All Time Record vs. Rochester: 6-2Classic Matches:
Bethany Christian 4, Rochester 1; 2003
My first victory ever as a coach, we got victories at every position except #3 singles. We had switched the lineup for this matchup, moving Seth Troyer from #3 singles to #1 doubles, where he and Jordan Mumaw went on to win an individual Sectional title. Two people also picked up their first varsity wins, Jordan Kauffman and Joe Friesen.
Rochester 3, Bethany Christian 2; 2004
An experienced Zebra squad handed us a third straight defeat to open the 2004 campaign. We squeaked out victories at #1 singles and #3 singles (Joel King and Jordan Kauffman), but they showed experience matters by taking the 2 doubles spots easily with teams fairly intact from the year before.
Top Players over the Years: Carson VandenBossche, Richi Notz, Nate Wottring, Chuck Gibbons, Mason Heyde
Last Season Result: Bethany Christian 4, Rochester 1
Returning Varsity Players:
#2S - Aaron Stuart (lost to Seth Krabill, 1-6, 1-6)
#3S - Jacob Schroder (def. Misha Rebec, 7-6 (5), 6-4)
#1D - Phil Keim?/Cody Hershberger? (lost to Kyle Miller/Austin Loucks, 4-6, 4-6)
#2D - Josh Calhoun (lost to Russell Klassen/Nick Rebec, 2-6, 1-6)
Top Returning JV Players:
#1S - No Name Reported (lost to Matt Ebersole, 9-8 (5))
#2S - No Name Reported (lost to Blake Shetler, 8-1)
#1DJV - No Name Reported (lost to Jake Gerig/Evan Grimes, 8-7(4))
Outlook:
This is a really difficult match to forecast, because I'm not really sure that I have the people coming back right. At the Concord Invite, coaches often don't put the year of their players on their scorecards, and so it is impossible to know who is back and who isn't. I know for sure that Stuart and Schroder should be back, as they were freshman two years ago. But we are strong at #1 and #2 singles next year, so hopefully we can pull out victories there. As with many of our matches, the battles will be in the bottom of the lineup. Which is awesome, it gives incentive for our #3 singles, #2 doubles teams to work hard! I can see us pulling out a victory in this match next year, as our experience in this invitational and with Rochester should help us.
What do you think? Looking forward to playing the Zebras next year? To the Concord Invite in general? Do you have any great memories from the matches over your years? Just want to tell me how awesome the Rochester logo that I made is?