The skies again threatened rain all afternoon, but cooperated enough for us to get in a match and another win to remain unbeaten in 2008. As I mentioned after the match, we travel to Fort Mill on Tuesday to play our first Region 3AAAA match against a team that will be very talented top to bottom and we need to be ready to give a great effort to continue winning matches.
Ruth Anne Burnette went out on fire tonight and blitzed through her opponent at line 3 singles to claim our first line victory of the night. Dominant from beginning to end, Ruth Anne recorded a shutout 6-0, 6-0.
Maggie Orr was next to claim a line for us at 2 singles. Knowing her opponent personally, I was very impressed with how consistent Maggie played and intelligently let the action come to her. The result was a terrific win by score of 6-1, 6-1.
Joanna Kohn played very well also at line 4 singles. An impressive first set score of 6-1 was followed up with a shutout 6-0 in the second.
Our clinching point came courtesy of Katie Lowery at 5 singles. Katie had to display great patience in her match and wait for some high bouncing balls to execute on. After some early errors in the tight first set, Katie then rolled to a 6-0 final set score for our clinching point in her first varsity action of the season.
Our 2 doubles line of Kayla Stogner and Courtney Cox played a solid first set and claimed it by score of 6-2. The second set was headed in the wrong direction, but the girls held strong to make a comeback and claim our 5th point.
Chandler Green had a tussle at 1 singles tonight that turned into a mini-marathon. The first set played out dead even until South Pointe broke serve to claim the first set 7-5. Chandler went up quick in the second set, but South Pointe's player staged a strong comeback and made some tough shots to take the set and match from us.
Maggie and Ruth Anne teamed up for the 1 doubles point tonight. Early on, it was tight as we trailed by a service break 3-2. The girls played very well after that and won 6 of the next 8 games to claim the proset 8-5.
We are off from practice tomorrow and will be back after it on Monday at practice to prepare for our first region match. As proud as we should be of our start thus far, we cannot afford to let down the rest of the way. Please take some time over the weekend to get some swings in on your own and continue to run and condition on your own.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Result: Northwestern 6, South Pointe 1
Location: Northwestern HS
1S: Gabriella Carpenter (S) def Chandler Green (N) 7-5, 6-4
2S: Maggie Orr (N) def Lieren Monteith (S) 6-1, 6-1
3S: Ruth Anne Burnette (N) def Karen Jaggers (S) 6-0, 6-0
4S: Joanna Kohn (N) def Jessica Parker (S) 6-1, 6-0
5S: Katie Lowery (N) def Jerica White (S) 6-3, 6-0
1D: Orr/Burnette (N) def Carpenter/Monteith (S) 8-5
2D: Kayla Stogner/Courtney Cox (N) def Breyana Singleton/Taylor Madsen (S) 6-2, 7-5
Records: Northwestern 3-0, South Pointe 0-4
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Northwestern completes sweep of Rock Hill
We started our home campaign off with a victory over Rock Hill High tonight. I was nervous entering the match that we might have a letdown after beating them last Thursday, but the girls played very well and held firm to complete the sweep of our cross town rival. Let's hope the football team follows our lead on Friday!
Brittany Whitrock again wasted no time in her victory for our first point. She eliminated many unforced errors and made quick work of her opponent again with a closer score of 6-1, 6-2.
Ruth Anne Burnette again had the headband kickin' and again was successful in a fairly dominant win. The match had some long rallies and Ruth Anne held firm to secure a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
Kayla Stogner and Courtney Cox teamed up again and were successful again at the 2 doubles line. After a close firs set 6-2 win, the girls played extremely strong to go up 5-0 before closing it out 6-2.
Joanna Kohn clinched the overall match for us as the skies darkened above. Rock Hill's #5 put up a really good fight and made Joanna earn the victory in the end. She finished out strong to clinch our decisive 4th point.
Chandler Green again had a tough one against Rock Hill's 1 singles player. Even despite the result, Chandler played tough and made her opponent earn points and gave very little away. We are all confident that Chandler is going to use these last two matches as stepping stones to the rest of the season.
Maggie Orr played 2 singles again and got off to a blitzing start to post a bagel on her opponent in the first set. The second set made us all nervous and I was happy to see the whole team pull together to cheer Maggie on to victory in the second set 6-4.
