It was a tough one for our girls out there tonight. We played even on nearly every court, but came up just short of taking one from Fort Mill tonight. We had many things to be pleased with, especially the heart and passion that we played with.
Four of our six matches went into match tiebreakers tonight. The first of them to finish was Ruth Anne Burnette playing at 4 singles. Ruth Anne had a great first set as her opponent played right into her hands and provided a plethora of points off errors. Unfortunately the Fort Mill player pulled it together and cleaned up her game in the second set and tiebreaker to claim the line from us.
At about the same time that Ruth Anne were finishing up, our 2 doubles line of Hillary Tindall and Randi Honeycutt were also forced into a tiebreaker. Our girls had claimed the first set in a close one and then nearly closed it out in straight sets. The Fort Mill team clawed their way back into it to knot it up at a set a piece and another tiebreaker was upon us. The teams battled back and forth, but we were unable to hold on and dropped the tiebreak in a heart breaker. However, I was so proud of Randi and Hillary for playing smart doubles tennis and using a lot of strategy to go neck and neck with a pretty good Fort Mill doubles team.
At the time that our doubles match was finishing up is when the action really got tight. Chandler Green had just staged a comeback at 1 singles to tie it up at a set a piece. What a beautiful thing it was to see as Chandler in complete control of nearly every point and working her opponent all over the court. The third tiebreak of the night also slanted toward Fort Mill as a few bounces didn't go Chandlers way.
And under the lights we went to Maggie Orr at 2 singles. As Chandlers match wrapped up, Maggie had just overcame a 5-3 deficit while trailing by a set to tie her match up at 6-6 in the second. Maggie played incredible in the set tiebreak to claim the set and force our fourth match tiebreaker of the night. Even though we dropped this tiebreak as well, we could not be more proud of the heart and pride that Maggie played with.
Brittany Whitrock and Courtney Cox played at 3 and 5 singles respectively. Even in straight set defeats, both girls still looked strong and kept positive attitudes which is what I want all our players to be known for.
We'll have a brief hitting practice tomorrow from 400-530 or so after school. Our next match is at South Pointe on Monday where we can hopefully get some revenge for the football defeat our boys suffered tonight.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Location: Northwestern HS
Result: Fort Mill 6, Northwestern 0
1s: J Araque (F) def Chandler Green 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
2s: S Collins (F) def Maggie Orr 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
3s: D Proctor (F) def Brittany Whitrock 6-3, 6-3
4s: M Katz (F) def Ruth Anne Burnette 2-6, 6-3, 10-6
5s: K Blakely (F) def Courtney Cox 6-0, 6-2
1d: DNP
2d: A Jensen/M Araque (F) def Hillary Tindall/Randi Honeycutt 5-7, 6-4, 10-6
Records: Northwestern 2-4 Region 3AAAA, Fort Mill 4-2 Region 3AAAA
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