COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY 7, PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY 0
Community of Peace made their way to Brooklyn Park Thursday and beat the Lycans of Prairie Seeds in a sweep. The Tigers held PSA to single digits in eight of the fourteen sets. The margins in both singles and doubles were double digits with singles slightly ahead of doubles 12.875 to 10.167. The most points Prairie Seeds scored in a set came in the first set at second doubles when Kafoua Yang and Madeline Her reached 17.
This was PSA’s second match of the year, and their first home match. They have five courts in action. The action moved rather quickly. The singles were done in about 15 minutes of action. After singles were through the doubles took over.
I have now charted 26 of the 28 schools playing badminton this year (93%). Left on the menu—-Eagle Ridge Academy and Hiawatha Collegiate.
SINGLES
1. Shina, CPA def Nori Xiong 21-5, 21-8
2. Jenny, CPA def Juna Yang 21-5, 21-7
3. Phoenix, CPA def Diana Moua 21-10, 21-16
4. Alexa, CPA def Gao Nou Yang 21-2, 21-12
DOUBLES
1. La / Youa, CPA def Mai Choua Thao / Becky Her 21-11, 21-6
2. Eh Sher / Shasha, CPA def Kafoua Yang / Madeline Her 21-17, 21-13
3. Nancy / Chelsey, CPA def Mai Chang / Pearl Thao 21-6, 21-8
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Community of Peace 4-0 1.000
Games: Community of Peace 8-0 1.000
points: Community of Peace 168-65 .721
Set 1 points: Community of Peace 84-22 .792
Set 2 points: Community of Peace 84-43 .661
decided by 10+: Community of Peace 6-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Community of Peace 12.875
DOUBLES
Matches: Community of Peace 3-0 1.000
Games: Community of Peace 6-0 1.000
points: Community of Peace 126-65 .660
Set 1 points: Community of Peace 63-34 .649
Set 2 points: Community of Peace 63-31 .670
decided by 10+: Community of Peace 4-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Community of Peace 10.167
FIRST SINGLES
SHINA 2, NORI XIONG 0
(21-5, 21-8)
CPA’s Shina shined in her match up with PSA’s Nori Xiong. Shina erupted for 15 straight points early in the first set. She took advantage of Xiong’s birds that were left hanging in the air, juicy and creamy. And Shina creamed them. In that run of 15 she smashed six straight, all on the third stroke (after the two stroke side out). In that same string of 15 she added five more smashes. Only on point 16 did the smash count move off three—that time to five. All in all, a dozen smashes in the first set alone.
The second set score seemed similar, but there were differences. Shina got her first run on her second service, but this time it was only six straight. And the smash was not as prevalent with just two in the opening eight points. Still Shina had five smashes in the second set, the most of any of her winner categories. Xiong got her only run of the day on her third service in the second set. A couple of drops helped cut the margin to 12-8. Once Shina got the bird back, she did not let it go. She closed with the final nine points.
Neither player was able to prevent the other from scoring on serve in set two. Both players’ side out percentages were under 50%.
Again, the odd stroke winners overwhelmingly tipped to the winner. This time Shina had a +23 margin (27-4).
| Category | SHINA | NORI XIONG |
| Side out | 3/7-.429 | 1/9-.111 |
| Longest side out string | 3 | 1 |
| 3+ Runs | 4 | 1 |
| Longest point string | 15 | 4 |
| SERVING | ||
| First serve | 1, 2 | – |
| First point | 1, 2 | – |
| First run | 1, 2 | – |
| Service points | 35 | 6 |
| Serving % | 42/42-1.000 | 7/8-.875 |
| Point generated off serve | .833 | .462 |
| POINTS | 42 | 13 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 8 |
| Points after own errors | 5 | 1 |
| Winners after own errors | 4 | 0 |
| STROKES | 153 | 64 |
| Strokes per point | 3.643 | 6.385 |
| 5+ rallies (%) | 9 (.214) | 8 (.615) |
| 2- rallies (%) | 6 (.143) | 1 (.077) |
| WINNERS | 32 (.762) | 5 (.385) |
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Blocks | 1 | 0 |
| Clears | 6 | 0 |
| Drives | 4 | 0 |
| Drops | 1 | 2 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 1 |
| Smashes | 17 | 2 |
| Even Stroke Winners | 5 | 1 |
| 2nd Stroke Winners | 2 | 0 |
| Odd Stroke Winners | 27 | 4 |
| ERRORS | 8 (.615) | 10 (.238) |
| Deep | 1 | 0 |
| Net | 6 | 7 |
| Wide | 1 | 2 |
| Serve | 0 | 1 |
| Even stroke errors | 2 | 8 |
| 2nd stroke errors | 1 | 1 |
| Odd stroke errors | 6 | 2 |
| WINNER LOCATION | ||
| Left | 17 (.531) | 2 (.400) |
| Right | 15 (.469) | 3 (.600) |
| Largest Lead | 16, 13 | none |
| W:E Ratio | 4.00 | 0.50 |
| Margin | 14.50 | |
| Set Point % | 2/2-1.000 | |
| Time | 11:22 |