Badminton Out & About: Community of Peace vs Math & Science 4.24.2017

COMMUNITY OF PEACE 6, MATH & SCIENCE 1

Community of Peace, in only their third match of the year, beat Math & Science in a Twin City Athletic Conference match in St. Paul. M&S was able to take the third doubles for their win. This match did have some tight sets, six that were decided by two points. Two sets went to extra points. The Tigers of COP won four of the tight sets. Both these schools are still growing into the sport. COP is in their third year of action, M&S is in their second. Most of the teams in the TCAC are charter schools with smallish gyms. COP is no exception with four courts. With the new conference, there will be an end of the year conference tournament just like Minneapolis & St. Paul. This year M&S will host the two day event on May 8 and 9.

I now have seen all 23 teams that are involved in badminton this year. From here on out it will be off to see the best match available.

SINGLES
1. Shoua Thao, COP def Siben Isiaka 21-7, 21-19
2. Mai Lee, COP def Keagen Eng 21-19, 22-20
3. Mai Kia, COP def Ananda 21-11, 21-17
4. Angie Clark, COP def Megan D 21-17, 21-16

DOUBLES
1. DaLee/Ester Lor, COP def Daria Fleischhacker/Gabrielle Jensen 21-7, 21-8
2. Koung/Lorsee, COP def Kerstin Lisowski/Emily Wong 21-15, 21-12
3. Melissa/Angeles, M&S def Mina/Cindy 21-19, 22-24, 21-19

BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches
: Community of Peace 4-0 1.000
Games: Community of Peace 8-0 1.000
points: Community of Peace 169-126 .573
decided by 10+: Community of Peace 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Community of Peace 3-0 1.000
margin: Community of Peace 5.375
DOUBLES
Matches
: Community of Peace 2-1 .667
Games: Community of Peace 5-2 .714
points: Community of Peace 146-106 .579
decided by 10+: Community of Peace 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Math & Science 2-1 .667
margin: Community of Peace 5.714

FIRST SINGLES

shoua THAO 2, siben ISIAKA 0

(21-7, 21-19)

COP’s Shoua Thao won in a two setter, but neither set was like the other. The first set was an open & shut case; the second had twists & turns, plus improvement. Overall Thao had the advantage in winners 30-16. In the second set, both players had 13 winners. Isiaka was more active and aggressive in the second set which explains the upturn from three winners.

In set one Thao had the big jump at the start with the first seven points including three aces (one of which was a fan). Isiaka never strung together a run and the only time their was side out on Thao’s initial serve was due to Thao’s own service error. For some reason I charted a 22-6 margin in this set.

That all changed in the second set. Isiaka struck first with a run of four to pull ahead 5-2. Another run of five gave her a 13-8 advantage. Her last lead came after a tap smash at 14-10. A resurgent Thao racked up seven straight to go up 17-14. Isiaka responded with three straight to tie it at 17. Both sided out to keep it tied at 18. Two hitting errors ended the match—-by my count short of 21 (20-18)

Both players focused on the middle of the court with their returns most of the game. You will see a new category on where the winners came below.

 

Category THAO ISIAKA
Side out 6/12-.500 4/14-.286
3+ Runs 6 3
Longest point string 7 5
Service points 30 12
Overall points 42 24
Points after 11 23 10
Points after own errors 3 2
Strokes 179 99
Strokes per point 4.262 4.125
5+ rallies 14 6
2- rallies 8 3
WINNERS 30 16
Aces 5 1
Blocks 0 1
Clears 2 1
Drives 2 1
Drops 3 1
Soft drives 5 4
Smashes 13 7
ERRORS 8 12
Deep 0 0
Fan 0 3
Net 5 2
Wide 2 6
Serve 1 1
W:E Ratio 3.75 1.33
WINNER LOCATION    
Backline R 1 0
Backline M 4 0
Backline L 2 0
Sideline R 2 1
Juicy Middle 8 8
Sideline L 5 0
Front R 0 2
Front M 5 3
Front L 3 2
RIGHT 3 3
MIDDLE 17 11
LEFT 10 2
Margin 9.000  
Set Point % 2/2-1.000  
Time 13:16.85  

 

 

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