A Hard Fought Split.

Under summer-like conditions we met up with East Hamilton today at the Racquet Club to play a match that had been postponed due to Rain last week. The Hurricanes showed today why they are the team of the future in our district for the boys, as they almost managed to score a victory over us with their top 4 seeds missing. Our program still has some catching up to do, and I think our boys are beginning to really understand this.

Today's team match came down to the #2 Doubles which was still the last match going with the Wildcats dead even with Hurricanes at 4 wins apiece. My second and third seed doubles teams were both playing up today. I had decided this heading into the match, for two reasons. First, Eric & Corey and Jae & Jonathan will all be playing doubles in the upcoming District Tournament. So going up against a tough opponent in East Hamilton, I wanted to take advantage of this and have them play the best possible competition today. I also wanted to allow my #7 & 8 seeds some more match experience. Corey & Eric took care of business, while Russ & Alex played well in a losing cause. That left it all up to Jonathan & Jae. They were the last ones to finish in singles, so they were the last to go on in doubles. They played a near flawless match and won easily 8-3 to seal the victory-- our third district win.

On the girls side of the house, once again I had attendance issues. Two of my top three girls are involved with the Hixson Spring Choir Concert, and could only play singles, while two others were absent. Heading into the match down three is a serious uphill battle. We managed two wins in singles, but could muster no more. Here are the results:

East Hamilton Girls Defeat Hixson Girls 7-2

Girls Singles Results:

Allison Cowart (H) def. Abigail Ware 8-2
Candace Cline (H) def. Ashley River 8-5
Gabrielle Fern (EH) def. Ashton Summers 8-0
Katie Loftin (EH) def. Whitney Clack 8-4
Kayla Dyer (EH) def. Torey Hart 8-3
Paige Clark (EH) won by forfeit

Girls Doubles Results:

Ware/River (EH) def. Cowart/Hart 8-4
Clark/Ally Crum (EH) won by forfeit
Joanna Tang/Niki Legac (EH) won by forfeit

Hixson Boys Defeat East Hamilton Boys 5-4

Singles Results:

Tej Dhond (EH) def. George Ozborn 8-6
Dylan Millwood (H) def. Randsom Mark 8-6
David Templeton (EH) def. Corey Phillips 8-5
Eric Barr (H) def. River Mark 8-5
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Matt Sayne 8-1
Hunter Delaney (EH) def. Jae Yoo 8-4

Boys Doubles Results:

Phillips/Barr (H) def. Ryan Williamson/Chang Lee 8-5
Craft/Yoo (H) def. Templeton/River Mark 8-5
Tyler Simpson/Matt Sayne (EH) def. Russ Rebennack/Alex Shuford 8-4

Up Next: Our last regular season match is the continuance of our Red Bank Match which was shortened due to inclement weather last week. We are very much in the hunt for a win on the boys side. Play will start at 3:30pm at the Racquet Club.