Tiger Cub tennis edges Mounties

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Greencastle girls' tennis team slipped past Southmont 3-2 Tuesday night, with the match coming down to the No. 2 singles matchup.

The Tiger Cubs Marta Torre was coming off an injury but roared back after losing her first set 4-6 to capture the win. She won the second set 6-4 and the third 6-1 to secure the victory for the Tiger Cubs.

"When you try to create things, if you're the aggressor, and you try to force points, sometimes it backfires," GHS head coach Trish Lowe explained. "Sometimes when a player is content to sit back and just get the ball in play, it forces the other person to try to be aggressive. I like to think we try to be aggressive.

Marta Torre

"I felt like tonight Marta was not the aggressor. She just got the ball in play and it would work for her. The other girls would try to force a points and she would make an error. Because of Marta's ability to keep the ball in play, she won the match for us," Lowe commented

At No. 1 singles, Kelsey Hennette remains a perfect 7-0 after downing the Mounties Ashley Richardson 6-3 and 6-1.

Kate Babbington struggled at No. 3 singles for GHS, as she dropped her contest with Aubrey Gillology 3-6 and 3-6.

The No. 1 doubles duo of Savanna Provine and Carol LaFoe made short work of Southmont's Whaller and Rush, picking up the victory 6-1 and 6-1. Kristen Flint and Emma Kaiser struggled to find their game throughout the match in the No. 2 doubles. After winning the first set 7-6 (7-3), they lost the two remaining sets 6-2 and 6-1.

The results for the GHS doubles teams were like night and day, but Lowe saw areas improvement for both squads.

"I think No. 1 doubles won easily and Savannah had an awesome serve, but their ground strokes were not pretty. Flint and Kaiser seemed to be battling from behind the whole time," she said.

Picking up singles wins for the GHS junior varsity squad was Aubrey Merrell, Chelsea Samuels and Hilary Schroeder. In doubles, Katie Collins, Bridget Tucker, Brooke Buckner and Katrina Woody all picked up wins.

At Southmont

Greencastle 3, Southmont 2

Singles -- Hennette (GHS) vs. Richardson (S), 6-3, 6-1; Torre (GHS) def. Wheeler (S) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Gillology (S) def. Babington (GHS) 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles --LaFoe/Provine (GHS) def. Rush/Whaller (S) 6-1, 6-1; Moore/WIninger (S) def. Flint/Kaiser (GHS) 6-7 (7-3), 6-2, 6-1.

JV results

Crawfordsville 4, Greencastle 2

Singles --Merrell (GHS) def. Dossett (S) 9-8 (7-5); Samuels (GHS) def. Fisher 8-2; Southmont #3 (S) def. Farris (GHS) 8-5, Schroeder (GHS) def. Lichtenwalter 8-3;

Doubles -- Collins/Tucker (GHS) def. Keller/Powell (S) 8-4. Rippey/Bowman (S) def. Elliott/Kean (GHS) 8-3; Ames/Basey (S) def. Homes/Kenney (GHS) 8-6; Buckner/Woody (GHS) def. Farris/Arts (S) 8-5.

Next match -- Greencastle will host North Montgomery at 4:30 p.m. today.

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