Hixson Sweeps Red Bank!

Normally when I use the term "sweep", I mean that both the Girls and Boys teams won against the same school.  Actually, I think the term is supposed to refer to a team beating another team without losing a match.  Well today, I can use the term in both senses.  The Lady Wildcats did not lose a match against district rival Red Bank today, for a 9-0 sweep.  The boys most likely would have swept too, but I elected to have  my #1 and #2 seeds (Alex Condra & Carl Phillips) not play doubles.    Even with my two best players out of the lineup in doubles, the Wildcats won easily 8-1.

For the girls it was relatively smooth sailing throughout the six singles matches.  I think my #4 and #5  (Emily Gilreath and Maggie Ozborn) seeds each got off to slow starts in their matches, but they both eventually settled down to win comfortably, 8-5.  The only other close match on the girls' side was at #1 doubles.  Although Whitney Clack and Michelle Phillips were the District 6A/AA Girls Doubles Champions last year, they certainly did not play like it today.  Their match was much closer than it should have been, with Hixson prevailing 9-7.

Perhaps the story of the day on the boys side, was just how well all five freshmen played.  Alex Condra and Carl Phillips both played flawless matches to win their debuts at #1 and #2 respectively.  They were both playing seniors, by the way.  Richard Vuong also won his first High School match at the #5 slot.  Having already accumulated enough team points to win the match after singles, I was able to get two more Freshmen some much needed varsity experience.  Ethan Gossett and Landon Goforth made it look easy in the #3 doubles slot, winning 8-1.

All in all a hecuva way to start the season!  Here are the the full results:

Hixson Girls def. Red Bank Girls 9-0

Singles:

Whitney Clack def. Katie Lawson 8-2

Michelle Phillips def. Amee Desai 8-1

Haylee Gossett def. Lynn Tran 8-3

Emily Gilreath def. Julia Reed 8-5

Maggie Ozborn def. Madyson Williams 8-5

Corynne Schannuth def. Taylor Lewis 8-2

Doubles:

Clack/Phillips def. Lawson/Desai 9-7

Gossett/Schannuth def. Tran/Reed 8-0

Gilreath/Ozborn def. Williams/Lewis 8-2

Records:

Hixson: 1-0 (Overall); 1-0 (District 6A/AA)

Red Bank: 0-1 (Overall); 0-1 (District 6A/AA)

Hixson Boys def. Red Bank Boys, 8-1

Singles:

Alex Condra (H) def. Nic Gagliano 8-5

Carl Phillips (H) def. Jonathan Campbell 8-3

Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Mathew Smith 8-4

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Josh Reed 8-1

Richard Vuong (H) def. Tucker Williams 8-2

Rivers DeFries (H) def. Matthew Bryan 8-0

Doubles:

Gagliano/Campbell (RB) def. Nguyen/Vuong 8-6

Lindsey/DeFries (H) def. Smith/Reed 9-8 (7-4)

Ethan Gossett/Landon Goforth (H) def. Williams/Bryan 8-1

Records:

Hixson: 1-0 (Overall); 1-0 (District 6A/AA)

Red Bank: 0-1 (Overall); 0-1 (District 6A/AA)

UP NEXT: Wednesday, March 13 @ Rhea County.  This is a makeup match from Monday.  The same team we played last week in the scrimmage.  My boys should do just as well as they did in the scrimmage, and my girls at full strength should give the Golden Eagles a little more of a fight-- maybe we can even sneak out of Dayton with another Sweep!