WASHINGTON 7, COMO PARK 0

Washington swept Como Park and did not lose a set Thursday and picked up their second conference win in the process. The Eagles kept the Cougars at bay with margins of 9 in singles and 9.67 in doubles. In remarkable consistency in doubles the combined first set totals and second set totals mirrored each other. The closest sets were five points (21-16) in the first set of third singles and the first set of second doubles. The widest margin came in the second set of second singles with 17. Speaking of points—-another counting error cropped up. This time it was one point too few in the second set of first singles.

This also marks a completion of all the teams in the St. Paul Conference, an early record since it is still March. No Foolin.’ That is tomorrow.

A side note—the first polls will be out on Sunday.

SINGLES
1. Cinderella Nwe, W def Pa Nra Lee 21-11 21-12
2. Rain Htoo, W def Wendy 21-11, 21-4
3. Britney Lao, W def May L Say 21-16, 21-15
4. Jennie Lee, W def Xee Lee 21-15, 21-12

DOUBLES
1. Dun Htoo / Cho Cho Oo, W def Lah Shar/ Gay Nee 21-7, 21-14
2. Ariel Fang / Paw Eh Soo, W def Kaya / Pa Chia Lee 21-16, 21-9
3. Puja Gurung / La Joe Paw, W def Krisha/ Lisa 21-11, 21-11

BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Washington 4-0 1.000
Games: Washington 8-0 1.000
points: Washington 168-96 .636
Set 1 points: 84-53 .613
Set 2 points: 84-43 .661
decided by 10+: Washington 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Washington 9.00
DOUBLES
Matches: Washington 3-0 1.000
Games: Washington 6-0 1.000
points: Washington 126-68 .649
Set 1 points: 63-34 .649
Set 2 points: 63-34 .649
decided by 10+: Washington 4-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Washington 9.667

FIRST SINGLES

Cinderella NWE 2, Pa Nra LEE 0
(21-11, 21-12)

Compared to other recent matches this one featured longer rallies. Four points were decided by ten or more strokes. In that situation Cinderella Nwe won 3-1. Nwe also won the short game as well going 6-2 on one stroke points. Nwe did lead in winners 20-12 with a combination of seven soft drives and six smashes leading the way. Three of her smashes came on two stroke points. Lee’s most prolific winner came on clears with four. One factor in the win by Cinderella was her use of the block. Several times she kept the bird alive on a smash attempt by Lee. Cinderella did pick up one point on a block.

Nwe opened the match with the first four points. Lee responded with her own run of three two services later to cut the margin to 5-4. But Lee did not slam the door on side outs with Nwe picking up two straight runs on her next two services. Nwe led 12-5 at that stage. Lee had two more runs to make it a contest at 13-11. That was the last time she scored. Nwe wrapped the first set in a neat bow with the last eight points. Seven on Lee hitting errors.

Lee’s only lead of the night came on the first point of the second set, which also happened to be the longest point of the match, a 12 stroke smash. On Nwe’s third service of the second set she added seven more points to her totals to make it 10-2. It then grew to 16-4. Lee regained some momentum after that outscoring Nwe 8-4. As has been true in other matches this year, the second set had a miscalculation. This time the match ended one point short (20-12).

Category	NWE	LEE
Side out	7/13-.539	5/12-.417
Longest side out string	4	2
3+ Runs	6	5
Longest point string	8 2x	3 4x
SERVING
First serve	Set 2	Set 1
Service points	28	11
Serving %	40/40-1.000	21/24-.875
POINTS
Overall points	41	23
Points after 11	19	12
Points after own errors	6	7
STROKES
Strokes	173	96
Strokes per point	4.220	4.174
5+ rallies	19	8
2- rallies	16	6
WINNERS	20	12
Aces	3	2
Blocks	1	0
Clears	2	4
Drives	0	2
Drops	1	2
Soft drives	7	0
Smashes	6	2
ERRORS	11	21
Deep	0	3
Net	9	10
Wide	2	5
Serve	0	3
Largest Lead	12	1
W:E Ratio	1.818	0.571
Margin	9.000
Set Point %	2/2-1.000
Time	15:23