CENTRAL 4, COMO PARK 3
The first St. Paul Conference matchups of the year took place on Monday & I finally was able to break free for an out & about. Central traveled to Como Park and took a narrow 4-3 victory. The Minutemen led 3-2 with both the last singles and doubles to be decided. Third doubles provided the margin of victory at 4-2. The pair of Emma Clift and Julia Bowron for Central rallied from a first set loss and went extra points in the deciding third set. Fourth singles came in for Como Park shortly thereafter for a 4-3 score. PaNia Lee of Como Park also rallied from a first set loss to win in three sets. The Minutemen pieced their win together with a sweep of doubles plus the first singles.
SINGLES
1. Annika Tuma, C def Taw Bee 21-13, 22-20
2. Nag Poe, CP def Mai Lee Yang 21-12, 21-9
3. Shar Too, CP def Margie Mosbeck-Morrison 21-9, 21-16
4. Pa Nia Lee, CP def Thanaporn Yang 20-22, 21-14, 21-14
DOUBLES
1. Chia Sangwang/Lisa Xiong, C def Chi Bonoficio/Eh Plot Soe 21-12, 21-17
2. Ki Seng Xiong/Jenny Yang, C def Hser Poh/Mya Way 21-9, 24-22
3. Emma Clift/Julia Bowron, C def Kao Zong Yang/Mai Ker Yang 19-21, 21-16, 22-20
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Como Park 3-1 .750
Games: Como Park 6-3 .667
points: Como Park 179-139 .563
decided by 10+: Como Park 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Central 2-0 1.000
margin: Como Park 4.44
DOUBLES
Matches: Central 3-0 1.000
Games: Central 6-1 .857
points: Central 149-117 .560
decided by 10+: Central 1-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Como Park 1-0 1.000
margin: Central 4.57
FIRST SINGLES
annika TUMA 2, taw BEE 0
(21-13, 22-20)
Central’s Annika Tuma swept Taw Bee and gave the Minutemen their only win in singles. Tuma opened the first set with the first six points started with a missed first serve by Bee. Bee got the bird back on a 12 stroke smash that started her own six point run. That would be Bee’s only run in the first set while Tuma tacked on three more including the final four points. Tuma avoided the errors that plagued Bee in the first set (6-14). Bee edged out Tuma in winners, not only in the first set but also in the match (19-15).
In set two Bee had the advantage early with a three point run to go up 4-1. That lead stayed with the Cougar out to 12-10. Then the tide shifted in Tuma’s direction. A run of three put her in front for the first time at 13-12. Twice Bee tied it at 18 and 20. A four stroke clear gave Tuma a second chance to close out the match and off the serve Bee hit it wide end the match.
Bee had 8 smashes to lead all winner categories, but that advantage was negated by 17 hitting errors that found the net.
| Category | TUMA | BEE |
| Side out | 9/20-.450 | 7/20-.350 |
| Longest side out string | 2 | 2 |
| 3+ Runs | 6 | 3 |
| Longest point string | 6 | 6 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 24 | 16 |
| Serving % | 1.000 | .977 |
| Point generated off serve | .545 | .364 |
| POINTS | ||
| Overall points | 43 | 33 |
| Points after 11 | 22 | 17 |
| Points after own errors | 10 | 10 |
| STROKES | ||
| Strokes | 171 | 132 |
| Strokes per point | 4.07 | 4.00 |
| 5+ rallies | 11 | 10 |
| 2- rallies | 13 | 13 |
| WINNERS | 15 | 19 |
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Clears | 4 | 5 |
| Drives | 2 | 1 |
| Drops | 3 | 0 |
| Soft drives | 0 | 3 |
| Smashes | 4 | 8 |
| ERRORS | 14 | 28 |
| Deep | 1 | 1 |
| Fan | 1 | 1 |
| Net | 5 | 17 |
| Wide | 7 | 8 |
| Serve | 0 | 1 |
| W:E Ratio | 1.071 | 0.679 |
| Margin | 5.00 | |
| Set Point % | 2/3-.667 | |
| Time | 17:32.76 |