Providence Number 1 Doubles Win Sectional Double Championship

The Providence Number 1 doubles team of Courtney Murphy and Emily DiNoto, won the Individual Doubles Championship at Floyd Central on Thursday afternoon. Providence defeated the Salem Tandem in two sets. Providence won the first set 6-1 and was leading 3-0 before Salem stormed back to take a 5-4 lead. Providence won two of the next three games to force a tiebreaker. Salem jumped up 4-0 in the tiebreaker, but again the Providence team was not to be denied and won 7 of the next 8 points to close out the tiebreaker at 7-5. Coach DiNoto noted that Providence really played the first 10 games very effectively. But over the next six games Salem played some very strong tennis in non-traditional ways. Gradually Providence got their second wind to force the tiebreaker. It appears that the girls will play their next match on June 6^th in the regional.

Providence win Jeffersonville Sectional over Clarksville

Providence defeated Clarksville 4 – 1 to win their fifth consecutive sectional title. Behind the strong play of both of their doubles teams which finished nearly at the same time, the Lady Pioneers had an outstanding day of tennis, with Freshman Megan Jakoby providing the deciding point at third singles and Kady Bandy winning a three set match that lasted three and one-half hours for the final margin of victory.

At first singles Deahna Welcher defeated Stephanie Smith for the lone win by the Lady Generals. The score is not indicative of the closeness of the match and how well Stephanie Smith played losing 6-1, 6-0.

At second singles Kady Bandy won a hard fought match over Tiffany Fitzpatrick in three sets. In the second set Kady lost a long tie breaker after rallying from 3-4 and 4-5. She came out after the break to dominate in the third set. Her scores were 6-2, 6-7 (10-12), 6-1.

At third singles Megan Jakoby won over Jamie Wilkerson 6-2, 6-2. Megan played an excellent match and sealed the victory for the Lady Pioneers. Coach DiNoto said he was really proud of the way his freshman stepped up her play in the sectional.

At number one doubles the tandem of Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy won 6-2, 6-0 over Ashley Lind and Jazzmine Rolon. Both girls were able to dominate at the net in the victory.

At number two doubles Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger won 6-0, 6-1. Their coach stated he was really proud of how well his second duo was playing at the end of the season.

With the win the team will move on to the regional on Tuesday afternoon against New Albany at Floyd Central High School.

Results:

Deahna Welcher (C) def Stephanie Smith (P) 6-0, 6-1

Kady Bandy (P) def Tiffany Fitzpatrick (C) 6-2, 6-7 (10-12), 6-1

Megan Jakoby (P) def Jamie Wilkerson (C) 6-2, 6-2

Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy (P) def Ashley Lind and Jazzmine Rolon (C) 6-2, 6-0

Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger (P) def Allyson Dodson and Domenica Hart (C) 6-0, 6-1

Providence defeated New Washington 5 – 0 to advance the Jeffersonville Sectional Final

Providence won all five matches in straight sets, having only one set in which they lost more than one game. Stephanie Smith won 6-2, 6-1 at first singles. The second singles, Kady Bandy and third single Megan Jakoby both blanked their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Number 1 doubles of Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy won 6-1, 6-1 and the second doubles team of Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger won 6-1, 6-0 to complete the sweep.

I was really pleased at our match play today stated Coach Vince DiNoto. I was unsure how we would come out today after such a big win yesterday over Jeff. I thought the girls responded very well. Our senior captains of Emily DiNoto and Kady Bandy provided great leadership today.

Stephanie Smith (P) def 6-2, 6-1

Kady Bandy (P) def 6-0, 6-0

Megan Jakoby (P) def 6-0, 6-0

Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy (P) def 6-1, 6-1

Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger (P) def 6-1, 6-0

 

Providence beats Jeffersonville 5 – 0 in the opening round of the Jeffersonville Sectional

Providence Girls Tennis Team who had just last week defeated Jeffersonville 3 – 2, won the opening round of the Jeffersonville sectional 5 – 0 over the Red Devils.

Providence Junior Stephanie Smith defeated Katherine Clark 0-6, 6-0, 6-0. Stephanie dropped the first set quickly at 0 – 6, but stormed back to win the second set just as quickly 6-0 and after the break for splitting sets continued with her effort to win the final set 6-0.

Providence Senior Kady Bandy defeated Michelle Roberts in straight sets in the longest match of the day. Bandy had lost a three set match to Roberts the previous week but won in the sectional 6-3, 7-5.

Providence Freshman Megan Jakoby was pushed to three sets, after dropping the first set 3-6, she won a tough second set 6-3 before a dominating performance in the third set at 6-1.

Providence doubles team continued to have outstanding seasons. The number one doubles team of Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy, played another solid match winning 6-2, 6-1. The number two doubles team of Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger won 6-0, 6-4.

