CENTRAL 4, COMO PARK 3
There have been two themes this week—4-3 scores, and revenge wins. Today it was Central’s moment as they flipped an earlier loss to the Cougars with a 4-3 win at home. On March 30 Como Park prevailed 6-1. Today Central swept the doubles and added a first singles win by Zadie for the win. Zadie was not present in the first contest. Doubles proved to be the most competitive with the only three set matches of the day. The score was tied at 2 apiece with the first three singles and first doubles in the book. The deciding match would be at third doubles. Mai Shia and Fardosa needed to take the last two sets for the Minuteman victory. The final set was decided by the narrowest margin—two points. A flip of those two points and CP would have enjoyed the victory.
SINGLES
1. Zadie, C def Xee Lee 21-6, 21-10
2. Betty Hebble, CP def Mayson 21-6, 21-18
3. Kaya Solheid, CP def Lennon 21-15, 21-16
4. Ta’Liyah McNeal, CP def Lucy 21-17, 21-10
DOUBLES
1. Isabel / Clara, C def Lisa Truong / Oo Meh 21-13, 21-10
2. LiLe / Red, C def Hehblut Paw / Michelle Vang 21-15, 16-21, 21-10
3. Mai Shia / Fardosa, C def Daychia Her / Tha Blay Htoo 18-21, 21-15, 21-19
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Como Park 3-1 .750
Games: Como Park 6-2 .750
points: Como Park 142-124 .534
Set 1 points: Como Park 69-59 .539
Set 2 points: Como Park 73-65 .529
decided by 10+: split 2-2 .500
decided by 3-: Como Park 1-0 1.000
margin: Como Park 2.25
DOUBLES
Matches: Central 3-0 1.000
Games: Central 6-2 .750
points: Central 160-124 .563
Set 1 points: Central 60-49 .550
Set 2 points: Central 58-46 .558
Set 3 points: Central 42-29 .592
decided by 10+: Central 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Central 1-1 .500
margin: Central 4.500
FIRST SINGLES
ZADIE 2, XEE LEE 0 (21-7, 20-10)
Central’s Zadie scored the first six points at the start of each set and used that momentum for her straight set wins. As has been true all week, a strong side out game plus scoring winners when serving proved to be the separators. Zadie did not allow Xee Lee any runs today. Lee only scored four times on her serve, with Zadie ringing up 27. The odd stroke winners replicated that at a plus twelve advantage (13-1) for Zadie. Zadie’s favorite scoring winner today was the smash—eight times, the same amount of total winners for Lee. Even though the match appeared lopsided, the stroke count showed long rallies. Half the points today lasted five strokes or longer. This category also belonged to Zadie 20-9.
Zadie notched runs on her first two serves. The coup de gras was a seven point run that made it 18-5. Six of those points were winners, three of those were smashes. Again the stroke counts in that run indicated contentious points—14, 11, 7 and another 7. It was a two stroke soft drive that finished the set however.
It was déjà vu all over again in the second set with Zadie duplicating that 6-0 lead and scoring runs on her first two services. The final score was less than the total required. There was a mix up/confusion on point that was deep. Lee was not able to call it (since it was behind her). There was a conversation at the net and Zadie continued with her service. The day ended with a net serve.
| Category | ZADIE | XEE LEE |
| Side out | 10/14-.714 | 3/13-.231 |
| Longest side out string | 5 | 2 |
| 3+ Runs | 6 | 0 |
| Longest point string | 7 | 2 |
| SERVING | ||
| First serve | 2 | 1 |
| First point | 1, 2 | |
| Service points | 27 | 4 |
| Serving % | 40/40-1.000 | 17/18-.944 |
| Point generated off serve | .659 | .235 |
| POINTS | 41 | 17 |
| Points after 11 | 19 | 11 |
| Points after own errors | 6 | 6 |
| Winners after own errors | 2 | 2 |
| STROKES | 202 | 83 |
| Strokes per point | 4.927 | 4.882 |
| 5+ rallies (%) | 20 (.488) | 9 (.529) |
| 2- rallies (%) | 11 (.268) | 4 (.235) |
| WINNERS | 21 | 8 |
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 3 | 4 |
| Drives | 7 | 1 |
| Drops | 1 | 1 |
| Soft drives | 2 | 0 |
| Smashes | 8 | 2 |
| Even Stroke Winners | 7 (.333) | 7 (.875) |
| 2nd Stroke Winners | 2 (.095) | 3 (.375) |
| Odd Stroke Winners | 14 (.667) | 1 (.125) |
| ERRORS | 9 | 20 |
| Deep | 0 | 0 |
| Net | 7 | 14 |
| Wide | 2 | 5 |
| Serve | 0 | 1 |
| Even stroke errors | 3 | 12 |
| 2nd stroke errors | 1 | 8 |
| Odd stroke errors | 6 | 8 |
| WINNER LOCATION | ||
| Left | 7 (.333) | 5 (.625) |
| Right | 14 (.667) | 3 (.375) |
| Largest Lead | 14, 11 | none |
| W:E Ratio | 2.333 | 0.400 |
| Margin | 12.00 | |
| Set Point % | 2/4-.500 | |
| Time | 18:45 |