The Simsmore 2.5 ladies knew they were going to face some stiff competition from Canton, since they had lost earlier in the season to them back at home in Simsbury. Now, they had to face them again at their facility and comfort zone, with their coach watching and clapping for them.
Simsmore D2 had a new paring with Sophia joining Heidi. They used their size advantage to force the action at the net, and Canton kept getting stuck at the baseline. Before even 30 minutes had passed, they were up 4-0. Canton made one surge at the end of the first set by breaking Heidi’s serve once, but Simsmore broke right back and kept up the pressure with very consistent strokes by Heidi and some powerful forehands by Sophia to close the set 6-2. After that, the confidence and momentum was all on Simsmore’s side, and they made quick work of the 2nd set. Sophia’s family arrived just in time to see them close it out 6-0 and finish their match first.
Nice solid victory today against FF. They had a lot of trouble fielding a team, only 3 lines contested, but good for us to win two of them. Jason lost 10-7 in a 3rd set tiebreaker at S1. But Aram and Mike K won in straight sets at D1 and Len and Mark won in straight sets at D2. Special thanks to JonS, Lowell, and Jeff for also being available today. As it turns out I was available also, but no credit is awarded because it was after the fact!
So now we are champs, heading to districts! A well earned visit. Thanks Jeff for the good lineups.
Between now and then we have two more matches, both against Pinewoods. Last weekend in March and the first weekend in April. They’ve been competitive with the other three teams this season. We’re stronger than them, but we still have to prove it on the court.
Congratulations to our two winning lines from yesterday’s match!
Lisa @ S2 & Karen & Jennifer @ D3!
I’m sorry I had to leave before Lisa was off the court, but it sounds as though she gave it all she had & in her words “crawled off the court” after a third set tie-breaker! Although I’m sure she’d agree the win is usually worth the pain!
We were all there to congratulate Karen & Jen on their success, quite handily as well! It appears they work great together & are quite a duo!
Laura @ S1 had an amazing match against another 3.5 player, winning the second set without giving her opponent a game! It came down to a third set tie-breaker which her opponent squeaked out the final points! Challenging to play in between a “two” Bar Mitzvah day!
Liz & I @ D1 had a tough match with some good points which were not reflective of our scores! We’d love a rematch, but they’ll be playing 3.5!
DiAnne & Michele @ D2 had a great match with very close scores @ 4-6 4-6! They’re nicely matched as teammates & played as Claudia has taught “the front person driving the bus”! A few issues occured on their court that heated up the afternoon & appear were “lessons learned” for all of us in terms of court rules! I’ll do some research, since most are not addressed in the short version of our rules and get firm answers on the following…
This was not an easy match today against the Veldman Canton Team. They look to be the second place team.
We managed to win 2 of 3 positions maintaining our undefeated record. Carolyn and Aram lost 7-6:7-6 against Craig Cutler who was just too crafty. Carolyn C and Greg won in doubles 2 and Kim and Jason won in line 3. Welcome to team Jason Lenore and congratulations on your win.
-Reported by Captain Carolyn Lee
We took 3/5. All doubles lines won. singles weren’t so lucky but they had great matches. Their results don’t show it.
Penny and Pam won 6/1, 6/4. Marianne and Angela won in 2 tie breaks. Rachel and Charlotte won in 2 sets. Stephanie got to play the personnel trainer that got every single ball hit to her, yes it was ugly but Stephanie played great. Lisa had a great match at S1. The girl she played was ranked a 3.5 and gave Lisa a run for her money. It was down to the very last point and it ended in the ball hitting the net and dribbling over to end the match.
Our next match is March 6 at home against Farmington Valley.
Doubles at 1:00 and singles at 3:00. We only have 3 matches left and we need to win at least 2 lines each match to make it to Districts.
I am happy to report that the Perfect Racquets put one in the W column last evening. Thank you to all that played and to the friends that cheered us on.
S1 Audra took out Maxine in a match tie-break. She arrived at the club looking a bit under the weather and taking motrin, not a good sign I thought. Oh how wrong I was…
S2 Catherine won easily in two sets. She was very composed, the ground stokes were beautiful! Her opponent spent lots of time shaking her head wondering what she should do next!
D1 Geri and Deanna played a very challenging team…We had moments of splendor and some of disaster trying to get it going. We fought hard and just could not get ahead!
D2 Kim and Jeanne also fought hard. The points that I was able to catch looked great with Kim and Jeanne all over the court…Next time gals…
D3 Heidi and Julie P. won easily in two sets. They were simply too strong for their opponents…Way to go gals.
Our next match is March 13. Let’s put another in the W column…
-Reported by captain Geri Paradis
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