It was a really interesting day against Northridge Middle School. We had only two practices and a grand total of zero players who have taken lessons, outside of the one who has come to Bethany's summer "Bright Time" camp. And yet, we had a very successful day on the courts.The most encouraging matches were turned in by 6th grader Thomas Schlabach and 7th grader Ethan Miller. Both were playing singles, at the #2 singles and #3 singles spots. Both were the only ones to win their first round matches, which pitted the best from Northridge against the best that we had available to play.
I say that we had available to play because a full 16 of our players weren't able to make the trip, as they were participating in the MS drama and had to stay back. It will be exciting to have the full compliment of players soon.
As the day wore on, players got to play second round matches as well, and the wins started to be more regular as players found opponents that they matched up well with. Tanner Fervida and Young Kwang Sun enjoyed a fun second doubles match in which they took a nice lead, only to see it slowly whittled away, before finally overcoming their opponents.
As people got into third match-ups, we began to win quite easily. Almost every player ended up winning one of their matches on the day. That is great, because we fielded a young team made up completely of 6th and 7th graders. There is great potential in a lot of these players, and I can't wait to see them continue tennis!
Scores
#1S - Sol Brenneman (7) - 1-8
#2S - Thomas Schlabach (6) - 8-5
#3S - Ethan Miller (7) - 8-6
#4S - Jack Erlacher (6) - 2-8
#5S - Jack Erlacher (6) - 6-1
#6S - Tanner Fervida (7) - 6-2
#7S - Young Kwang Sun (7) - 6-0
#1D - Trent Yoder (7)/Cristian Romero (7) - 0-8
#2D - Tanner Fervida (7)/Young Kwang Sun (7) - 1-8
#3D - Alex Reinhardt (6)/Ian Bomberger (6) - 0-8
#4D - Neel Bhagat (7)/Aadarsh Patel (6) - 2-8
#5D - Dylan Clark (6)/Elijah Lora (6) - 1-8
#6D - Trent Yoder (7)/Cristian Romero (7) - 8-0
#7D - Tanner Fervida (7)/Young Kwang Sun (7) - 8-5
#8D - Alex Reinhardt (6)/Ian Bomberger (6) - 3-6
#9D - Dylan Clark (6)/Elijah Lora (6) - 3-8
#10D - Neel Bhagat (7)/Aadarsh Patel (6) - 6-0
#11D - Sol Brenneman (7)/Ethan Miller (7) - 6-1
#12D - Trent Yoder (7)/Cristian Romero (7) - 6-2
#13D - Sol Brenneman (7)/Ethan Miller (7) - 6-0
#14D - Alex Reinhardt (6)/Ian Baumgartner (6) - 6-0
#15D - Neel Bhagat (7)/Aadarsh Patel (6) - 5-4