HIGHLAND PARK 6, COMO PARK 1
In the battle of Parks it was host Highland over Como 6-1. The lineups of these two teams have been altered during the week; Highland returned to their traditional singles line up while Como was still experimenting. One of the experiments with Talia moving from doubles to second singles ended in a withdrawl in the second set with Sunshine Vang. The Scots controlled the singles portion of the contest with five sets with margins over ten. Only at fourth singles did Como manage a set win. Como’s doubles line up today was altered several ways. Gay Nee, usually at first doubles was moved to third to partner with Pah Meh. Gay Nee’s usual partner, Lah Shar, was not available. San San moved to first doubles. She had played at third doubles during the year. HP also had some shifts at doubles with Satori moving back to first doubles with Chor. Katia and Ellie, who have been at second doubles, moved to third. Doubles proved to be the most competitive of the two with HP squeaking by with a cumulative 0.57 margin. Five of the seven sets in doubles were decided by three points or less.
SINGLES
1. Neul Jeong-McDonell, HP def Pa Nra 21-11, 21-13
2. Sunshine Vang, HP def Talia 21-6, withdrawl
3. Phlower Vang, HP def Xee 21-11 21-9
4. Sarah Shiferaw, HP def Wendy 21-11, 19-21, 21-18
DOUBLES
1. Chor / Satori, HP def May / San San 21-19, 23-21
2. Ella / Tsheng, HP def Pa Tshia / Kaya 21-19, 21-17
3. Gay Nee / Pah Meh, CP def Katia Ellie 18-21, 21-14, 21-19
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Highland Park 4-0 1.000
Games: Highland Park 8-1 .889
points: Highland Park 166-100 .624
Set 1 points: Highland Park 84-39 .683
Set 2 points: Highland Park 61-43 .587
Set 3 points: Highland Park 21-18 .539
decided by 10+: Highland Park 5-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Highland Park 1-1 .500
margin: Highland Park 8.250
DOUBLES
Matches: Highland Park 2-1 .667
Games: Highland Park 5-2 .714
points: Highland Park 140-136 .507
Set 1 points: Highland Park 63-56 .529
Set 2 points: Como Park 59-58 .504
Set 3 points: Como Park 21-19 .525
decided by 10+: none
decided by 3-: Highland Park 4-1 .800
margin: Highland Park 0.571
FIRST SINGLES
Neul 2, Pa Nra 0
(19-11, 21-14)
At the start of the week both these players were playing second singles. Today they were back at their familiar location. And for the second contest this year Neul Jeong-McDonnel beat Pa Nra. In the first match up Pa Nra’s second set, a 23-21 loss, indicated that the rematch might be tight. Today was not going to be a repeat of that tight finish. Neul’s side out game combined with her winner advantage was more than enough for separation. The winners of choice for Neul came with 10 soft drives and nine clears. I tracked a new category today in an experiment: set up shots that the opponent had errors on. Of the 13 Pa Nra errors, 8 were off of clears by Neul, 2 came on short serves (in the net), 1 each on a drive, a soft drive, and a deep serve. For 9 Neul errors, Pa Nra set up 5 with clears, 2 soft drives, one short serve, and one drive. The six service errors by Neul are all on her to bring her total error count to 15. Pa Nra’s first three points of the first set were all on Neul service errors.
Counting again was an issue—in the first set and right at the end at that. The first set had Neul up 11-3. I though I hear 18-11 and the set then ended on the next point. The second set had no counting errors. Pa Nra held a 7-6 lead when Neul responded with her second run of the set to pull in front 9-7. The ability to score on serve kept Neul expanding her lead. A run of four on her eighth service had her on the cusp at 19-11. All four of those points were winners, and all five strokes or longer, an indication of higher level of competition.
| Category | NEUL | PA NRA |
| Side out | 11/17-.647 | 6/18-.333 |
| Longest side out string | 4 | 1 |
| 3+ Runs | 6 | 2 |
| Longest point string | 4 | 3 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 23 | 8 |
| Serving % | 34/40-.850 | 25/25-1.00 |
| Point generated off serve | .575 | .320 |
| POINTS | 40 | 25 |
| Points after 11 | 18 | 12 |
| Points after own errors | 13 | 8 |
| Winners after own errors | 9 | 3 |
| STROKES | 176 | 85 |
| Strokes per point | 4.400 | 3.400 |
| 5+ rallies | 18 | 6 |
| 2- rallies | 10 | 11 |
| WINNERS | 27 | 10 |
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | 1 | 0 |
| Clears | 9 | 2 |
| Drives | 1 | 2 |
| Drops | 1 | 0 |
| Soft drives | 10 | 1 |
| Smashes | 5 | 5 |
| ERRORS | 15 | 13 |
| Deep | 1 | 1 |
| Fans | 0 | 0 |
| Net | 3 | 8 |
| Wide | 5 | 4 |
| Serve | 6 | 0 |
| SET UPS | 13 | 9 |
| Clears | 8 | 5 |
| Drives | 1 | 1 |
| Soft Drives | 1 | 2 |
| Deep serves | 1 | 0 |
| Short Serves | 2 | 1 |
| Largest Lead | 9 | 1 |
| W:E Ratio | 1.800 | 0.769 |
| Margin | 7.500 | |
| Set Point % | 2/3-.667 | |
| Time | 14:31 |