Williamston vs. East Lansing
Posted on April 2, 2008
Filed Under Girl's Tennis, Matches
The East Lansing Trojan girls’ tennis team traveled to Williamston and left with a solid 6-2 victory over the Lady Hornets. “This was a great test for our team,” said Hornet coach Steve Stanley, “East Lansing is a great Division 2 tennis team from top to bottom. They are very well coached and have a lot of players who belong to a tennis club. So it was a great measure of where we are and what we have to do to get better.”
The two really bright spots for the match were the number one and number three doubles teams. Sarah Vogel, senior captain and her partner sophomore Anya Nikolai had to play their best to come out victorious in a tight 6-3, 6-4 match. “They were good,” said Sarah, “but we played smart and found a way to win it.” Senior Olivia Green and sophomore Erin Donovan also notched a victory at number three doubles with the same score, 6-3, 6-4. “The first two games we were just in awe of how good they were,” said Erin Donovan, “then Olivia just said, ‘Hey, we can win this’ and we settled down and played great.”
Tiffany Ash lost at number one singles 6-0, 7-6(2). “Tiffany really started hitting the ball hard in the second set and really gave her senior opponent a run for it,” said Coach Stanley. “That was a great effort. Tiffany was coiling and getting excellent rotation on her ground strokes,” he added.
Allyson Nash, hitting at second singles lost 6-0, 6-1. Miranda Vorce lost at three singles, 6-0, 6-0. Cassy Voss lost at four singles, 6-1, 6-3. The number two doubles team of seniors Sandra Suryak and Katherine Noren, put up a fight but succumbed, 6-2, 6-4. Also, losing for the Hornets was the number four doubles team of junior Erin Graham and sophomore Aubree Barton, 6-0, 6-2.
The Hornet junior varsity squad traveled to East Lansing and returned with a hard fought victory 5-3. “The star of the match was Gabby Meijer at number two singles,” said junior varsity coach John Bragle. “She came back so many times I thought she was a letter with insufficient postage,” he laughed. “Gabby lost the first set 6-4 and was behind in the second but fought back to force a tie break and then winning it 7-6(4) to force a third set super tiebreak,” he added. Gabby then clinched the victory by winning the super tiebreak 10-7. Not be outdone, the Hornet’s number three singles player Gilly Cobb took her match to three sets as well winning 6-4, 4-6, 10-6. “Gilly just played every point and really showed me something today,” said Coach Bragle. Also winning matches for the Hornets were the doubles teams of Erica Krantz-Kourtnee Barton at number one doubles, 0-6, 6-3, 10-4 and Ali Wallace-Carrie Donohoe at number two, 6-1, 6-3; and number four doubles Andrea Krantz-Kelsey Ellsworth 4-6, 6-4, 10-3. Losing matches for the Hornets were Audrey Porter at number one singles 6-2, 6-0; Jacqui Schrote at number four singles 6-2, 6-2; and Casey Shipman-Annelise McGoff at number three doubles 6-2, 6-1. Winning exhibition matches for the Hornets were Caroline Lupini (two matches), and the doubles team of Caitlin Geyer-Kathryn Kendall also winning two matches. Losing an exhibition match was the doubles team of Callie Risch-Amber Wilson-Daeschlein.
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