SC v NC Border Challenge - Day 1

Day 1 of our hosted tournament was 2/3 of a success. We finished off Piedmont in just under 2 hours and Marvin Ridge swept Fort Mill in about the same time. Unfortunately, Nation Ford and Butler had most of their matches nearing an end to their first sets when lightning struck just north of the school. That match was suspended and will be completed first thing in the morning.

I was fairly pleased with our results tonight. We had an outmatched opponent & we put them away like we should. I am really pleased that we have already played two scrimmages so that the nerves of competing against a new opponent are minimalized. I'm sure Caroline was dissapointed in her result, but I told her afterwards that I was super proud of how hard she fought against a much older player from Piedmont.

I would have to say that the player of the day for Northwestern was Emily Edwards. Emily played her first singles match of this year for us after playing some singles, but mostly doubles, last year. She hit the ball very clean tonight & made several great hussle plays that made me smile. (Emily - Sorry, but I had to use last year's picture)

The Nation Ford / Butler delay will throw a slight kink in tommorrow's schedule. I texted the captains to communicate to our team that our 2nd match time will be delayed 30 minutes. Clearly, I understand that the girls want to get to the football game at 4. However, we need to be respectful of the schools we have asked to spend their Saturday with us & give some rest time to Butler who now has to play 2 1/2 matches in 5 1/2 hours.

The new match times are posted below the box scores for tommorrow.

Go Trojans!

Day 1 Results - SC v NC Border Challenge

Location: Northwestern HS, Rock Hill SC

Result #1
Northwestern 5, Piedmont 1
1s: Chandler Green def Sarah Venn 6-1, 6-0
2s: Betsy Creech def Edy Kemo 6-2, 6-3
3s: Alexis Peddy def Sarah Headley 6-2, 6-0
4s: Emily Edwards def Grace Brooks 6-0, 6-1
5s: Hannah Venn (P) def Caroline Herron 4-6, 6-2, 10-7

1d: DNP
2d: Courtney Cox/Lauren Cox def Miranda Leazer/Megan Brewer 8-0

Result #2
Marvin Ridge 6, Fort Mill 0
1s: Mariel Finery def Mady Katz 6-3, 6-0
2s: Paige Nestor def Kayla Blakeley 6-0, 6-0
3s: Hannah Florian def Ali Jensen 6-2, 6-2
4s: Minali Nigam def Persephone McCollough 6-0, 6-3
5s: Hannah Farley def Addie Brown 6-0, 6-0

1d: DNP
2d: Danielle David/Robyn Buchanan def Reagan Paff/Laina Touchberry 8-2

Result #3

Nation Ford v. Butler - Suspended due to lightning

Schedule for Sat 8/28:

8:00 Nation Ford v Butler (Resume match from 8/27)
9:00 Northwestern v Marvin Ridge
11:00 Fort Mill v Butler
11:30 Nation Ford v Piedmont
1:30 Northwestern v Butler
3:00 Fort Mill v Piedmont
3:30 Nation Ford v Marvin Ridge