BURNSVILLE TRIANGULAR
Final edition
Everybody was tied up in knots in a Suburban Triangular Thursday afternoon. As a result, the clarity of seeding teams in the state tournament is still muddy. #10 Burnsville opened with a 5-2 win over #11 Kennedy. The Eagles then had their own 5-2 win over #9 Edina. The Hornets completed the circle with a 4-3 win over the hosts. That left all three teams with a 1-1 record. What is a ranker to do? The next level I would look at is the matches won for the day: Burnsville 8, Kennedy 7, Edina 6. Using that standard the hosts were the “winners” for the day. Needless to say all three teams are bunched still and there were some things each team can take some joy in, but no one left overjoyed.
BURNSVILLE 5, KENNEDY 2
The Blaze swept the doubles and squeezed out two three set wins at second and third singles. At the end of the first set Kennedy led in all four singles. A change of two points at second singles and two points in third singles would have given the Eagles a 4-3 win.
This was Burnsville’s second win over Kennedy this season.
SINGLES
1. Chusang Nhasang, K def Megan Peterson 21-7, 21-9
2. Theresa Tourtillott, B def Angela Taing 19-21, 21-19, 21-18
3. Makayla Haddorf, B def Vichhecka Chy 15-21, 21-18, 22-20
4. Yan-Mei Yuan, K def Jaylin Wong 21-9, 16-21, 21-9
DOUBLES
1. Sarah Leahy/Greta Donnelly, B def Tran Nguyen/Kim Nguyen 21-5, 21-15
2. Thanh Nguyen/Elena Luu, B def Yan-Ling Yuan/Anh Nguyen 21-8, 21-10
3. Carly Dahl/Hana Handzija, B def Guadalupe Fernandez/Jewell 21-13, 21-13
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: split 2-2 .500
Games: Kennedy 6-5
points: Kennedy 217-174 .555
decided by 10+: Kennedy 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Burnsville 4-1 .800
margin: Kennedy 3.909
DOUBLES
Matches: Burnsville 3-0 1.000
Games: Burnsville 6-0 1.000
points: Burnsville 126-64 .663
decided by 10+: Burnsville 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Burnsville 10.333
FIRST SINGLES
chusang NHASANG 2, megan PETERSON 0
(21-7, 21-9)
#2 Chusang Nhasang sided out at 86% and held Megan Peterson to single digits in a two set win. Nhasang came up with 22 winners with the power game evident in the first set with four of her six smashes. In the second set Nhasang stretched the floor with four winners each in clears and drops.
| Category | NHASANG | PETERSON |
| Side out | 12/14-.857 | 4/15-.267 |
| 3+ Runs | 6 | 1 |
| Longest point string | 11 | 3 |
| Service points | 28 | 3 |
| Overall points | 42 | 16 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 8 |
| WINNERS | 22 | 9 |
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 5 | 2 |
| Drives | 0 | 1 |
| Drops | 7 | 2 |
| Soft drives | 4 | 2 |
| Smashes | 6 | 2 |
| ERRORS | 7 | 20 |
| Deep | 2 | 1 |
| Net | 2 | 13 |
| Wide | 1 | 4 |
| Serve | 2 | 2 |
| W:E Ratio | 3.143 | 0.450 |
| Margin | 13.000 | |
| Set Point % | 2/2-1.000 | |
| Time | 10:42.77 |
KENNEDY 5, EDINA 2
Kennedy swept the singles, this time they were able to turn second and third singles in three sets. In addition they added second doubles. Since we looked a change of points in the first set, a change of points—4 at second singles and two at third singles would have given Edina a 4-3 win.
This was the Eagles second win over Edina this year.