We decided not to play a 1 doubles point due to the black clouds overhead. I don't like to do this as I like to see the team play as much doubles as we can. I was even more perturbed when the skies cleared up to a pretty blue sky within minutes of us making this decision. That's the way it happens sometimes.
We'll hopefully practice tomorrow in preparation for South Pointe on Thursday. I'll call Ruth Anne if the weather turns on us, but we'll hope it stays clear until 7 for us.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Result: Northwestern 5, Rock Hill 1
1S: Catherine White (R) def Chandler Green (N) 6-1, 6-3
2S: Maggie Orr (N) def Natalie Black (R) 6-0, 6-4
3S: Brittany Whitrock (N) def Barron Hicklin 6-1, 6-2
4S: Ruth Anne Burnette (N) def Addie Brown (R) 6-2, 6-1
5S: Joanna Kohn (N) def Elizabeth Hupp (R) 6-3, 6-3
1D: DNP
2D: Kayla Stogner/Courtney Cox (N) def Brooke Neely/Sarah Hicklin (R) 6-3, 6-2
Records: Northwestern 2-0, Rock Hill 0-2
Brittany Whitrock again wasted no time in her victory for our first point. She eliminated many unforced errors and made quick work of her opponent again with a closer score of 6-1, 6-2.
Ruth Anne Burnette again had the headband kickin' and again was successful in a fairly dominant win. The match had some long rallies and Ruth Anne held firm to secure a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
Kayla Stogner and Courtney Cox teamed up again and were successful again at the 2 doubles line. After a close firs set 6-2 win, the girls played extremely strong to go up 5-0 before closing it out 6-2.
Joanna Kohn clinched the overall match for us as the skies darkened above. Rock Hill's #5 put up a really good fight and made Joanna earn the victory in the end. She finished out strong to clinch our decisive 4th point.
Chandler Green again had a tough one against Rock Hill's 1 singles player. Even despite the result, Chandler played tough and made her opponent earn points and gave very little away. We are all confident that Chandler is going to use these last two matches as stepping stones to the rest of the season.
Maggie Orr played 2 singles again and got off to a blitzing start to post a bagel on her opponent in the first set. The second set made us all nervous and I was happy to see the whole team pull together to cheer Maggie on to victory in the second set 6-4.
We decided not to play a 1 doubles point due to the black clouds overhead. I don't like to do this as I like to see the team play as much doubles as we can. I was even more perturbed when the skies cleared up to a pretty blue sky within minutes of us making this decision. That's the way it happens sometimes.
We'll hopefully practice tomorrow in preparation for South Pointe on Thursday. I'll call Ruth Anne if the weather turns on us, but we'll hope it stays clear until 7 for us.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Result: Northwestern 5, Rock Hill 1
1S: Catherine White (R) def Chandler Green (N) 6-1, 6-3
2S: Maggie Orr (N) def Natalie Black (R) 6-0, 6-4
3S: Brittany Whitrock (N) def Barron Hicklin 6-1, 6-2
4S: Ruth Anne Burnette (N) def Addie Brown (R) 6-2, 6-1
5S: Joanna Kohn (N) def Elizabeth Hupp (R) 6-3, 6-3
1D: DNP
2D: Kayla Stogner/Courtney Cox (N) def Brooke Neely/Sarah Hicklin (R) 6-3, 6-2
Records: Northwestern 2-0, Rock Hill 0-2
Schedule Update
We were successful in gaining two additional matches to fill out our fall schedule and I have added them to the schedule at the left. Spartanburg High School will travel to us on Monday September 29 and we will head over there on Monday October 20. Joanna had created a snack assignment sheet that I will hereby ammend and now each of our 18 players has an assigned match:
Cox 9/29 Home v Spartanburg
Cramer 10/20 @ Spartanburg
This puts us up to our full allotment of 18 matches that the SC High School Leauge allows and adds a quality opponent with a rich history in girls tennis. For those of you unfamiliar with Spartanburg's tradition, they went through a stretch in the 90's that they won several state championships and had players win state singles titles as well. They will be a good test for us this year.
Go Trojans!
Cox 9/29 Home v Spartanburg
Cramer 10/20 @ Spartanburg
This puts us up to our full allotment of 18 matches that the SC High School Leauge allows and adds a quality opponent with a rich history in girls tennis. For those of you unfamiliar with Spartanburg's tradition, they went through a stretch in the 90's that they won several state championships and had players win state singles titles as well. They will be a good test for us this year.
Go Trojans!
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