The weather cooperated enough tonight for us to venture to the southern corner of the city to take on the Stallions of South Pointe at their facility. We were able to prevail after the middle of the lineup overcame some struggles to clinch the match for us. The win improved our overall record to 4-2.
Jonathan Clark provided our first point at 5 singles. Jonathan stormed past his South Pointe opponent in dominant fashion for a 6-0, 6-0 win.
Seth Russell nearly matched Jonathan's result at 1 singles. After a 6-0 first set, Seth completed the straight sets win after surrendering one game in the second set.
Our 2 doubles team of Duncan Foy and Hunter Love also were dominant tonight. They matched Seth's result with a 6-0, 6-1 victory for our third point of the night.
Things got a little interesting after that. When the doubles team clinched our third point we were up a set at 2 singles, but trailing in the second, trailing a set and down at 3 singles, and trailing a set at 4 singles with a lead in the second.
Drayton Wade played an excellent first set at 2 singles and claimed it 6-1. The second set was a little shaky as Drayton battled some inconsistencies and dropped the set 2-6. In the tiebreaker, Drayton got hot again, never trailed in claiming the tiebreak 10-3, team point, and the match for the Trojans tonight.
Jordan Beaver was the next to finish at 4 singles. After struggling in the first set and dropping it 3-6, Jordan was able to turn the match in his favor and win the second set 6-2. The tiebreak was dead even at 6 points each at the second changeover, but it wasn't meant to be as South Pointe claimed the line with a 10-6 decision.
Brian Fitzpatrick struggled early in his match at 3 singles and fell behind early 0-5. He was able to find a better rhythm and win 4 straight games before eventually dropping the first set 4-6. Brian continued to battle his opponent in a very tight second set all the way to a set tiebreaker. I thought he had enough momentum to win the set tiebreak and force another match tiebreaker, but was overcome in the set tiebreak in the end.
We dominated reserve action tonight and were successful at all singles matches with wins by Alex Antezana (6-0, 6-2), Michael Baldwin (6-0, 6-0), and Matt Pettitt (8-2). Our reserve doubles team of Ahmad Sheffield and Jonathan Patton were also victorious with an 8-2 decision.
Tomorrow's match at Nation Ford will be another region test for us. We will be a little short handed and some players will get opportunities to start tomorrow that haven't so far this season. This is a tremendous opportunity to step up and make a difference for yourself, your team, and your school. I'm looking forward to it.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Northwestern 4, South Pointe 2
1s: Seth Russell (N) def Seth Cooke 6-0, 6-1
2s: Drayton Wade (N) def Drew Carter 6-1, 2-6, 10-3
3s: Ian Sanford (S) def Brian Fitzpatrick 6-4, 7-6
4s: Rob Jolly (S) def Jordan Beaver 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
5s: Jonathan Clark (N) def Sam Gibbons 6-0, 6-0
1d: DNP
2d: Hunter Love / Duncan Foy (N) def Wil Herndon / Cody Deyton 6-0, 6-1
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