On a cold, windy afternoon the lady Pioneers won their first match of the young season by defeating the Warriors on their home courts and losing only a total of 8 games. With the wind blowing at 20 mph and the temperature in the low 50s the Pioneers wearing their new long sleeve playing shirts took control early and never looked back to win their first match of the season against one loss. Senior Doubles team of Hanna Gish and Courtney Murphy won 6-0, 6-0 and played aggressively in the very windy conditions. Senior Stephanie Smith lost only one game in the first set to win 6-1, 6-0; Steph played an outstanding match against a nice hitter. The other two singles matches were won by Freshmen Jacqueline Hollkamp at 6-2, 6-0 and Kelsey Haas at 6-0, 6-1. The closest match of the day was recorded by the second doubles team composed of Juniors Kara Garcia and Hillary Ernstburger with a 6-1, 6-3 victory. A single JV match was played by Kristin Simms and Sarah Fiderspiel and they won 8-0.
This was a good win by the entire team, each player improved from the loss earlier in the week, but each player still can play much better. Hopefully we will have less wind on Saturday at the New Albany Invitational and the girls can concentrate more on tennis and less on the playing conditions.
