Congradulations Kara, Kelsey, Jacqueline and Megan

I found out on Monday night that Kara was honorable mention Academic All State. We also learned that Kelsey and Megan were honorable mention all-state in doubles and Jacqueline received the same honor in singles.

In three years we have had 4 honorable mentions Academic All State and seven playing positions that were honorable mention All State and also All District.

Jacqueline, Kelsey and Megan receive All-District

Megan Jakoby	Kelsey Haas

At the District 5 (southern Indiana) coaches meeting on June 1, three Providence returning players received all district recognition. Junior to be, Jacqueline Hollkamp was one of the 16 players recognized in singles, she finished the season with a 15 and 7 record, she won the New Albany Invitational and was second at the Delphi Invitational. Top wins include New Albany twice and Corydon Central (Uhl is still in the individual state tournament). The number one doubles team of Senior to be Megan Jakoby and Junior to be Kelsey Haas was one of eight doubles (actual 9 due to a tie) teams selected for the district honor. Haas was 14 and 4 in doubles, Jakoby was 9 and 3 in doubles, and together they were 7 and 2. There losses were to Jeffrsonville (still in the individual state tournament) in a three set, 3 hour and 30 minute match and to Greenwood (KY) in three sets, 3 hour plus match. Greenwood was a final 8 team in Kentucky. They won the Delphi Invitational and Haas was a member of the team (with Hillary Ernstberger) that won the New Albany Invitational. Top wins for the team were over Guerin and Silver Creek. They bring a strong foundation for the 2012 season, which will return six letter winners.

Jacqueline Hollkamp

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.
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.

Providence defeated Clarksville 3 - 1

On an afternoon that threatened rain, all but one match was completed.

At 1st Singles Jacqueline Hollkamp degeated Jessica Riley 6-1, 6-1.
At 2nd Singles Megan Jakoby was leading 6-2, 4-3 when rain forced an end to the match.
At 3rd Singles Tori Bonfantino lost to Chloe Stephens 6-3, 6-3.
1st doubles of Senior Hillary Ernstberger and Soph. Kelsey Haas won over Baily Duggan and Sharon Garcia 6-0, 6-2.
2nd doubles won by default.

Jacqueline played very well today and established control from the beginnning. Megan was playing a very good match until the rain forced an end to the match. 1st doubles dominated most of the match and the games they lost were due to unforced errors in general.

Tennis Results

Providence Girls Tennis Team has played three dual matches winning two and losing the other one 2 to 3 to Bedford North Lawrenced (ranked at the time). They came in second at the New Albany Invitational losing by four points to the host schools. Both schools had the same record, Providence had 2 firsts (undefeated) a second (lost int he finals) and two players/teams who lost in the first round and won the remaining matches (one lost each). New Albany had the same records but their two losses came in the second round instead, therefore they finished third and our girls finished 4th. Jacqueline Hollkamp won at first singles as did the number 1 doubles team of Hillary Ernstberger and Kelsey Haas. Megan Jakoby finished second at number 2 singles. Tori Bongantino finshed 4th at number 3 singles and number 2 doubles finished 4th, composed of Kara Garcia and Maggie Bremmer. During the Jasper tournament most players got in two matches before the rain struck. We had some very good performances but no brackets completed all their matches...thus no final standings.

The Pioneers will host their own tournament on April 29th at Community Park in New Albany. The tournament will feature teams from Christian Academy of Indiana, Southwestern, Gibson Southern, Corydon and Providence. Matches begin at 10 AM.

The Junior Varsity team played well at Jasper and defeated South Central in a dual match.

Week 2 of 2011 Season

This week promises to be a very busy one for Providence Girl Tennis Team. They will play a total of 8 matches, which is 1/3 of their schedule. On Monday 4/11 they will play Jeffersonville at JHS at 4:00 PM On Tuesday 4/12 they will complete the New Albany Invitational which was rained out. They won their first match in 1st singles 6-0, 6-0 and were leading in three other matches when the rain washed out the rest of the day. 2nd singles received a bye in the first round. On Wednesday 4/13 they travel to Jennings County, this is the first match between these two schools. On Friday 4/15 they will play the opening round of the Jasper Invitational. On Saturday 4/16 the varsity will play the final two rounds and JV will play the entire tournament. The team is currently 0 and 1 with a 3-2 loss to Bedford North Lawrence. The team won at 1st and 2nd singles.

Providence Sweeps Borden 5-0

After dropping three close matches at the Columbus North Invitational the team got back on the winning way defeating Borden at Borden 5-0 and the JV's won 3-1.

Pete won in a convincing fashion 6-0, 6-2 at first singles.

