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Fall Sports Wrap-Up: Girl’s tennis

Andrew Zimmer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48:33 +0000

12-2-3 record

The girls’ tennis team ended on a positive note at the state tournament. They tied for seventh out of 22 teams.

The team finished the season with a record of 12-2-3. The team had significantly dropped in size after 10 seniors graduated last year, four of whom were on varsity.

“We had a much smaller team compared to last year, and we lost a lot of good seniors,” senior, and team co-captain Misha Modiri said.

What the team lacked in numbers, they made up for in skill. With only 19 people on the team, the Cougars consolidated.

“This year, we only had one practice for both JV and varsity instead of two separate practices, and that helped give the JV players experience against more advanced players,” Modiri said.

At the beginning of the season, the Cougars had set goals to send three players to state, but they brought with them a little extra.

“I was hoping to qualify one singles and one doubles match for state, but two of each ended up going, so that was a plus,” head coach Ken Clow said.

“I’m very happy with the way we did at state. The teams that did better than us were very good teams, but there were a couple that were close to us and that we should’ve beat.”

Tennis State Competition [Slideshow]

Admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:43:32 +0000

Girls Tennis off to a hot start

Clay Coffman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:26:59 +0000

In the first tennis match of the year, the girls defeated the Olathe South Falcons 7-5. Sophomore Mary Slattery, junior Katie Hansen and freshmen Claire Gordon all were victorious in the match. Also, junior Laura Cale won a decisive match that helped the cougars take home the win. A few days later the girls played again, this time in the SMS Quad match where each team plays against four different teams. The girls emerged victorious again, extending their win streak to five.

The tennis team was on a roll as they headed into their 3rd match of the year (sixth with all four matches at the quad match), though it was postponed due to rain. They were scheduled to face a very tough Blue Valley Northwest team at home. The game was rescheduled for the next day, and the girls upset the Blue Valley Northwest team. Slattery and Gordon played in the only doubles match, where the pair won the key match.