NORTH 6, EDISON JV 1
North, who is playing a JV schedule in Minneapolis this year, beat visiting Edison’s JV 6-1. The Polars have made big strides from last year. In 2016 they were 18-92 overall in individual singles and doubles during the regular season (.164). After today, North has already passed last year’s mark with a 23-19 mark (.547). The Polars are no longer forfeiting matches with a full roster at ten. Today North took all but third singles. That match went three sets with the last set going to extra points. There was one other match that went three sets and North took that at second doubles. The Polars also were able to take the other two sets that went to extra points at fourth singles, second set, and at third doubles, third set. That extra point-fest went out to 26-24.
I now have five teams left to chart. Edison is one of them since a JV isn’t a varsity. Others on the to do list: Johnson, Harding (tomorrow) and Math & Science & Community of Peace.
SINGLES
1. Tatiyanna Gross, N def Allison Dominguez 21-12, 21-4
2. Althea Hadley, N def Lizbeth Cando 21-16, 21-19
3. Angel Lao, E def Lauryn Lumpkins 14-21, 21-14, 22-20
4. Amaya Walker, N def Lilou Poulet 21-16, 24-22
DOUBLES
1. Marli Lewis/Shey Tyler, N def Malee Lee/Sai Nancy Xiong 21-15, 21-14
2. Talina Hill/Khadijah Masud, N def Xitlali Ramirez-Morrow/Cat Jewett 21-14, 11-21, 21-14
3. Capri Jones/Myeiera Brown, N def Nurto Dunow/Maiyia Vang 21-16, 26-24
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: North 3-1 .750
Games: North 7-2 .778
points: North 184-146 .558
decided by 10+: North 1-0 1.000
decided by 3-: North 2-1 .667
margin: North 4.222
DOUBLES
Matches: North 3-0 1.000
Games: North 6-1 .857
points: North 142-118 .546
decided by 10+: EdisonJV 1-0 1.000
decided by 3-: North 1-0 1.000
margin: North 3.429
FIRST SINGLES
tatiyanna GROSS 2, allison DOMINGUEZ 0
(21-12, 21-4)
The most dominant North win came here at first singles with Tati Gross preventing any runs from her Edison JV counterpart Allison Dominguez. Big early runs were the trademark of this match. On her second service in the first set, Gross ran up nine straight to lead 10-2. The main feature here was a deep serve, followed by a clear attempt, followed by a clear by Gross for a point. The same pattern held in the second set as Gross rang up 14 straight after Dominguez had jumped in front 2-0. Gross made use of six smashes in this set. In each set Gross tallied 15 winners. Dominguez only had two winners all day. In the stats below Gross has 41 points. That is because I only charted her out to 20 in set one.
| Category | GROSS | DOMINGUEZ |
| Side out | 2/9-.222 | 4/11-.364 |
| 3+ Runs | 7 | 0 |
| Longest point string | 14 | 2 |
| Service points | 32 | 7 |
| Overall points | 41 | 16 |
| Strokes | 145 | 66 |
| Strokes per point | 3.537 | 4.125 |
| 5+ rallies | 12 | 5 |
| 2- rallies | 7 | 4 |
| WINNERS | 30 | 2 |
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 10 | 1 |
| Drives | 6 | 1 |
| Drops | 2 | 0 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 0 |
| Smashes | 8 | 0 |
| ERRORS | 14 | 11 |
| Deep | 2 | 0 |
| Net | 8 | 7 |
| Wide | 3 | 3 |
| Serve | 1 | 1 |
| W:E Ratio | 2.143 | 0.182 |
| Margin | 12.50 | |
| Set Point % | 2/2-1.000 | |
| Time | 13:31.62 |