We took a quick trip up to neighboring Fort Mill tonight to test ourselves against our second region rival this season. Although we were defeated 5-2 by the Yellow Jackets, there were several highlights of the evening. As a team, we stand at 4-2 overall and 1-1 in region.
Ruth Anne Burnette staged a huge come from behind win at 3 singles. After dropping the first set 6-2 and seemingly frustrated by her hard-hitting opponent, Ruth Anne came back to outplay her opponent with a very consistent and steady strategy in the second set to claim a commanding 6-2 win in the second. With the match tied, the girls played off a 10-point tiebreak to decide the match. Ruth Anne went up ahead early and held off her opponent for a score of 10-7 to claim the victory for us (although, she'll tell anyone it took 11 points to win it).
Our 1 doubles team of Maggie Orr and Chandler Green thoroughly impressed me with the way they played together tonight. Normally, it is me summoning the players to the side to discuss strategy. However, Maggie called over to me to ask about changing some things up. Not only was I impressed that she and Chandler were planning their attack, but they also made a correct adjustment to the way they played both players back on serve that ended up being a huge advantage and probably the reason they held serve so well throughout and thus won the proset 8-5.
Also, even in defeat, I loved the never say die attitude that Katie Lowery played with tonight. The first set went by in a flurry and Katie dropped it 6-0. At a point when some might have thrown in the towel and given up, Katie fought point for point back into the match and nearly forced a tiebreak as well.
Maggie had a heartbreaker at 2 singles. Playing an opponent that is long and consistent, Maggie dropped a close first set 7-6 after a tiebreak. Rejuvinated and capitalizing on some errors by her opponent, she blew her opponent away 6-1 in the second set. The tiebreaker got away from her early and she was not able to overcome an early deficit and ended up dropping a close one. I see this one going our way the next time around.
We'll head back up to Fort Mill tomorrow to play Nation Ford High School in our third region match of the year.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Location: Ft Mill HS
Result: Ft Mill 5, Northwestern 2
1S: J Araque (F) def Chandler Green (N) 6-4, 6-2
2S: S Collins (F) def Maggie Orr (N) 7-6, 1-6, 10-6
3S: Ruth Anne Burnette (N) def D Proctor (F) 2-6, 6-2, 10-7
4S: M Katz (F) def Joanna Kohn (N) 6-2, 6-2
5S: B Larive (F) Katie Lowery (N) 6-0, 7-5
1D: Green/Orr (N) def Collins/Proctor (F) 8-5
2D: A Jensen/K Blackley (F) def Courtney Cox/Kayla Stogner (N) 6-0, 6-1
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