Trojans Drop Close Match to Nation Ford

Nation Ford came down I-77 to take us on tonight. We battled hard, but fell 1-5 in the match up. The loss drops us to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in our region. We travel to Clover tomorrow night and host York next Tuesday to conclude the first round of our region matches.

Maggie Orr played her tail off at #1 singles against last year's region player of the year, Trull of Nation Ford. I truly thought she was on the verge of forcing a tiebreaker for the match, but Trull was able to hold serve to close out the match 6-4, 6-4.

Chandler Green was able to take the #2 singles from Bowers. The first set outlasted some of the other entire matches as the girls went to a first set tiebreaker. The second set went much quicker as Chandler took care of business for a 6-1 clinching set.

Betsy Creech faced a streaky, hard-hitting #3 singles play from Nation Ford in Whitener. Betsy was able to succeed playing defensively against the power coming at her, but was unable to string enough games together in the end.

Emily Edwards faced a tough and consistent hitter in Tourville at #4. The match ended up more lopsided than it probably should have been as the speed of Tourville took away from Emily's wisely placed hitting. I believe Emily will be eager to get another shot at this one next time around.

Courtney Cox struggled with consistency tonight against M. Jasper at #5 singles. The match was a streaky one as the lead swayed from our favor to theirs in the end.

Probably the most exciting match of the night came from the doubles match up. Nation Ford's duo of C. Jasper and Smith were probably the better individual players on the courts tonight. However, Lauren Cox and Hillary Tindall traded blow for blow with the two of them and took the first set in a tiebreaker before dropping the second set with teamwork and strategy. The girls looked ready to turn the match back in their favor, but had some points go against them early and fell behind. They tried to charge back, but came up a little short in the end.

Reserve doubles matches were claimed by two teams tonight. Randi Honeycutt & Karlee Fox won 8-4 while Emily Cramer & Natalie Hageman won 8-1.

Courtney's BBQ after the match tomorrow at Clover.

Go Trojans!

Box Score:

Location: Northwestern
Result: Nation Ford 5, Northwestern 1

1s: Ashley Trull (NF) def Maggie Orr (NW) 6-4, 6-4
2s: Chandler Green (NW) def Jordan Bowers (NF) 7-6, 6-1
3s: Olivia Whitener (NF) def Betsy Creech (NW) 6-2, 6-3
4s: Sarah Tourville (NF) def Emily Edwards (NW) 6-0, 6-1
5s: Morgan Jasper (NF) def Courtney Cox (NW) 6-3, 6-3

1d: DNP
2d: Chelsea Jasper/Rylie Smith (NF) def Lauren Cox/Hillary Tindall (NW) 6-7, 6-3, 10-4