How Sweep It Is!

For the first time this season our tennis teams managed a sweep! Both our boys and girls teams won easily. The girls even managed a win while forfeiting #6 singles and #3 doubles, because Ashton Summers and Caroline Daugherty were both absent. None of the girls who played lost. The boys won five of six singles matches and took another in doubles. I was able to give George and Dylan the day off in doubles, and Russ Rebennack and Alex Shufford (pictured below) played admirably in their first real match together at #3. They lost 8-5, but in order to get the matches done a little sooner, they actually played Lookout Valley's #2 team.



It's great to win, but it is even better to improve. I know our kids can get a little discouraged when they look at our won/loss record, but here's positive proof that we have improved: Last year our boys got blown out by Lookout Valley 7-0. Christian Eaves beat George Ozborn 6-0 (we played abbreviated pro sets due to the weather), today he was up 3-1, although Eaves didn't allow him to win another game, the score looks more lopsided than it was. I think he lost three games in row at deuce. A couple of points here or there, and George pulls this match out. Corey Phillips beat a guy today 8-3 that he lost to a year ago 6-3. Huge improvement. The guy Dylan Millwood beat today 8-4 beat our #2 last year 6-3 (Dylan played #4 in the match last year!). I am really proud of this bunch.

Here are the results:

Hixson Girls Defeat Lookout Valley Girls 7-2

Girls Singles:

Allison Cowart (H) def. Torey Yates 8-6
Candace Cline (H) def. Hope Gibson 8-1
Whitney Clack (H) def. Jessi Lowrance 8-1
Torey Hart (H) def. Hayley Brown 8-0
Kayla Morgan (H) def. Coti San 8-5
Brooklynn Burleson (LV) won by forfeit

Girls Doubles:

Cline/Clack (H) def. Gibson/Brown 8-1
Cowart/Hart (H) def. Burleson/Charis Dowell 8-2
San/Lawrence (LV) won by forfeit

Hixson Boys defeat Lookout Valley Boys 6-3

Boys Singles:

Christian Eaves (LV) def. George Ozborn 8-3
Dylan Millwood (H) def. Clayton Fuller 8-4
Corey Phillips (H) def. David Jones 8-3
Eric Barr (H) def. Mathew Dillard 8-1
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Sam Hartley 8-3
Jae Yoo (H) def. Katyen Tweedy 8-0

Boys Doubles:

Eaves/Fuller (LV) def. Phillips/Barr 8-1
Craft/Yoo (H) def. Hartley/Tweedy 8-0
Jones/Dillard (LV) def. Russ Rebennack/Alex Shuford 8-5

Up Next: East Hamilton on Monday @ 3:30pm @ the Racquet Club. The weather does not look good, but hopefully we'll get this one in as it is a district match. the boys will have their hands full, but if all my girls show up, we might snag a second "W" in a row!