EDEN PRAIRIE 7, SOUTHWEST 0
In a battle of leaders of the Suburban schools and Minneapolis, it was all suburb as host Eden Prairie shut out Minneapolis champions Southwest. The #5 ranked Eagles were pushed to three sets in two matches—at second singles and first doubles. The #13 ranked Lakers were more competitive at doubles with the margin 3.6 compared to 8.2 at singles. Still that did get a match win.
EP is now 10-4 on the year
SINGLES
1. Ashley Nelson, EP def Lily Landis 21-14, 21-10
2. Avery Schu, EP def Emily Jenewin 22-24, 21-8, 21-15
3. Sanjana Seethamraju, EP def Anna Jenewin 21-8, 21-11
4. Katie Terrance, EP def Kajal 21-7, 21-19
DOUBLES
1. Nadia Shaarawi/Amanda Polanski, EP def Camryn/Alysa 21-18, 11-21, 21-15
2. Roshina Mahamed Rafee/Sydney Ruesink, EP def Paige/Zoe 21-17, 21-14
3. Cambria Lang/Halle Peterson, EP def Ginger/Ruby 21-13, 21-14
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Eden Pairie 4-0 1.000
Games: Eden Pairie 8-1 .889
points: Eden Pairie 190-116 .621
decided by 10+: Eden Pairie 5-0 1.000
decided by 3-: split 1-1 .500
margin: Eden Pairie 8.222
DOUBLES
Matches: Eden Pairie 3-0 1.000
Games: Eden Pairie 6-1 .857
points: Eden Pairie 137-112 .550
decided by 10+: Southwest 1-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Eden Pairie 1-0 1.000
margin: Eden Pairie 3.571
FIRST SINGLES
ashley NELSON 2, lily LANDIS 0
(21-14, 21-10)
#4 ranked Ashley Nelson of Eden Prairie used her power game in a sweep over Southwest’s Lily Landis, currently #7. Nelson allowed the Minneapolis leader only one run and more than quadrupled her winner count 30-7. Nelson had 17 smashes on the day taking advantage of juicy birds delivered tight to the net. Despite the score, the match did feature more longer rallies than quick 30.3% to 25.8%. When it was longer Nelson won 11-9. Nelson dominated the fast, two stroke points 13-4.
Landis actually had the first, and as it turned out, her only run of the day and that propelled her into a 6-4 lead. Nelson responded with four straight points and took the lead for good at 8-6. A missed serve opened the door for a seven point Nelson run, and her biggest lead at 17-9. Landis closed out with a 5-4 advantage, but the hole was too deep and Nelson was on the door step.
After falling behind 1-0, Nelson ran off six straight, five of which landed as winners, and was in the driver’s seat the rest of the way. Landis could not gain traction on her serve, only squeezing off two service points in this set. Nelson added two more runs of four (12-5 and 18-8).
| Category | NELSON | LANDIS |
| Side out | 11/17-.647 | 6/16-.375 |
| 3+ Runs | 5 | 1 |
| Longest point string | 7 | 4 |
| Service points | 25 | 9 |
| Overall points | 42 | 24 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 10 |
| Points after own errors | 11/17-.647 | 3/12-.250 |
| Strokes | 153 | 112 |
| Strokes per point | 3.643 | 4.667 |
| 5+ rallies | 11 | 9 |
| 2- rallies | 13 | 4 |
| WINNERS | 30 | 7 |
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 3 | 4 |
| Drives | 2 | 0 |
| Drops | 6 | 1 |
| Soft drives | 0 | 0 |
| Smashes | 17 | 2 |
| ERRORS | 17 | 12 |
| Deep | 1 | 4 |
| Net | 7 | 3 |
| Wide | 7 | 4 |
| Serve | 2 | 1 |
| WINNER LOCATION | ||
| Back line | 4 | 3 |
| Middle | 20 | 3 |
| Front | 6 | 1 |
| Right | 16 | 4 |
| Left | 14 | 3 |
| W:E Ratio | 1.765 | 0.583 |
| Margin | 9.000 | |
| Set Point % | 2/5-.400 | |
| Time | 12:46.51 |