EDINA 6, EDEN PRAIRIE 1

Edina opened their defense of their 2023 state title with a home court win over neighboring Eden Prairie. It was the opener for both teams. The Eagles did take third singles in three sets, the only match to go the distance on the day, and the only match where EP won sets. The Hornets had six sets with margins of ten or more with three each in singles and doubles. Four of those came in the first sets. Only one set went to extra points—and that came at fourth singles in the first set.

Edina has 74 team members and EP 60, so numbers have bounced back strongly from the virus trough. On top of that, Edina only has one senior.

SINGLES
1. Tenzin Tsephel, E def Elaina Lissick 21-9, 21-8
2. Hazel Dang, E def Maya Varikuti 21-17, 21-16
3. Aarushi Bhavnagar, E def Shreya Junaja 21-7, 21-13
4. Evelyn Ge, E def Saisha Peram 23-21, 21-12

DOUBLES
1. Ivy Peterson / Sanna Coma, E def Olivia Ladegaard / Aish Balakrishna 21-5, 21-15
2. Juman Alkhatib / Bergen Pickett, E def Reggie Rodriguez / Lahari Tharala  21-5, 21-7
3. Monisha Chhabra / Alexa Bernardy, EP def Daisy Hennington / Ella Burke 21-16, 17-21, 21-19

BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Edina 4-0 1.000
Games: Edina 8-0 1.000
points: Edina 170-103 .623
Set 1 points: Edina 86-54 .614
Set 2 points: Edina 84-49 .632
decided by 10+: Edina 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Edina 1-0 1.000
margin: Edina 8.375
DOUBLES
Matches: Edina 2-1 .667
Games: Edina 5-2 .714
points: Edina 140-91 .606
Set 1 points: Edina .652
Set 2 points: Edina .618
Set 3 points: Eden Prairie 21-19 .525
decided by 10+: Edina 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Eden Prairie 1-0 1.000
margin: Edina 7.000

FIRST SINGLES

Tenzin TSEPHEL 2, Elena LISSICK 0
(21-9, 21-8)

Tenzin Tsephel of Edina swept Elena Lissick with a strong defensive effort plus a big differential in winners 25-7. Most of those winners came on the third stroke. She had eight third stroke winners in the first set, six in the second. Smashes led the winner count for Tsephel with eight with seven clears following close behind.

Right off the bat Tsephel established her presence with the first three points of the match—the first two points coming on the third stroke. That lead was short lived as Lissick tied it up at three. That would be her only run of the match. But Lissick was unable to find the court on her next serve opening the door for a second Tsephel run. This time it was a six pointer.Lissick was able to get side outs on Tsephel’s third and fourth services, but the rest of the time the Hornet was able to initiate runs. Tsephel had four in the first set.

Lissick had her only lead of the day early in the second set  at 2-1. A missed serve stopped that momentum. Lissick missed three in the second set total and was only 1/3 on her first three serves. Tsephel didn’t really clear herself from her Eagle opponent until her seventh service where she got her second run of the set. Prior to that it was 10-7. Tsephel finished strong in both sets, but in the second it was more pronounced at 10-1 with two runs on her last two services and eight winners capped by a three stroke clear.

Category	TSEPHEL	LISSICK
Side out	10/13-.833	5/15-.333
Longest side out string	6	3
3+ Runs	7	1
Longest point string	6 (2x)	3
SERVING
First serve	1, 2	None
First point	1, 2	None
Service points	29	4
Serving %	41/42-.976	12/17-.706
Point generated off serve	.690	.235
POINTS	42	17
Points after 11	20	4
Points after own errors	8	7
Winners after own errors	3	1
STROKES	131	65
Strokes per point	3.119	3.824
5+ rallies (%)	7	3
2- rallies (%)	15	3
WINNERS	14, 11-25	4, 3-7
Aces	0	0
Blocks	0	0
Clears	7	1
Drives	3	3
Drops	2	2
Soft drives	5	1
Smashes	8	0
Even Stroke Winners	4	4
2nd Stroke Winners	3	2
Odd Stroke Winners	21	3
ERRORS	10	17
Deep	1	0
Net	5	6
Wide	3	6
Serve	1	5
Even stroke errors	2	10
2nd stroke errors	0	6
Odd stroke errors	8	11
WINNER LOCATION
Left	3, 7-10	3,1-4
Right	11, 4-15	1, 2-3
Largest Lead	12,13	0, 1
W:E Ratio	2.50	0.42
Margin	12.50
Set Point %	2/2-1.000
Time	12:40