BURNSVILLE 7, ST. PAUL CENTRAL 0

Burnsville continued their hot string to start the season with a sweep of St. Paul Central in a non-conference match up. Make that Burnsville-Prior Lake. The two are in a pairing arrangement for two years. This marks the second day in a row with a new twist. Yesterday it was North St. Paul, today Prior Lake on the other end of the metro. The Lakers have one player with the Blaze—Jasmine Tran at fourth singles. This was Central’s first outing of the year. The Blaze had two games under their belt. In the eight single sets Burnsville outperformed Central by double digit margins six times. The doubles were more competitive with Central’s only set win coming in set one of first doubles. There were two sets in doubles that went to extra points and each squad picking up one victory.

SINGLES
1. Maddie Blackbourn, B def Zadie H 21-14, 24-20
2. Delaney Woog, B def Serenity 21-10, 21-10
3. Mina Nguyen, B def Rane R 21-10, 21-8
4. Jasmine Tran, B def Mayson Y 21-9, 21-11

DOUBLES
1. Abby Briese/Corrina Benson, B def Julia/Emma 22-24, 21-14, 21-12
2. Lisa Genis/Leah Merid, B def Jauyla/Kyra 21-8, 21-16
3. Bonnie Hanson/Sherlyn Morales, B def Isabelle/Ella 21-11, 25-23

BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Burnsville 4-0 1.000
Games: Burnsville 8-0 1.000
points: Burnsville 171-92 .650
Set 1 points: Burnsville 84-43 .661
Set 2 points: Burnsville 87-49 .640
decided by 10+: Burnsville 6-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Burnsville 9.875
DOUBLES
Matches: Burnsville 3-0 1.000
Games: Burnsville 6-1 .857
points: Burnsville 153-109 .583
Set 1 points: Burnsville 65-44 .596
Set 2 points: Burnsville 67-53 .558
Set 3 points: Burnsville 21-12 .636
decided by 10+: Burnsville 2-0
decided by 3-: tied 1-1
margin: Burnsville 6.286

FIRST SINGLES

Maddie BLACKBOURN 2, Zadie H 0
(21-14, 24-20)

Burnsville’s Maddie Blackbourn picked up her third win this season with a two set victory over Zadie H. The second set proved to be closer, with extra points needed—or were they needed. My charts had the game over at 21-18, but the game continued. Somewhere along the line the score count was adjusted. Blackbourn was better at the side out game (.739) and delivered more winners (25-14). A trio of shots led her winners with seven each for clears, soft drives and smashes. Both players had 20 errors on the night. Zadie had issues serving with seven missed serves—all deep or wide.

The first set opened with a Blackbourn run of three, all on winners. Both players traded side outs the next eight points. Another Blackbourn run of four gave her a 12-5 lead. The rest of the set tightened up with Zadie getting her only run of three in the first set to make it 16-11. She further sliced a point off the deficit. Blackbourn closed with three straight points, the last two coming on clears.

Zadie had two leads in the game, and that came on the first point in set two, and again at 4-3. Blackbourn strung together five straight points to get a cushion at 8-4. Another run of four pushed the lead to 19-12. This could have been where the score went off the rails. Zadie, with her back to the wall, then put together the longest string of the match with six straight points. All six were errors on Blackbourn’s part including a 12 stroke wide. I thought it was over at 21-18, but the game continued for five more points. The contest ended on a three stroke clear by Blackbourn.

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Category	BLACKBOURN	ZADIE H
Side out	17/23-.739	14/25-.560
Longest side out string	8	4 (2x)
3+ Runs	6	2
Longest point string	5	6
SERVING
Service points	22	11
Serving %	43/45-.956	27/34-.794
POINTS
Overall points	45	34
Points after 11	23	21
Points after own errors	12	9
STROKES
Strokes	166	153
Strokes per point	3.689	4.500
5+ rallies	15	14
2- rallies	13	11
WINNERS	25	14
Aces	0	1
Blocks	0	0
Clears	7	4
Drives	1	2
Drops	3	2
Soft drives	7	3
Smashes	7	2
ERRORS	20	20
Deep	4	3
Net	8	5
Wide	5	5
Serve	2	7
W:E Ratio	1.25	0.70
Largest margin	8 (1s)	1 (2s)
Margin	5.50
Set Point %	2/2-1.000
Time	19:07