Brenden won second singles 6-1, 6-3; he played one of his better matches in recent weeks, with much better ball control.

Nolan started slow in his match but dominated in the second set to win 6-4, 6-1 at 3^rd singles.

Daniel and Nick started quickly winning the first set 6-0, but had several unforced errors in the second set after taking a big lead; the second set was won in a tie breaker with a score of 7-2 for the win at first doubles.

Joe and Andrew played second doubles and started slow with numerous bad hits, before they got their hitting together as well as their play, they won 6-4, 6-0.

JV Matches:

Thomas Boly played first JV singles and won 8-1; Louis Garcia played second singles for the JV and won 8-1 also.

In doubles Derek Benebig and Weston Spaulding won 1^st doubles 8-0; the lone lost for the Pioneers was at second doubles which lost 8-5 played by Brock Hayden and Justin Hughes.

 

Pioneers defeat Charlestown 4 - 1

Providence Boys played with a slightly modified line-up and won all the singles matches and the 2^nd doubles position. The Pioneers also swept the three JVs matches losing only one game.

Pete and Brenden both won their matches without losing a single game at 1^st and 2^nd singles, Daniel played third singles and won 6-3, 6-2. Weston Spaulding won his first varsity teaming with Derek Benebig in the 2^nd doubles position. They won 6-4, 6-3 in a match with lots of long rallies.

Reed Fansley and Thomas Boly teamed together to win the JV doubles match 6-1. Garrett Braun and Justin Hughes played singles and each won without losing a game.

Pete Andres won 6-0, 6-0

Brenden Popson won 6-0, 6-0

Daniel Becht won 6-3, 6-2

Andrew Jerdonek and Joe Solis lost 6-1, 6-4

Weston Spaulding and Derek Benebig won 6-4, 6-3

JV

Garrett Braun won 8-0

Justin Hughes won 6-0

Reed Fansley and Thomas Boly won 6-1

Providence defeats Martinsville and Batesville at Columbus North Invitational

In a day filled with lots of rain and matches starting at about 3 PM (six hours late) for the first round, ended up being a very successful day for boy's tennis team. The first round of the tournament had Providence playing Martinsville, matches got started around noon (scheduled to start at 9 AM), but by the time three or four games had been played the players were called from the courts because of moisture. Columbus North coaches and team got the courts dry again and play resumed around 3 PM.

Providence defeated Martinsville 4 – 1, 1^st singles, 3^rd singles, 1^st and 2^nd doubles won for the Pioneers, all in straight sets. All the players did a good job in the win. Both doubles team had some of their best sets of the season.

Providence then defeated Batesville by the same 4-1 score winning the same positions. The number one doubles teams were very dominate in this match winning 6-1, 6-0. The most interesting match was at 2^nd doubles and was the only match that went three sets (using a super tie breaker for the third set). 2^nd doubles dropped way behind early in the first set, but rallied to take the set to a tie breaker losing it 6-8. In the second set they again dropped way behind (5-2) only to rally again to take it to a tie breaker, which they won 7-0. For the third set a super tie breaker to ten by two was played. They fell behind early but rallied to win the super tie breaker and the match 10 – 6. It was a great effort by Andrew and Joe.

Because of darkness the third match for the day between the Pioneers and host Bulldogs was suspended and it will hopefully be rescheduled. Both teams stood at 2-0 and the winner will determine the overall invitational winner.

Providence Sweeps Scottsburg

The Pioneers varsity sweep Scottsburg 5-0 and the JV lost only one match. Brenden Popson (number 2 singles) and the number 1 doubles team lead the way dropping only a combined three games in the two matches. Pete Andres had a good match while fighting the effects of a cold at first singles. Nolan Carrico played a solid match playing back at the number three singles after a run in doubles. The number two doubles team had the only three set match.

The JV team lost only at third singles and lost no more than four games in any of the other pro-set matches.

1^st singles Junior Pete Andres won 6-1, 6-3

2^nd singles Junior Brenden Popson won 6-1, 6-1

3^rd singles Freshman Nolan Carrico won 6-2, 6-2

1^st doubles Senior Nick Finn and Junior Daniel Becht won 6-0, 6-1

2^nd doubles Juniors Andrew Jerdonek and Joe Solis won 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

JV

1^st singles Sophomore Derek Benebig won 8-2

2^nd singles Sophomore Weston Spaulding won 8-1

3^rd singles Sophomore Louis Garcia lost 2-8

1^st doubles Sophomores Reed Fansler and Thomas Boly won 8-4

2^nd doubles Freshmen Garrett Braun and Brock Hayden won 8-1