Monday, May 9, 2011

Pioneer's finish second at Delphi Invitational

The tournament started nearly 2 hours late because of rain, but the weekend provided to be sucessful for the Lady Pioneers. The team finished second to Guerin out of eight schools. Kelsey and Megan
The Pioneers won first place in number one doubles. Finished 2nd at number 1 singles and lost in the semi-finals at number 2 doubles.
Megan and Kelsey played very well and beat a very good doubles team in the semifinals from Guerin, they then defeated a team from Rensselaer to win the championship. They are pictured above with their medals.
Jacqueline lost in the finals to an excellent player also from Guerin. She had two very good wins to reach the final.
Hilary and Kara won there first match againist the host school before losing in the semifinals to another team from Guerin.
Freshman Tori lost her first match in a three set match with the last set being a super tie breaker . She then came back to defeat a player from Seeger, before losing to a player from the host school.
The tournament was 200 miles away, but it allowed the team to see teams outside of their region and they preformed very well in the 8 team tournament.