HUMBOLDT 5, EDINA 2
In the only game on the docket today, Humboldt traveled to Edina
and stopped the Hornets 5-2. The Hawks took every match but first singles and doubles. The fourth win in the Humboldt column came on third doubles. The last match out at second doubles was the only three set match of the day. There the Humboldt duo of Wah Htoo and Lareh Dohsay rallied from one set down to pull out the fifth Humboldt win. The only tight set came on the first set at fourth singles where Htoo Eh Say of Humboldt won 21-18.
This marks another day where a new coach is in charge. Evelyn Christanto of Edina made her single match debut today.
SINGLES
1. Angel Liang, E def Lay Lay 21-17, 21-10
2. Kaoyer, H def Charlotte Everist 21-17, 21-8
3. Let Let, H def Stella Olken-Hunt 21-8, 21-12
4. Htoo Eh Say, H def Ruthie 21-18, 21-16
DOUBLES
1. Lindsey Lundberg/Shay Reger, E def Htee Moo/Eh Smwee 21-7, 21-14
2. Wah Htoo/Lareh Dohsay, H def April/Emma 15-21, 21-9, 21-9
3. Sar Htoo/Pa Lee, H def Katie Ayesha Chowdhruy 21-10, 21-9
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Humboldt 3-1 .750
Games: Humboldt 6-2 .750
points: Humboldt 153-121 .558
decided by 10+: Humboldt 2-1 .667
decided by 3-: Humboldt 1-0 1.000
margin: Humboldt 4.000
DOUBLES
Matches: Humboldt 2-1 .667
Games: Humboldt 4-3 .571
points: Humboldt 120-100 .546
decided by 10+: Humboldt 4-1 .800
decided by 3-: none
margin: Humboldt 2.857
FIRST SINGLES
Angel LIANG 2, lay LAY 0
(21-17, 21-10)
A youth movement is on in sports, badminton included. Seventh grader Angel Liang beat Humboldt’s Lay Lay in two sets but had to get her bearings in the first set before closing with a fury. If we look at the last portion of the first set and the entire second set Liang outscored Lay 33-13. Despite only being a seventh grader Liang packed a powerful punch. She racked up a season high 21 smashes as she aggressively pounced on birds close to the net. Lay was in positive territory when it came to winners over errors, but Liang belying her youth, had focus on winning the longer rallies (19-7). The highlight of the match was a 21 stroke drop by Liang in the first set making the score 6-4 in favor of Lay. Liang didn’t take her first lead in the first set until 16-15. This was during a seven point string. Lay held a five point lead (10-5). The two players lost track of the point totals when the net became dislodged. Liang rang up 12 smashes in the first set, seven of which came on Lay’s serve, usually on the sixth stroke. The second set quickly moved in Liang’s direction with an 8-1 start. The set was competitive at 10-7 when Liang strung together another mega-run of eight straight points, seven of which came on winners.
| Category | LIANG | LAY |
| Side out | 7/16-.438 | 8/16-.500 |
| Longest side out string | 2 | 2 |
| 3+ Runs | 5 | 2 |
| Longest point string | 8 | 3 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 26 | 12 |
| Serving % | 0.975 | 100.0 |
| Point generated off serve | .619 | .444 |
| POINTS | ||
| Overall points | 42 | 27 |
| Points after 11 | 24 | 8 |
| Points after own errors | 5/9-.556 | 2/8-.250 |
| STROKES | ||
| Strokes | 203 | 103 |
| Strokes per point | 4.833 | 3.815 |
| 5+ rallies | 19 | 7 |
| 2- rallies | 10 | 9 |
| WINNERS | 34 | 18 |
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 5 | 3 |
| Drives | 3 | 3 |
| Drops | 3 | 3 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 5 |
| Smashes | 21 | 4 |
| ERRORS | 9 | 8 |
| Deep | 3 | 0 |
| Net | 4 | 2 |
| Wide | 1 | 6 |
| Serve | 1 | 0 |
| W:E Ratio | 3.778 | 2.25 |
| Margin | 8.00 | |
| Set Point % | 2/3-.667 | |
| Time | 16:54.56 |