Coach DiNoto commented that he was very pleased with the efforts put out by all his players. Our double teams continue to play very well and our singles player played very tough hard matches and won points in games that were needed to secure the victory for us. Stephanie just had an outstanding second and third set at number one singles. Next up for the Lady Pioneer will be New Washington at 4:30 PM at Jeffersonville High School.

Charlestown and Clarksville will play their first match at 4:30 at Jeffersonville.

Stephanie Smith (P) def Katherine Clark (J) 0-6, 6-0, 6-0

Kady Bandy (P) def Michelle Roberts (J) 6-3, 7-5

Megan Jakoby (P) def Dee Roehm (J) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy (P) def Macauley Murphy and Christie Hubbard (J) 6-2, 6-1

Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger (P) def Tonya Kochersperger and Susan DiTeresa (J) 6-0, 6-4

 

 

Providence defeats Jeff 3 - 2

Providence won a close match with Jeffersonville 3 – 2 at the Red Devils home courts.

At first singles Stephanie Smith lost a tough match 1 – 6, 5 – 7. Stephanie began the second set playing very competitive tennis leading most of the set. After the second rain delay of the day Steph dropped the set to her opponent.

At second singles in the longest match of the day Kady Bandy lost in three sets with the final set being lost in a tiebreaker. Kady lost the first set 4-6, but won the second 6-2; in the final set she lost 6-7 with a tiebreaker loss of 5 – 7. Kady played a good match against a strong opponent.

At third singles Megan Jakoby won 6-0, 6-2. Megan went out and played another strong match dominating most of the play the entire match. Megan was the first player to finish.

At first doubles Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy played some of their best doubles of the season and won 6-1, 6-2, in the second set the tandem lost two games to make the score 3-2 before closing the match strongly.

At second doubles Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger started slow falling behind 5-2 before taking the set to a tiebreaker which they lost. In the second set they again fell behind 5-2 and rallied to lead 6-5 before losing the next game to play a second tiebreaker in the match, they won this tiebreaker 7-2. Riding a second set victory the team dominated to close out the match 6-2.

Seymour Falls 5-0

On Thursday the Lady Pioneers defeated Hoosier Hills Conference foe Seymour 5 – 0. The match began after 5 PM on a very pleasant afternoon one of the better days for playing tennis that team has experienced this year, which was a big contrast to the match the previous year at Seymour. The ladies took advantage of the weather recording a sweep over a very good Seymour Owls tennis team.

Freshman Megan Jakoby, 3^rd singles, had one of her best matches of the season winning 6-1, 6-1.

Senior Kady Bandy, 2^nd singles, played an outstanding match with many very long points and won 6-1, 6-2 over a very solid player.

Junior Stephanie Smith, 1^st singles, played an outstanding first set winning 6-0, but a very determined opponent pushed the second set, with Stephanie winning 7-5.

The number 1 doubles team of Emily DiNoto and Courtney Murphy continued to improved and beat a strong doubles team 6-4, 6-3. The team had an outstanding service day losing only one service game and breaking their opponents on the next game after the lost game. While the score was close they played with confidence.

The number 2 doubles team of Hanna Gish and Hillary Ernstberger had to rally in the first set coming back from 4 – 5 to win 7 – 5. They won the second set 6-4 with a very good effort. Hanna continues to have strong service games which create winners for the team.

Overall the team played one of their best matches of the season at every position. This is the 5^th win in a row for the Lady Pioneers.

 

 

Providence Sweeps Corydon

Providence varsity and JV sweep Corydon 5-0 and 4-0 respectively.

The victory was lead by number 1 singles player junior Stephanie Smith and the number 1 doubles team of senior Emily DiNoto and junior Courtney Smith.

Number 1 doubles won 6-0, 6-1; dropping only the 12^th game of the match and then winning the next game to close out the match. The team played really very well together and had many winners. They were the first off the courts.

Stephanie played a strong very positive match. She did a good job placing the ball on the court keeping her opponent constantly on the defensive. She had really strong service games in the first set. She won 6-0, 6-2.

Number 2 doubles won 6-2, 6-1 and played a good match using many of the items in which had been worked on in practice over the past week. Hanna had outstanding service games recording 11 aces.

Junior Sammie Riggs played at the number 3 singles spot and recorded a 6-4, 6-4 victory, her first as a varsity player. She was playing in a replacement role in this match. She played a very good match and covered the court very effectively, with solid ground strokes.

Senior Kady Bandy won the final point at second singles. Kady had many long rallies with a girl who could effectively cover the court. She won 6-2, 6-4.

JV players Kristin Simms and Maggie Bremmer normally a doubles team played singles today due to injury of players. Kristin won a close match at 8-6 and Maggie won an even closer match at 9-7. Number 1 doubles players of Kara Garcia and Jessica Stenger won 8-6. The final point was won by Rebecca Garner and Sara Federspiel at 8-4.