Things went our way tonight over in the western part of the county tonight. York high school hosted us and put up quite a fight for us. Overall, I was extremely pleased with everyone bouncing back from our tough match against Spartanburg to play hard and finish our matches strong. Our overall record is 5-5 and we are 2-3 in region, sitting in 4th place.
Ruth Anne Burnette started the charge for us and cleared the courts for our first point at 3 singles. The match was never really in doubt and Ruth Anne did a great job closing the match out without letting up and posting a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
Maggie Orr was our second victory of the night at 2 singles. Maggie had a small hiccup in the first set and claimed it 6-1 and kept rolling in the second to claim it in a shutout.
Randi Honeycutt was the next match to finish. Playing up in the varisty lineup for the second time this season, Randi played some pretty good tennis against a smart and quick York player. The match was a toss up in both sets and if a few bounces could have gone Randi's way, she would have grabbed this one for us.
Chandler Green came through with our third point at 1 singles tonight. She came out on fire and was up 5-0 in the first set before I got a chance to watch much. The first set ended 6-1 and the second started out the same way. York's number 1 clawed her way back into it and Chandler fought her off to win the second set 6-4.
Joanna Kohn will probably have a good night's sleep tonight. She played a match that finished just barely beat the doubles matches to finish tonight at 4 singles. Struggling through some costly hitting errors in the first set, Joanna dropped a close one 4-6. The second set played out just as close and Joanna found herself down 5-4 returning serve. Joanna went on a run and got hot to break serve and rip off 2 more games to know it at a set a piece. Up 5-0 in the 10-point tiebreaker, it appeared to be smooth sailing to the finish line. York's 5 showed some great fight to bring it to 8-4 on the second changeover and force a third changeover at 9-9. JK buckled in and won the necessary two points to clinch her match 11-9 in the tiebreak and the overall match for us with the decisive 4th point. Excellent fight Joanna!
Due to the fluke netcord breaking before the match on York's #1 court, both doubles lines waited to take the court. Kayla Stogner and Courtney Cox teamed back up at 2 doubles for us tonight. The duo played well, made some smart shots in the clutch to claim victory in a close one 7-5, 6-4.
Ruth Anne and Maggie teamed up at 1 doubles tonight. At the time they went on the court, the match was still undecided so they went out with the attitude that they were going to claim the match for us regardless of the close matches still in play (Joanna & Kayla/Courtney). By the time the girls got to 5-2, Joanna claimed the match and we shortened the line to a proset. Regardless, the girls played aggressive from start to finish and closed it out with three straight games for our final win of the night.
We had a great night in our reserve matches as well and went on to take all our JV lines as well. Overall, I couldn't be happier with the results. But, more importantly, I was very pleased with the fierceness everyone played with. Let's keep it up tomorrow at Lancaster!
Go Trojans!
Location: York HS
Result: Northwestern 6, York 1
1S: Chandler Green (N) def Michelle Goss (Y) 6-1, 6-4
2S: Maggie Orr (N) def Katia Patrick (Y) 6-1, 6-0
3S: Ruth Anne Burnette (N) def Mary Hall (Y) 6-0, 6-0
4S: Joanna Kohn (N) def Holly Caripe (Y) 4-6, 7-5, 11-9
5S: Mary Goss (Y) def Randi Honeycutt (N) 6-4, 6-4
1D: Orr/Burnette (N) def M Goss/Patrick (Y) 8-2
2D: Kayla Stogner/Courtney Cox (N) def Hannah Whitesides/Brandi Neely (Y) 7-5, 6-4
Records: Northwestern 5-5, York 3-6
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