If one were to scroll through my previous match post, I actually foresaw what happened tonight - Nation Ford improved dramatically in pretty much all areas. I feel we have improved too, but I was impressed with how far along they have come, especially at doubles and the lower singles lines. With our team win, we improve to 8-6 overall and 7-4 in region matches. This keeps us in 4th place in the region and still in the playoff hunt.
Jeff Zimmerman made similar work at 1 singles as he had previously by overpowering his opponent to a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Seth was also successful at 2 singles in a closer match this time around by score of 6-4, 6-2. Zach Beaver played a long match, but was dominant with a 6-0, 6-2 win at 3 singles.
Alex Atzberger won his first set 6-2, but hit a wall in the second set and dropped it 3-6. In the decisive tiebreak, Alex was successful at 4 singles to clinch our win with the decisive 4th point.
Paul Sabisch took on double duty tonight by playing a hard fought match at 5 singles that was dropped by score of 3-6, 3-6 before teaming with Seth at 1 doubles when the match was in hand. Our 2 doubles line of Brian Fitzpatrick & Drayton Wade that had been successful in recent matches never seemed to get in full stride and dropped the line by a close score of 4-6, 5-7 in a back and forth match.
The most impressive match of the night was played by Seth and Paul at 1 doubles. The match held little meaning as far as the end result, but these two played as hard as if it were a state championship clincher. They fell behind 2-7 in the 8-game proset and I honestly started looking around to clean up all our stuff to get on the bus. They went on a tear at that point to win 5 straight games and then trading off at the end to a tie score of 8-8. A tiebreaker was needed to decide the point which they unfortunately dropped 7-3. Regardless, I liked the teamwork they displayed and the competitiveness they played with.
The match that we were expecting to have last night with Rock Hill is rescheduled for Monday 4/21 at 5 PM. I still have not confirmed exactly everything that happened, but we are making this match up and hopefully will improve our region standing then.
Box Score:
Location: Nation Ford HS
Result: Northwestern wins 4-3
1S: Jeff Zimmerman (NW) defeated Madison Ott (NF) 6-0, 6-2
2S: Seth Russell (NW) def Michael Little (NF) 6-4, 6-2
3S: Zach Beaver (NW) def Danny Randar (NF) 6-0, 6-2
4S: Alex Atzberger (NW) def Alex Mcelland (NF) 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
5S: Paul Hoberek (NF) def Paul Sabisch (NW) 6-3, 6-3
1D: Little/Randar (NF) def Russell/Sabisch (NW) 9-8
2D: Tyler Morris/Brendan McGlohon (NF) def Drayton Wade/Brian Fitzpatrick (NW) 6-4, 7-5
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