MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT 6, NORTH ST. PAUL 1
The first out & about of 2022 took place at a brand new school—-North St. Paul has joined the badminton club and they hosted Minneapolis Roosevelt in the first game for the new program. The Teddies swept the doubles and took the last three singles in their first match of the year. The Polars did succeed in taking first singles. The singles proved to be a bit closer than the doubles with second singles going the maximum of three sets, including an extra point second set.
NSP has six courts with seating along the sides. The middle portion between the singles and doubles do not accommodate any viewing opportunities. The Polars right now have a dozen players, but more are anticipated to join. The first sessions happened during the NSP spring break with many students unaware of the chance to play. Coaching at NSP is Panou Xiong, a 2015 graduate of Harding.
Roosevelt was able to play with most of the other Minneapolis city games postponed/cancelled due to the ongoing teacher strike now in the third week.
SINGLES
1. Sheng Xiong, NSP def Malia 21-5, 21-9
2. Ella, R def Dejsha 21-18, 21-23, 21-19
3. Abby, R def Isabelle 21-9, 21-7
4. Marina, R def Joselyn 21-13, 21-7
DOUBLES
1. Rhiannon/Sophia, R def Juliet/Claire 21-7, 21-9
2. Maise M/Ayida, R def Pozib/Jolena 21-12, 21-11
3. Munteh/Mauce, R def Dede/Natesha 21-6, 21-3
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Roosevelt 3-1 .750
Games: Roosevelt 6-3 .667
points: Roosevelt 161-138 .538
Set 1 points: Roosevelt 68-61 .527
Set 2 points: Roosevelt 72-58 .554
Set 3 points: Roosevelt 21-19 .525
decided by 10+: Roosevelt 3-2 .600
decided by 3-: Roosevelt 2-1 .667
margin: Roosevelt 2.556
DOUBLES
Matches: Roosevelt 3-0 1.000
Games: Roosevelt 6-0 1.000
points: Roosevelt 126-48 .724
Set 1 points: Roosevelt 63-25 .716
Set 2 points: Roosevelt 63-23 .733
decided by 10+: Roosevelt 5-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Roosevelt 13.00
FIRST SINGLES
Sheng XIONG 2, Malia 0
(21-5, 21-9)
Sheng Xiong picked up the first Polar victory for the program. The former Harding student dominated in winners with 24 to only two. Xiong’s had 10 smashes on the day with a couple of those quick snappy punch smashes. Malia had trouble finding the court with her serve as she missed ten out of the 14 chances she had. Xiong slammed the door on the side out category only allowing one point off serve. Xiong scored fast with over half her points coming with two strokes or less.
| Category | XIONG | MALIA |
| Side out | 13/14 | 8/16 |
| Longest side out string | 10 | 2 |
| 3+ Runs | 6 | 0 |
| Longest point string | 13 | 2 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 29/42-.929 | 1/15-.067 |
| Serving % | 40/42-.952 | 5/15-.333 |
| POINTS | ||
| Overall points | 42 | 14 |
| Points after 11 | 21 | 9 |
| Points after own errors | 11 | 5 |
| STROKES | ||
| Strokes | 104 | 49 |
| Strokes per point | 2.418 | 3.500 |
| 5+ rallies | 3 | 3 |
| 2- rallies | 25 | 4 |
| WINNERS | 24 | 2 |
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 2 | 0 |
| Drives | 2 | 0 |
| Drops | 3 | 0 |
| Soft drives | 3 | 2 |
| Smashes | 10 | 0 |
| ERRORS | 12 | 19 |
| Deep | 1 | 0 |
| Net | 7 | 4 |
| Wide | 2 | 5 |
| Serve | 2 | 10 |
| W:E Ratio | 2.000 | 0.105 |
| Margin | 14.5 | |
| Set Point % | 2/2-1.000 | |
| Time | 12:38 |