Details: Tuesday, August 14, 4:30 PM at Bethany Christian High School
Last Season Review: We lost to Northridge 1-4 last year. Nate won at #1S and Blake was close at #2. Parth and Ike pulled close in the second set at #2D.
3 Interesting Facts:
#1 - We weren't supposed to face Northridge first this year, but with the rainout, it will be the 10th straight season (all that I've been coaching) that we'll be starting with Northridge.
#2 - The last time we played Northridge at home, we won. It was the only time we've beaten the Raiders.
#3 - We've won once against the Raider varsity, but we've also only won once against the Raider JV. It'd be nice to start picking up those numbers.
Northridge Details: Northridge returns 4 players from their varsity last year. They also bring back 12 JV players. Our JV lost 1-7.
Bethany Christian Details: After the rainout against Jimtown, this will be our first match. We're still testing out the lineup and finding our strengths.
Projected Northridge Lineup: Without having played this year, I'm going to guess again...
#1S - Chris Robbins
#2S - Josh Garfein
#3S - Jed Miller
#1D - Andrew Gingerich/Byron Slabach
#2D - Clay Schnell/James Kristofzski
Outlook: We are a deep team this year, we have many returning players with experience, and that gives us a great advantage. The Raiders are also a team returning many players. Our varsity returns our #1 singles and 1 of our #1 doubles from last year, so does Northridge. We mirror each other very well. It should be a great challenge early in the season, and I'm really excited to see how our team responds to it. Will we accept that we're a team of experience and talent, will we play with confidence, aggression, and energy or not? We'll find out.
I recall that, in the spring of 2011, we had an Aadarsh Patel playing middle school tennis for the Bruins. Is that the same player who was on the Northridge JV?
ReplyDeleteYes, he is the same guy.
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