Thursday, March 11, 2010

Match v. Fort Mill Cancelled Tonight

Due to inclement weather, our match at Fort Mill has been cancelled.

This match will not be rescheduled since we are scheduled to play Fort Mill next Saturday March 20th in the Trojan/Stallion Invitational at 9:00AM and again on April 20th at 5:00PM. The tournament match will count as our first region match against Fort Mill.

The April 20th match will now be played at Fort Mill since they are playing at our courts in the tournament.

Next week is looking like good weather and we'll need it as we have 5 matches to play. We'll travel Tuesday to Nation Ford and then host Clover on Thursday. The Trojan/Stallion Invitational will put us against Byrnes HS at 2:00 PM on Friday. We'll have the tournament banquet at 8:00PM that night and play Fort Mill in the morning. The finals round will put us against either South Pointe, York, or Westside HS at 2:00PM on Saturday.

Go Trojans!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Trojans get off to Good Start to the Regular Season

Our trip over to South Pointe was a pleasant one for the Trojans tonight. I was happy that we were able to claim all the matches and do so by playing our style and not letting up after we got big leads. I'm really looking forward to the next few matches against our region opponents, starting with Fort Mill on Thursday.

Hunter Love dropped 2 games in the first set before posting a shutout in the second at #2 singles and claimed the first line for us tonight.

The #2 doubles team of Collins Mauldin & Michael Baldwin dropped a game per set tonight and were the second team off the courts with a victory.

Drayton Wade had little trouble at #3 singles tonight and was able to claim a 6-0, 6-1 win for our third win of the night.

Jordan Beaver also only dropped one game in taking a 6-1, 6-0 victory at #5 singles. Jordan's win clinched the team victory tonight.

Seth Russell had little trouble tonight at #1 singles and controlled the pace of the match from beginning to end. His 6-1, 6-1 win gave us our 5th win of the night.

John Clark had some long points that made his match last longer than any of the initial 6 matches. His score was slanted in his favor heavily, but the points took good patience to control.

With the match in hand, we played a proset for the #1 doubles point. Jordan and Hunter were paired together and easily dismantled the South Pointe team 8-0.

Fort Mill is the next team on our radar and it will take a total team effort to take down the Yellow Jackets at their courts, where they have not dropped a region match in the last three seasons. We have the talent to make that happen this year, but it will only be possible with consistent good play from top to bottom as we had tonight.

Go Trojans!

Box Score:

Location: South Pointe
Result: Northwestern 7, South Pointe 0

1s: Seth Russell (N) def Ian Sanford 6-1, 6-1
2s: Hunter Love (N) def Jonathan Hoover 6-2, 6-0
3s: Drayton Wade (N) def Preston Darby 6-0, 6-1
4s: Johnathan Clark (N) def Conner McCoy 6-0, 6-1
5s: Jordan Beaver (N) def Cody Deyton 6-1, 6-0

1d: Love/Beaver (N) def Sanford/Hoover 8-0
2d: Michael Baldwin/Collins Mauldin (N) def Lukas Faris/Jake Mitchell 6-1, 6-1

Records: Northwestern 1-0, South Pointe 0-1