha Truong celebrate after winning the CIF San Diego Section Division 3 girls tennis title at the Barnes Tennis Center. (Don Norcros

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