With sickness depleting our 14 strong squad, only 10 players made the one and a half hour journey to Westover in Connecticut. The journey was well worth it. Playing on some superb courts, we fought valiantly against Westover 3rd's. Our 5th grade beginners, Ellery, Henry,and Jack together with Hugo, were the first games on. Considering their lack of experience and young age compared with their opponents, they all played very well indeed. Hugo and Jack lost in 3 straight games but both got good points on the board against their opponents. Henry playing with much more confidence this time, narrowly lost the first two games, then won the third and finally lost the last game. It will not be long, however,until Henry gets his first victory. Ellery came even closer to winning her match, only losing out in a close five setter to a very strong opponent. With a little more practice on basic skills and a greater understanding of basic tactics, our younger players will improve tremendously! Apart from Lizzie,playing at #2 against arguably their best player, the rest of our team won their matches. Lizzie went down 3 games to 1, but played very well considering that, unlike the other team members, this was her first competitive game of the season. Alex at #5 is oozing confidence at the moment having discovered another racket sport that he is comfortable with. He dispatched his opponent with very little fuss in three short games. Andrew finally played to his potential, and despite dropping the third set, came through strongly. Denny and Hadley played very confidently this time and easily won their matches in three straight sets. This left Isabel to wrap up the tie, barely allowing her unfortunate opponent a point. We had time to play a few best of three games for our fifth grade beginners and Hugo and then make the long journey home. Thanks again to Sarah Stack for coming along to help coach and advise our players.
#1 Isabel Stack v Grace Buckles W 11-0, 11-4, 11-0
#2 Lizzie Quartararo v Bethaney Simmonds L 8-11, 4-11,11-8,3-11
#3 Hadley Stack v Sarah Kruger W 11-5,11-6,11-6
#4 Denny Smythe v Sarah Boyadjin W 11-9, 11-4, 11-6
#5 Alex Quartararo v Emma Volovski W 11-1, 11-6, 11-8
#6 Andrew Colangelo v Alanna Fitts W 11-1, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9
#7 Ellery Smith v Milcah Zeudie L 4-11, 1-11, 11-9, 11-7, 3-11
#8 Henry THomas v Tenzin Laing L 10-12, 10-12, 11-7, 3-11
#9 Hugo Wasserman v Xufei Yang L 6-11, 5-11, 9-11
#10 Jack Bowmar v Ji Wan Park L 2-11, 3-11, 7-11
Final Score: Westover 5 DDS 5
Additional Games
Ellery Smith v Anna Eggert L 6-11, 4-11
Henry Thomas v Alu Pape L 12-14, 8-11, 9-11
Hugo Wasserman v Jillian Verzino L 14-16, 8-11
Jack Bowmar v Katie Hedbery L 7-11, 4-11
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