We ventured down to Spartanburg to test ourselves against a formidable opponent tonight from Region 2AAAA. Byrnes High School is a senior laden team that showed guts tonight and played well enough to claim a close decision from us. The 2-4 defeat puts us at 2-1 overall as we head into our region schedule next week.
Emily Edwards struggled to find her stroke tonight and was first to clear the courts tonight. Her opponent was a scrappy athlete that was a senior and played Emily tough from beginning to end.
Maggie Orr played number 1 for the Trojans tonight and I was really proud of her total effort tonight. Her opponent was a senior that has played #1 at Byrnes for 6 years. The match was much closer than the score reflects as Maggie dominated some points, but came up short on closing out games.
The third match to finish was a win courtesy of our #2 doubles team of Hillary Tindall and Lauren Cox. These two proved they are dependable for us deep into our roster. The first set had them trailing early, but they staged a huge comeback due to excellent teamwork and communication as the girls claimed the first set 6-4. They stayed hot in the second and grabbed our first line win with a 6-2 second set.
Courtney Cox was the fourth match to finish. Byrnes #4 player was not necessarily a dominant force, but she kept balls in play that put Courtney in tough spots to try to set up her shots. She fell behind 1-4 in the first set before making a charge to go up 5-4. Byrnes took 3 of the last 4 games for the first set. Courtney continued to play hard, but struggled to outlast her opponent and Byrnes claimed their third line of the night.
Betsy Creech had a match that had a difficult flow to it due to her senior opponent taking a spill early in the first set which required some medical attention to a scraped up knee. Betsy took advantage of the injury for a while and closed the 1-4 deficit before falling in the first set 4-6 and the third 3-6.
Our last remaining varsity line on the courts was Chandler Green at 2 singles. Chandler battled through a tough first set to come out on top 7-5. She controlled the play of the second set and went out to a 5-2 lead. I crossed my fingers and pulled for her to close it out quickly. Unfortunately, Byrnes senior #2 player went on a brief run and closed the gap to 5-4. Chandler didn't let it bother her. She closed out the next game quickly to claim our second team line win of the match.
We'll be back at practice tomorrow to prepare for our region schedule which starts next week. We travel to Fort Mill next Tuesday and will host Gaffney on Thursday. All matches are important, but region matches determine seeding in the post season and every individual effort will determine our team's success level.
Go Trojans!
Emily Edwards struggled to find her stroke tonight and was first to clear the courts tonight. Her opponent was a scrappy athlete that was a senior and played Emily tough from beginning to end.
Maggie Orr played number 1 for the Trojans tonight and I was really proud of her total effort tonight. Her opponent was a senior that has played #1 at Byrnes for 6 years. The match was much closer than the score reflects as Maggie dominated some points, but came up short on closing out games.
The third match to finish was a win courtesy of our #2 doubles team of Hillary Tindall and Lauren Cox. These two proved they are dependable for us deep into our roster. The first set had them trailing early, but they staged a huge comeback due to excellent teamwork and communication as the girls claimed the first set 6-4. They stayed hot in the second and grabbed our first line win with a 6-2 second set.
Courtney Cox was the fourth match to finish. Byrnes #4 player was not necessarily a dominant force, but she kept balls in play that put Courtney in tough spots to try to set up her shots. She fell behind 1-4 in the first set before making a charge to go up 5-4. Byrnes took 3 of the last 4 games for the first set. Courtney continued to play hard, but struggled to outlast her opponent and Byrnes claimed their third line of the night.
Betsy Creech had a match that had a difficult flow to it due to her senior opponent taking a spill early in the first set which required some medical attention to a scraped up knee. Betsy took advantage of the injury for a while and closed the 1-4 deficit before falling in the first set 4-6 and the third 3-6.
Our last remaining varsity line on the courts was Chandler Green at 2 singles. Chandler battled through a tough first set to come out on top 7-5. She controlled the play of the second set and went out to a 5-2 lead. I crossed my fingers and pulled for her to close it out quickly. Unfortunately, Byrnes senior #2 player went on a brief run and closed the gap to 5-4. Chandler didn't let it bother her. She closed out the next game quickly to claim our second team line win of the match.
We'll be back at practice tomorrow to prepare for our region schedule which starts next week. We travel to Fort Mill next Tuesday and will host Gaffney on Thursday. All matches are important, but region matches determine seeding in the post season and every individual effort will determine our team's success level.
Go Trojans!
Location: Byrnes HS, Duncan SC
Result: Byrnes 4, Northwestern 2
1s: Karmen Redding (B) def Maggie Orr (N) 6-1, 6-0
2s: Chandler Green (N) def Celena Sneddy (B) 7-5, 6-4
3s: Saige Allison (B) def Betsy Creech (N) 6-4, 6-3
4s: Mazie Jasper (B) def Emily Edwards (N) 6-0, 6-0
5s: Jessica Wang (B) def Courtney Cox (N) 7-5, 6-2
1d: DNP
2d: Hillary Tindall/Lauren Cox (N) def Lix Ng/Jaquie Montoya (B) 6-4, 6-2
Record: Northwestern 2-1, Byrnes 2-1
