The match against East Lansing has been postponed from April 1, to April 22nd. Also, the locations have switched, Varsity will now play in Williamston and JV in East Lansing. Lastly, the Charlotte team only has four JV players so only 1 and 2 singles and number 1 doubles from JV will play on Monday.
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
The Williamston high school girls’ tennis team began their defense of the Division 4 championship with a solid 6-2 victory over the DeWitt Panthers on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at DeWitt. “It was a good start,” said sophomore Leah Vargovich, who along with her doubles partner, Cara Steinberg, won their number four doubles match 6-3, 6-2.
“I think we were all eager to get the season underway,” said Aubree Barton, “We were getting tired of practicing and playing points against each other. She and Erin Graham are playing number three doubles this season after reaching the finals at the state championships last year at number four doubles. They won their match 6-3, 6-3.
Anya Nikolai and Mattie Nelson won their number one doubles match 6-3, 6-0. “One of the DeWitt girls had a really big serve and that took a little getting used to, but once we found our rhythm I knew we were going to be okay,” said Anya.
Tiffany Ash, returning for her third straight season as the number one singles player cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win. “It was really windy out there today, but I just played my game and came away with a victory.”
Freshman Claire Cooper made an impressive debut at number two singles by defeating her opponent 6-1, 6-2. “It was fun playing tennis as a member of team,” she said. “I play USTA matches and there isn’t any coaching in those so it is different. I think it will be a great season.”
“I was very pleased with everyone’s effort today,” said varsity coach Steve Stanley. “I was especially impressed with Gabby’s (Meijer) comeback win at number three singles.” Gabby lost the first set 6-1, then came back to win the next two sets 6-1, 6-4. “It was windy and I struggled with my serve but I figured out what I was doing and fixed it, she said. “Then I realized I wasn’t volleying to a corner when I was at the net. Instead I just hit it right back to my opponent and she either passed me or lobbed over my head. Once I fixed those two things I was able to turn the match around,” she concluded.
Erin Donovan and Audrey Porter lost their number two doubles match in three sets. “The girls we played against were very consistent and we just struggled with our serves,” said Erin. Erica Krantz lost her number four singles match 6-3, 6-4.
The Lady Hornets are home for a scrimmage against Grand Ledge on Thursday and play Charlotte also at home on Monday, March 30th.
The girls tennis junior varsity hosted DeWitt on the same day and came away with the same result, a hard fought, 6-2 victory. “So far, so good,” said junior varsity coach Phil Brillantes. “Five of the eight matches went three sets, which is like going into overtime in other sports,” he added. “The girls fought hard and pulled out victories in four of those five three set matches. Our number one doubles team of Amber Wilson-Daeschlein and Andrea Krantz were behind 0-5 in the second set and fought back to win that set 7-5 and then win the third set 6-3. That was a great effort.” he concluded.
The results were: 1st Singles – Gill Cobb won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4); 2nd Singles – Annie McGoff won 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3; 3rd Singles – Ali Wallace won 6-2, 6-0; 4th Singles – Bri O’Toole lost 2-6, 0-6.
1st Doubles – Amber Wilson-Daeschlein/ Andrea Krantz won 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; 2nd Doubles – Kelsey Ellsworth/ Caitlin Geyer won 6-4, 6-0; 3rd Doubles – Carrie Donohoe/Mallory Hoffman won 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; 4th Doubles – Callie Risch/ Amy Paruk lost 6-4, 6-7 (4), 3-6,
Winning exhibition matches for the Hornets were Ruby Smith in singles 6-2 and Rebecca Kost and Georgia Bayerl in doubles 6-2. Also playing for the Hornets in exhibition losses were Caroline Lupine, Calli Campbell and Amber Smith.