TRINITY 7, MINNEAPOLIS NORTH 0
Trinity took the brooms to North Tuesday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Falcons, in their second season, created separation with the Polars with double digit margins in both singles and doubles. North had to forfeit at third doubles. The most competitive match of the day came at third singles with the margin 7.5. Nine times Trinity held North to single digits.
North has a new head coach in Lars Lindqvist. Last season he was an assistant.
SINGLES
1. Catherine Kieffer, T def Talina 21-8, 21-10
2. Maria Lotti, T def Janelle 21-6, 21-4
3. Maggie Kocon, T def Azoraya 21-16, 21-11
4. Teresa Kieffer, T def Sadie 21-4, 21-7
DOUBLES
1. Grace Flynn/Ava Larsen, T def Niambi/Tenise 21-2, 21-9
2. Anna Mayer/Audrey Zuelke, T def Destiny/Aryy 21-7, 21-2
3. Kaity Kisch/Kora O’Reilly, T won by forfeit
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Trinity 4-0 1.000
Games: Trinity 8-0 1.000
points: Trinity 168-66 .718
decided by 10+: Trinity 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Trinity 12.75
DOUBLES
Matches: Trinity 2-0 1.000
Games: Trinity 4-0 1.000
points: Trinity 87-20 .813
decided by 10+: Trinity 4-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Trinity none
margin: Trinity 16.75
FIRST SINGLES
Catherine KIEFFER 2, TALINA 0
(21-8, 21-10)
Last season Kieffer played at the third singles spot. This year she made the move to the top of the Trinity charts. Today she showcased her ability to deliver winners with 30 in the bag. Clears and smashes tied for her high winner total with 9.
The match started out with Talina scoring the first four points. Her short serve caught Kieffer off balance on two of those points. A two stroke clear broke the spell. When Kieffer served she was able to generate runs each time. On her second serve she had a tidal wave of 13 points to leave no doubt to the outcome. Both players kept the bird up with Kieffer able to capitalize with clears for five points in the first set.
There were no mega-runs in the second set, but Talina was not able to generate anything more than a dual point string. Kieffer’s run came down to four from the double digit surge in the first set. Kieffer also had to rely more on her shots as Talina limited her errors to four points. In this set Kieffer favored the smash to the tune of six points. Kieffer didn’t take control of the set until a run of three put her in front 7-4.
| Category | Kieffer | Talina |
| Side out | 5/11-.455 | 2/12-.167 |
| Longest side out string | 2 | 1 |
| 3+ Runs | 8 | 1 |
| Longest point string | 13 | 4 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 31 | 9 |
| Serving % | .939 | 1.000 |
| Point generated off serve | .738 | .500 |
| POINTS | ||
| Overall points | 42 | 18 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 8 |
| Points after own errors | 6 | 3 |
| STROKES | ||
| Strokes | 156 | 59 |
| Strokes per point | 3.714 | 3.28 |
| 5+ rallies | 7 | 5 |
| 2- rallies | 12 | 5 |
| WINNERS | 30 | 8 |
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Blocks | 0 | 1 |
| Clears | 9 | 0 |
| Drives | 6 | 0 |
| Drops | 4 | 3 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 1 |
| Smashes | 9 | 0 |
| ERRORS | 10 | 12 |
| Deep | 2 | 0 |
| Net | 2 | 7 |
| Wide | 4 | 5 |
| Serve | 2 | 0 |
| W:E Ratio | 3.00 | 0.67 |
| Margin | 12.00 | |
| Set Point % | 2.2-1.000 | |
| Time | 14:50.93 |