8th Grade Tennis - April 2023
Creekside travels to Dickinson HS April 4th to face Kranz & Space Center
Angie loses 3-6 to Kranz, Erin's 2nd single opponent was out sick
Erin finally gets to play versus Space Center's M. Turner
She demonstrates her surgically precise corner serve placement
And unleashes Coach Peterson's strategy of hitting balls at her opponent
Erin wins 6-2, Angie falls 3-6 to Kranz but wins over Space Center 6-1
Change uniforms and get a bite to eat before her 7:45 softball game in TXC
Angie, Erin & Creekside faces the TOP TWO tennis schools on April 11th
Erin faces Westbrook's 2nd Place District finisher from last year's tourney
Cathryn W. serves overhand was more velocity than Erin can handle
Erin has gotten good at placing her novice tennis serves
But longtime tennis players can power it back over the net beyond reach
Erin falls to her 2nd Singles Westbrook opponent 0-6 in quick succession
Erin's fellow & current scout Kate plays 3rd doubles for LCI vs Westbrook
Five of 13 Girls in their original troop play Intermediate Tennis!
Angie plays the #1 player in the district and loses 0-6 just like vs the #2
Erin plays the #1 2nd Singles Player in the district and will fare similarly
The LCI top singles players can overwhelm you with powerful serves
But can also beat you with their ball placement
As Erin runs back and forth to try to catch up with the ball
Erin has mastered her serve placement but not at the same speed
LCI's Lauren J. moves the ball around the court and wins the match 6-0
District Bracket has Erin as a #4 seed and Angie as a #8 seed next Tuesday
#4 Erin takes on #5 Bayside after defeating #12 Space Center
The top four second singles player received a bye and this is Erin's 1st match
Erin takes an early lead but then Bayside later evens the score
Going into a 6-6 tie, the two players follow the standard tie-breaker
Erin makes too many mistakes and Bayside wins the match
But on reporting the results, the tourney tie-breaker must be followed
So Erin and Bayside redo the tie breaker match with an official scorer
Erin builds up a small lead by avoiding the mental mistakes
Her opponent hits the match point into the net and Erin wins!
I'm sorry you thought you had won and then had to replay the tiebreaker
Erin next faces the #1 seed from LCI & last year's champ for 2nd Singles
Erin faced her last week & still isn't ready to return those serves
The first set is coming to terms with the speed of the serves
In the next court #2 Westbrook defeats #3 Victory Lakes 6-1
The two winners will face off for #1 & #2, the two losers for #3 & #4
The same four teams will face off in the same two final matches
Erin gets a couple points but loses the match 0-6
#1 LCI will face #2 Westbrook and #3 VLI will face #4 Creekside
#4 Erin faces #3 VLI's Maier for 3rd place, her 2nd opponent in week 1
Erin lost 6-1 in week one but has now had eight weeks to practice up
But her VLI opponent also has had eight weeks to practice up
Maier took 4th last year losing to Karmen (3rd) and wants to improve
Erin needs to keep moving balls across the court to have a chance
Maier is one of three 2nd Singles players who can overhand serve fast
And Erin is the best of those players who haven't figured it out yet
After getting a bloody nose warming up for the 1st match, Erin fades
Loses 0-6, takes 4th place but gets the ONLY points for Creekside
Erin is the only Creekside 8th Grader who earned points both years!
LCI won both 1st and 2nd Singles and the same two players do it again
Westbrook lost to LCI and took 2nd place in both 1st & 2nd Singles again
VLI won both doubles last year and fall to 3rd and 2nd this year
Kranz took Seabrooks only placing last year and Creekside's doubles placing
Kranz moves up to 4th place & Creekside settle for a tie for 5th