Our first victory of the night came courtesy of Jonathan Clark at 5 singles. Leading 6-0, 5-0 Jonathan's opponent was holding his wrist and trying hard to keep continuing. After consulting with their coach, it was clear that the player should not continue and the line was defaulted to Jonathan via injury. Regardless, Jonathan played excellent tonight and deserved the win.
Our second victory came from Brian Fitzpatrick at 4 singles. The first set played fairly even with Brian winning it 6-3. The second set was all Trojans as Brian picked his game up a notch and blew his opponent off the court with a 6-0 second set.
The third line of the night was claimed by Drayton Wade. New shoes, different racket, whatever. Drayton lead from beginning to end and never allowed his opponent a chance to sniff a comeback as he closed out the win 6-1, 6-1 at 2 singles.
Our clinching line of the night came from Hunter Love playing at 3 singles. Hunter dominated action the first set 6-1 and was rolling in the second as he lead 5-0. The York opponent began to play more free-spirited and closed the gap to 5-4 before Hunter eventually won the second set 7-5.The feature match at 1 singles had Seth Russell playing for the Trojans. Seth struggled to consistantly place his shots in the first set and fell behind 0-4 early. All the credit goes to Seth for turning the match in his favor, catching back up in the set and claiming the set in a tiebreak. Seth maintained the momentum against a frustrated York opponent and closed out the match with a 6-3 second set. It was a clutch comeback and earns Seth the game ball for the match.
Our sixth win was at the 2 doubles line with Jordan Beaver and Duncan Foy teaming up for the Trojans. The bounces went our way in the first set and the boys claimed the first set 6-4. I came back to the match as the boys clung to a narrow 3-2 lead. The match seemed lethargic and slow and I encouraged the boys to simply speed up the pace of play as it seemed they were letting York control the way things were happening. They did so to perfection and won the next three games for a 6-2 second set win.
Drayton and Seth again teamed at 1 doubles for a proset match. They lead early and held to it for the end. The match featured some great shots from both sides of the net and from all four players. The Trojan team was successful in the end with an 8-5 decision.
Reserve action featured teams of Alex Antezana & Tyler Leonard, Clollins Mauldin & Key Barkley, Jonathan Patton & Ahmad Sheffield, Ben Leopard & Tyler Hutson, and Jacob Page & Caleb Guyton. Each team won a decisive proset victory and several boys played singles matches as well. It was another strong showing for the Trojan reserves.
We will be off tomorrow as there are too many absences to have a successful practice. The next practice is Monday after spring break, April 20th. We have three matches that week including two region matches and a non-region match at Rock Hill High. I will announce lineups at the end of practice on Monday April 20th.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Location: York Comprehensive HS
Result: Northwestern 7, York 0
1s: Seth Russell def Chris Suggs 7-6, 6-3
2s: Drayton Wade def Jensen Fisk 6-1, 6-1
3s: Hunter Love def Kyle Spears 6-1, 7-5
4s: Brian Fitzpatrick def Nathan Patrick 6-3, 6-0
5s: Jonathan Clark def Adam Thomas 6-0, 5-0 retired
1d: Russell/Wade def Suggs/Fisk 8-5
2d: Jordan Beaver/Duncan Foy def Patrick Burnett/Charley Lawson 6-4, 6-2
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