Williamston Invitational
Posted on May 11, 2008
Filed Under Girl's Tennis, Tournaments
The Williamston Hornets tennis team hosted a three team invitational on Saturday, May 10, 2008. The visiting teams were 10th ranked Jackson Lumen Christi and Essexville-Garber. The Hornets won the tournament with 12 points, Jackson Lumen Christi finished second with 7 points and Essexville-Garber had 5 points.
The tournament format was a round robin in which each team’s flight played the other two teams’ flights so it was a double dual tournament as well. In the dual match ups Williamston defeated Jackson Lumen Christi 6-2 and Essexville-Garber by the same 6-2 score.
The faces of the Hornets’ tennis players were tired but they displayed the satisfaction that comes from winning a tough tournament following CAAC championship match play just the day before. “The girls were all pretty worn out,” said Coach Steve Stanley. “When we originally scheduled our Invitational the league championships were supposed to be on Thursday, giving us a day to rest. When they moved them to Friday I knew this would be a grueling phase of our schedule,” he continued.
“This is what the state finals are like, though,” added assistant coach Dan Slider. “You play two tough matches on Friday and then have to come right back to play the finals the next morning. The girls showed they have the mental and physical toughness that it takes to win under those conditions,” he said.
Winning the gold medals for the Hornets by finishing first in their flights were Tiffany Ash at one singles, Allyson Nash at two singles, Anya Nikolai and Gabby Meijer at number one doubles, Sandra Suryak and Katherine Noren at number two doubles, Olivia Green and Erin Donovan at number three doubles, and Erin Graham and Aubree Barton at number four doubles. Placing third for the Hornets were Mattie Nelson at number three singles and Miranda Vorce at number four singles.
The Hornets are now 13-2 overall and 4-0 in conference play.
Prep Tennis: Williamston Invitational
Team scores:
Invitational results:
Williamston 12, Jackson Lumen Christi 7, Essexville-Garber 5.
Dual match results:
Williamston 6, Jackson Lumen Christi 2
Williamston 6, Essexville-Garber 2
Jackson Lumen Christi 5, Essexville Garber 3
Singles: Ash (W) d. Griffin (J) 6-0, 6-0; Nash (W) d. Fodor 6-1, 6-2; Berkerneier (J) d. Goldstein (E) 7-5, 6-2; McHugh (J) d. Freed (E) 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles: Meijer-Nikolai (W) d. Dardas-Piorkowski (E) 6-1, 3-6, 6-6(4); Noren-Suryak (W) d. Hunter-Schubert (E) 6-2, 6-1; Donovan-Green (W) d. Brewster-Kennedy (J) 6-0, 6-2; Barton-Graham (W) d. Monville-Studley (E) 6-4, 6-2.
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