Lauren Cox was huge tonight for us at 5 singles as she nearly blanked Little of Gaffney. She allowed 1 game in the first set before shutting her out in the second.
Maggie Orr gave us our second convincing win at 2 singles. She rolled early to a 4-1 lead in the first set before Hopping of Gaffney claimed 2 games. Maggie closed out the match with an 8 game tear for a 6-3, 6-0 win.
Our doubles team of Hillary Tindall & Emily Edwards was the third point of the night for the Trojans. They asserted themselves early and handled the first set 6-2. The second set was all Trojans as the 6-0 second set pushed the team lead to 3 to 0 in our favor.
Things became a little interesting at this point as we had first set wins by Chandler Green & Betsy Creech at 1 & 3 singles respectively and were down a set at 4 singles with Courtney Cox. We needed one win out of these three matches to decide the match.
Chandler was the decider for us tonight. Her first set had played even, with Chandler leading the majority of the way against Lecroy of Gaffney to a 6-4 result in our favor. She took off in the second and claimed game, set, and match for herself and her team with a 6-1 second set.
Courtney had dropped her first set in a set tiebreaker and was rolling in the second set. She finished the second set 6-2 in her advantage and the match was to be decided in a 10 point match tiebreak. Courtney fell behind early and faced match point after the second changeover at 3-9. She was able to fight off two match points before the point was decided in Little's favor for Gaffney's team point.
Betsy Creech had played a tough, close first set in a match that featured some great hitting between herself and Gallman of Gaffney. The first set was Betsy's in a tiebreaker and the second set played nearly as close. Betsy toughed out the second 6-4 for our 5th point of the night.
With the match decided, I decided not to play the normal 1 doubles point and instead counted the reserve match of Erin Brooks & MC Faulkner as an official varsity match. The two have worked really hard lately and are playing really well and they deserve credit for their 8-6 victory tonight.
Practice tomorrow will be from 5pm-7pm with some top half challenges after the Beta Club induction ceremony. We need to focus hard on Nation Ford as we continue toward the finish line of the 2009 season.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
Location: Gaffney HS
Result: Northwestern 6, Gaffney 1
1s: Chandler Green (N) def Robin LeCroy 6-4, 6-1
2s: Maggie Orr (N) def Aubrey Hopping 6-3, 6-0
3s: Betsy Creech (N) def Jessi Cook 7-6(5) 6-4
4s: Mel Gallmon (G) def Courtney Cox 7-6(3), 2-6, 10-5
5s: Lauren Cox (N) def Alli Little 6-1, 6-0
1d: Emily Edwards/Hillary Tindall (N) def Jaclyn Bruton/Leighlan Fowler 6-2, 6-0
2d: MC Faulkner/Erin Brooks (N) def Brittany Gibson/Mikaela James 8-6
Records: Northwestern 5-5, 3-4 Region 3AAAA Gaffney 1-7, 1-6, Region 3AAAA
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