Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Trojans Drop to Third Place tie with Loss to Fort Mill

I told the boys after the 2-5 loss tonight at Fort Mill that we need to be big time Nation Ford fans for the day tomorrow while we focus on defeating Gaffney. The current region standings have Nation Ford in first place (8-1), Fort Mill in second (7-2), Northwestern & Clover in third (5-4). Nation Ford plays Fort Mill, we go to Gaffney, and Clover hosts York in the final region matches of 2010.

Tonights match had two highlights for us. First was that Hunter Love (pictured) played as well as he has all season in a grudge match against Lovin from Fort Mill. Hunter had lost in their previous meeting in straight sets & was determined to return the favor. Boy, did he ever. He dominated from the first point to the last as he claimed a 6-1, 6-3 victory for the Trojans.

Our undefeated doubles team of Collins Mauldin and Michael Baldwin stayed perfect as a pair this season. Huckaby & Bullard of Fort Mill are good doubles players, but in the end the cohesiveness of our guys paid off as they claimed 1 out of two tiebreakers in the end for our second point.

Mission at hand is Gaffney. We need to take care of business there to insure we are at least tied with Clover for third. After that, we'll say our prayers for Nation Ford as I have no idea how the tiebreaker will work out in the end if Fort Mill & Nation Ford are both 8-2 and Clover & us are both 6-4.

Go Trojans!

Location: Fort Mill
Result: Fort Mill 5, Northwestern 2

Singles
1- Tyler Davis def Seth Russell 6-3, 6-4
2- Kyle Patterson def Drayton Wade 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
3- Hunter Love (N) def Chase Lovin 6-1, 6-3
4- Andres Leon def John Clark 6-0, 6-2
5- Alex Masters def Jordan Beaver 6-3, 3-6, 10-7

Doubles
1- Davis/Leon def Russell/Love 8-4
2- Collins Mauldin/Michael Baldwin (N) def Clay Bullard/Cory Huckaby 6-2, 6-7, 10-6