Story by Coach
Chambers
Thursday evening, the CHS girls' tennis team hosted
a small crew of players from Trenton. The stomach flu hit the Lady
Bulldogs this week, causing them to only field 7 players at the CHS
dual. All the varsity Lady Hornets started off really strong in
doubles. The #1 pair of Lexy Smith and Lydia Bonderer dominated on
court 1. In fact, during one of the opening points, Chillicothe hit
a killer net volley, and the Trenton opponents were heard saying,
"Wow! That was beautiful. I don't even know where that went. That
was so good!" The rest of the match continued in that manner with
Smith and Bonderer winning quickly. On court 2 beside them, senior
pair Summer Gatson and Rian Mathews played a bit longer but
eventually won by a commanding score as well. On court 3, senior
Trixie Leppin played tough, strong tennis, but her knee injury
flared up again mid-match during a tie score. Her partner, junior
Anya Moore, stepped up big time for the pair by covering 80% of the
court for the rest of the match while Leppin focused on her corner
and delivering strong serves that won lots of points. The
combination of Moore's running and Leppin's consistent serves proved
successful in the come-from-behind win.
In Singles, Smith, Bonderer, Gatson, and Moore
all soared through their matches winning quickly and easily. Coach
Chambers was glad to see everyone playing top tier tennis as they
head into their final week of conference play next week. Gatson had
a tougher match in her #3 singles match that was very evenly
back-and-forth. Gatson's experience and mental toughness proved the
winning combo to eventually battle to a close win. Finally, on the
#5 singles court, freshman Isabel Nagel had to substitute for the
injured Leppin. That proved to be another neck-and-neck match, but
Nagel adjusted well to the lob hits she was receiving and finally
put together back-to-back games to end the match. The coaches were
proud to see how adaptable and flexible everyone was, which made it
possible for the team to sweep Trenton.
Results were as follows:
#1 Doubles -- Smith & Bonderer won 8-1 over Katy Simpson & Kylee
Corwin
#2 Doubles -- Gatson & Mathews won 8-3 over Addison Wehar & Emma
Lowrey
#3 Doubles -- Leppin & Moore won 8-6 over Kennedy Cross & Harley
Parkhurst
#1 Singles -- Smith won 8-2 over Simpson
#2 Singles -- Bonderer won 8-0 over Corwin
#3 Singles -- Gatson won 9-7 over Wehar
#4 Singles -- Mathews won 8-1 over Lowrey
#5 Singles -- Nagel won 8-6 over Cross
#6 Singles -- Moore won 8-1 over Parkhurst
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