Varsity girls tennis faces defeat against LSN
Andrea Sessions, News Editor
September 2, 2010
Filed under Girls Tennis, Sports
The day after playing Lee’s Summit High School, the girls varsity tennis team faced off against the Lee’s Summit North Tigers which ended in defeat for a second time at home. Although the girls’ scores improved slightly from the day before, the end results of both Wednesday’s and Thursday’s game mimicked each other exactly, with a 1-4 score for singles and a score of 0-3 for doubles.
Sophomore Lauren Cook held her own in her intense singles match as all the teammates and coaches from both sides gathered around silently, waiting to see who would take the win. Cook finished ahead, 10-6, and remained the only varsity girl to win.
Cook said that her thoughts going into the game were that she really wanted to do well.
“I think we did good for playing who we played,” Cook said. “I think we all could have won if we had played an easier team.”
Junior Taylor Lind said she didn’t know what would happen or what to expect from the game.
“I was extremely nervous,” Lind said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been that nervous.”
Senior Megan Ford, who said she’d rather the girls took things from Wednesday’s game and put it in the past, also said the team definitely improved in Thursday’s game. She said that both Lee’s Summit and Lee’s Summit North have always been tough to beat.
“We had some close matches,” Ford said. “With a little more practice we could definitely beat them.”
Regarding what the girls need to work on, Ford said communication is a big thing in doubles and staying more focused in singles is important as well.
Junior Courtney Clear said they also need to improve on winning deuces since they did poorly.
“We did better than yesterday, but we still can improve,” Clear said.
Coach Andrew Mullen also had some things he felt the team needs to focus on. This included working on consistency, getting to the ball and serves.
“Serves are bad news right now,” Mullen said.
Mullen said that despite the less than exciting scoreboard, it shows the places the team needs improvement.
“I was very happy with the way the Belton girls conduct themselves,” Mullen said.
Mullen said the team left him impressed considering the fact that half the team had never played a match before.
The team will get the chance to gain even more experience this weekend at the Lee’s Summit tournament.
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