EDINA 5, WASHBURN 2
The city schools returned to action this week with Washburn
traveling to Edina for a non-conference tussle. The Hornets buzzed the Miller 5-2 with the hosts taking all doubles and the odd singles in their victory. There were two matches that went to three sets with Edina taking both. Ruthie Lundberg, moving up from her fourth singles spot rallied from a first set loss to beat Talia Hill in three. April Coma and Avery Greene, in their second pairing, also rallied from a first set loss at second doubles. In total there were three three point sets with Washburn taking two of the three. Second doubles featured two of those narrow margins with both sides taking a victory.
SINGLES
1. Angel Liang, E def Penelope Onsrud 21-14, 21-16
2. Ana Dolny, W def Stella Olken-Hunt 21-9, 21-9
3. Ruthie Lundberg, E def Talia Hill 14-21, 21-10, 21-11
4. Lydia Wisti, W def Khanh Tu 21-18, 21-12
DOUBLES
1. Lindsay Lundberg/Shay Reger, E def Hannah/Eleanor 21-4, 21-9
2. April Coma/Avery Greene, E def Amelia/Kayla 18-21, 21-15, 21-18
3. Divya Danthuluri/Madeline Kellick, E def Veronika/Maizy 21-14, 21-12
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: tied 2-2 .500
Games: Washburn 5-4 .556
points: Washburn 156-146 .517
decided by 10+: tied 2-2 .500
decided by 3-: Washburn 1-0 1.000
margin: Washburn 1.11
DOUBLES
Matches: Edina 3-0 1.000
Games: Edina 6-1 .857
points: Edina 144-93
decided by 10+: Edina 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: tied 1-1 .500
margin: Edina 7.29
FIRST SINGLES
Angel LIANG 2, Penelope ONSURD 0
(21-14, 21-16)
Angel Liang stopped Penelope Onsrud with a two set victory. The tenth ranked singles player utilized a strong side out game plus had a large advantage in the fast points (two strokes or less) 21-10. Liang delivered more winners with drives making up eight of her 22 winners. Onsrud had issues with the serve receive game with Liang winning that battle 6-0—-with two aces and four gifts on missed serves.
Liang got her first point off a missed Onsrud serve. That helped get traction for the early lead including the first run to put her up 4-2. Another three point run with a deep ace followed immediately by a short ace made the score 9-5. After a three stroke smash gave Liang a 12-8 lead, Onsrud fought back with the drop game. She scored the next four points, with three coming on drops and that tied both players at a dozen. A five stroke bird that sailed deep gave the advantage back to Liang and she responded with six more points to stretch the lead to 19-12. Both players traded side outs to finish the set.
The second set had some similarities to the first set. Neither player was able to generate a sustainable run. Onsrud did hold a 5-4 lead after two hitting errors off clear shots. A missed serve halted that momentum. Liang pulled in front at 13-10. Onsrud closed the gap to 14-13. Liang was able to break through with a three point run (17-13) which Onsrud immediately answered with her own three point run (17-16). After a four stroke smash, Liang never gave the bird back.
| Category | LIANG | ONSRUD |
| Side out | 14/21-.667 | 10/21-.476 |
| Longest side out string | 5 | 2 |
| 3+ Runs | 5 | 2 |
| Longest point string | 7 | 4 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 21 | 10 |
| Serving % | 100 | .871 |
| Point generated off serve | .500 | .300 |
| POINTS | ||
| Overall points | 42 | 30 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 13 |
| Points after own errors | 8 | 9 |
| STROKES | ||
| Strokes | 126 | 108 |
| Strokes per point | 3.00 | 3.60 |
| 5+ rallies | 7 | 8 |
| 2- rallies | 21 | 10 |
| WINNERS | 22 | 17 |
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 5 | 4 |
| Drives | 8 | 2 |
| Drops | 1 | 5 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 1 |
| Smashes | 5 | 5 |
| ERRORS | 13 | 20 |
| Deep | 5 | 2 |
| Net | 3 | 9 |
| Wide | 5 | 5 |
| Serve | 0 | 4 |
| W:E Ratio | 1.692 | 0.850 |
| Margin | 6.00 | |
| Set Point % | 2/3-.667 | |
| Time | 16:42.11 |