We took the 15 minute cross town trip to take on our rival Rock Hill tonight. The result was a 2-4 defeat that could have gone either way due to a couple late comebacks from the middle of our lineup. Our overall record now stands at 5-6 and we are still 3-5 in our region.
We took an early 1-0 lead on the scoreboard with a dominant win from our doubles team of Hunter Love & Duncan Foy. The first set was a whitewash by our side. The second set was closer, but the match was never in doubt as we claimed the doubles line 6-0, 6-3.
Shortly thereafter, Rock Hill tied the score at 1-1 with a win at 5 singles. Tyler Leonard stepped in to fill in a void at 5 singles left by Alex being out of town and Jordan still being a little jet-lagged from the Hawaii trip. Tyler hung tough in the first set and dropped it 3-6. Unfortunately, Tyler's game got a little shaky at the same time Rock Hill's #5 got hot and the line dropped 3-6, 1-6.
We then fell behind 1-2 after the 2 singles match was decided. The first set had just about every game go to a deuce point, but not enough fell in our favor as Drayton Wade dropped the first set 1-6. Drayton continued to play well and claimed 2 games in the second set before the match was decided in Rock Hill's favor.
We were then able to tie it up at 2-2 courtesy of a huge comeback win from Seth Russell at 1 singles. The first set went to Rock Hill 3-6, but Seth kept battling and hitting beautiful shots to keep Rock Hill's top player on the defensive. Seth won the second set 6-1 and forced a 10-point match tiebreaker. The two players battled back and forth until Seth claimed a 7-5 lead at the second changeover. Rock Hill's player faced 2 match points from Seth, but only defended 1 as Seth won the tiebreak 10-8 to bring us back to even.
Still on the court at this point were Brian Fitzpatrick at 3 singles and Jonathan Clark at 4 singles.
Brian had dropped his first set 2-6 and was trailing 2-5. Brian went on a run to bring the score to 6-6 and force a set 7-point tiebreak. Unfortunately, Rock Hill's #3 played some great tennis to claim the line from us. Regardless, it was awesome to see Brian put the pressure on his opponent and himself in a position to win the line.
Jonathan started the match at 4 singles with a little inconsistency and fell behind by a wide margin early. He won some games late to make the set competitive, but dropped set 1 4-6. He then picked things up in the second and battled hard against a very steady player to win the second set 7-5. On to another tiebreaker we went with all eyes on court 4. Rock Hill's player really cleaned up his game and played well in the tiebreak. It was a shame that a match with so many 15-20 shot rallies ended with a short rally and shot into the net as Jonathan dropped the set tiebreak 5-10.
There's nothing we can do but press on with the rest of our season. We need a victory tomorrow over Gaffney to claim a spot in the playoffs. We then get a rematch with Rock Hill next Monday before a really big match at Nation Ford Tuesday night where we could claim 3rd place with a win.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Result: Rock Hill 4, Northwestern 2
Location: Rock Hill HS
1s: Seth Russell (N) def Alik MacLauchlin 3-6, 6-1, 10-8
2s: Austin Lee (R) def Drayton Wade 6-1, 6-2
3s: Kevin Gauldin (R) def Brian Fitzpatrick 6-2, 7-6
4s: Alex Silverman (R) def Jonathan Clark 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
5s: Nick Cauthen (R) def Tyler Leonard 6-3, 6-1
1d: DNP
2d: Hunter Love/Duncan Foy (N) def Cory Tretsky/Michael Adams 6-0, 6-3
We took an early 1-0 lead on the scoreboard with a dominant win from our doubles team of Hunter Love & Duncan Foy. The first set was a whitewash by our side. The second set was closer, but the match was never in doubt as we claimed the doubles line 6-0, 6-3.
Shortly thereafter, Rock Hill tied the score at 1-1 with a win at 5 singles. Tyler Leonard stepped in to fill in a void at 5 singles left by Alex being out of town and Jordan still being a little jet-lagged from the Hawaii trip. Tyler hung tough in the first set and dropped it 3-6. Unfortunately, Tyler's game got a little shaky at the same time Rock Hill's #5 got hot and the line dropped 3-6, 1-6.
We then fell behind 1-2 after the 2 singles match was decided. The first set had just about every game go to a deuce point, but not enough fell in our favor as Drayton Wade dropped the first set 1-6. Drayton continued to play well and claimed 2 games in the second set before the match was decided in Rock Hill's favor.
We were then able to tie it up at 2-2 courtesy of a huge comeback win from Seth Russell at 1 singles. The first set went to Rock Hill 3-6, but Seth kept battling and hitting beautiful shots to keep Rock Hill's top player on the defensive. Seth won the second set 6-1 and forced a 10-point match tiebreaker. The two players battled back and forth until Seth claimed a 7-5 lead at the second changeover. Rock Hill's player faced 2 match points from Seth, but only defended 1 as Seth won the tiebreak 10-8 to bring us back to even.
Still on the court at this point were Brian Fitzpatrick at 3 singles and Jonathan Clark at 4 singles.
Brian had dropped his first set 2-6 and was trailing 2-5. Brian went on a run to bring the score to 6-6 and force a set 7-point tiebreak. Unfortunately, Rock Hill's #3 played some great tennis to claim the line from us. Regardless, it was awesome to see Brian put the pressure on his opponent and himself in a position to win the line.
Jonathan started the match at 4 singles with a little inconsistency and fell behind by a wide margin early. He won some games late to make the set competitive, but dropped set 1 4-6. He then picked things up in the second and battled hard against a very steady player to win the second set 7-5. On to another tiebreaker we went with all eyes on court 4. Rock Hill's player really cleaned up his game and played well in the tiebreak. It was a shame that a match with so many 15-20 shot rallies ended with a short rally and shot into the net as Jonathan dropped the set tiebreak 5-10.
There's nothing we can do but press on with the rest of our season. We need a victory tomorrow over Gaffney to claim a spot in the playoffs. We then get a rematch with Rock Hill next Monday before a really big match at Nation Ford Tuesday night where we could claim 3rd place with a win.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Result: Rock Hill 4, Northwestern 2
Location: Rock Hill HS
1s: Seth Russell (N) def Alik MacLauchlin 3-6, 6-1, 10-8
2s: Austin Lee (R) def Drayton Wade 6-1, 6-2
3s: Kevin Gauldin (R) def Brian Fitzpatrick 6-2, 7-6
4s: Alex Silverman (R) def Jonathan Clark 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
5s: Nick Cauthen (R) def Tyler Leonard 6-3, 6-1
1d: DNP
2d: Hunter Love/Duncan Foy (N) def Cory Tretsky/Michael Adams 6-0, 6-3
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