We met as a team before our home match against South Pointe to go over a few things about match day. I may have come across as harsh, but the result was a solid all around performance by the Trojans tonight.
An improved South Pointe team came to our courts ready to play. Their lineup is slightly different than what we faced last season as some of their players clearly have put some time in on improving their game.
Our first victory of the night came courtesy of Seth Russell at 1 singles. Seth led from beginning to the end and finished off his opponent in straight sets.
Our next match to finish was Tyler Leonard at 5 singles. After a close first set, Tyler steamrolled through the second set to claim line 5 for our second win.
We then dropped 2 & 3 singles as South Pointe seemed to be gaining momentum. Both Drayton Wade, at 2, and Brian Fitzpatrick, at 3, put up strong battles but fell in straight sets.
Our 2 doubles team got off to a relatively slow start. Jordan Beaver and Jonathan Clark pulled out a close first set 6-4. The second set was handled in dominating fashion as they claimed our third line of the night.
Hunter Love was the man on the spot for us tonight. After a close first set that Hunter claimed in a set tiebreak 8-6, the race was on as Hunter put his opponent away 6-0 in the second. The game ball of the night went to Hunter for his clutch performance.
In reserve action, we swept across the board. We received singles wins from Chris Cassidy, Jacob Page and Key Barkley. Teaming up for doubles wins were the teams of Duncan Foy & Alex Antezana, Jonathan Patton & Ahmad Sheffield, and Collins Mauldin & Michael Baldwin.
We'll have practice tomorrow as normally scheduled. The rules that I went over will be in force throughout the rest of the season. I am sending a Word Document to everyone so they have my expectations in writing. They are relatively simple rules - show up, have a good attitude, work hard, and you will be rewarded with playing time.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Northwestern 4, South Pointe 2
1s: Seth Russell (N) def Drew Carter 6-2, 6-1
2s: Seth Cooke (S) def Drayton Wade 6-4, 6-2
3s: Ian Sanford (S) def Brian Fitzpatrick 6-3, 6-3
4s: Hunter Love (N) def Rob Jolly 7-6, 6-0
5s: Tyler Leonard (N) def Ivy Smith 6-4, 6-0
1d: DNP
2d: Jordan Beaver/Jonathan Clark (N) def Josh Nguyen/Sam Gibbons 6-4, 6-0
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