SINGLES
1. Chusang Nhasang, K def Mia Coma 21-7, 21-10
2. Angela Taing, K def Talia Bjeland 19-21, 21-11, 21-17
3. Yan-Mei Yuan, K def Kila Panchot 21-13, 18-21, 21-19
4. Vichhecka Chy, K def Uma Kumar 21-15, 21-13
DOUBLES
1. Ella Kile/Sydney Sabow, E def Tran Nguyen/Kim Nguyen 21-12, 21-5
2. Yan-Ling Yuan/Anh Nguyen, K def Olivia LaLuzerne/Uma Bhati 21-13, 21-14
3. Maren Naegele/Arden Ruehl, E def Guadalupe Fernandez/Jewell 21-8, 21-12
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Kennedy 4-0 1.000
Games: Kennedy 8-2 .800
points: Kennedy 205-147 .582
decided by 10+: Kennedy 3-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Edina 2-1 .667
margin: Kennedy 5.800
DOUBLES
Matches: Edina 2-1 .667
Games: Edina 4-2 .667
points: Edina 111-79 .584
decided by 10+: Edina 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Edina 5.333
FIRST SINGLES
chusang NHASANG 2, mia COMA 0
(21-7, 21-10)
Chusang Nhasang held Coma to one winner in this match—-the first point in the second set—and only four service points in a sweep. Nhasang came up with 24 winners in the match, 8 of which came on the soft drive.
| Category | NHASANG | COMA |
| Side out | 12/14-.857 | 4/15-.267 |
| 3+ Runs | 7 | 1 |
| Longest point string | 7 | 3 |
| Service points | 27 | 4 |
| Overall points | 41 | 17 |
| Points after 11 | 19 | 10 |
| WINNERS | 24 | 1 |
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 5 | 0 |
| Drives | 0 | 0 |
| Drops | 4 | 0 |
| Soft drives | 8 | 0 |
| Smashes | 6 | 1 |
| ERRORS | 16 | 17 |
| Deep | 3 | 0 |
| Net | 5 | 8 |
| Wide | 5 | 7 |
| Serve | 3 | 2 |
| W:E Ratio | 1.500 | 0.059 |
| Margin | 12.00 | |
| Set Point % | 2/2-1.000 | |
| Time | 11:18.49 |
EDINA 4, BURNSVILLE 3
Edina spoiled an outright Burnsville win for the day taking the third doubles match, the last match out breaking a three all tie. The two teams split singles, but the Hornets grabbed both odd doubles that went to three sets. How close was this match? Both teams ended up with the same amount of points 279-279. The “what if” game was too wide to tip the scales.
Edina won the previous contest too.
SINGLES
1. Mia Coma, E def Megan Peterson 21-12, 21-13
2. Talia Bjeland, E def Theresa Tourtillott 21-11, 21-15
3. Makayla Haddorf, B def Kila Panchot 22-20, 21-8
4. Jaylin Wong, B def Uma Kumar 21-13, 21-13
DOUBLES
1. Ella Kyle/Sydney Sabow, E def Sarah Leahy/Greta Donnelly 21-13, 21-23, 21-15
2. Thanh Nguyen/Elena Luu, B def Olivia LaLuzerne/Uma Bhati 21-12, 21-11
3. Maren Naegele/Arden Ruehl, E def Carly Dahl/Hana Handzija 21-15, 13-21, 21-14
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: split 2-2 .500
Games: split 4-4 .500
points: Edina 138-136 .504
decided by 10+: split 1-1 .500
decided by 3-: Burnsville 1-0 1.000
margin: Edina 0.250
DOUBLES
Matches: Edina 2-1 .667
Games: split 4-4 .500
points: Burnsville 143-141 .504
decided by 10+: Edina 1-0 1.000
decided by 3-: Burnsville 1-0 1.000
margin: Burnsville 0.250
FIRST SINGLES
mia COMA 2, megan PETERSON 0
(21-11, 21-13)
Mia Coma did not allow a run in the sweep over Megan Peterson. Peterson did have two more winners than Coma. Errors accounted for 71% of the points. For some reason the bird was flying deep in this match. The first four points of this match were all errors, all deep. One got the feeling of a deadline was to be met, or a plane/train had to be met.
| Category | COMA | PETERSON |
| Side out | 14/19-.737 | 10/20-.500 |
| 3+ Runs | 4 | 0 |
| Longest point string | 8 | 2 |
| Service points | 23 | 5 |
| Overall points | 42 | 24 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 10 |
| WINNERS | 12 | 14 |
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Clears | 5 | 2 |
| Drives | 1 | 3 |
| Drops | 2 | 1 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 7 |
| Smashes | 1 | 1 |
| ERRORS | 10 | 30 |
| Deep | 1 | 9 |
| Net | 5 | 11 |
| Wide | 1 | 4 |
| Serve | 3 | 6 |
| W:E Ratio | 1.200 | 0.467 |
| Margin | 9.000 | |
| Set Point % | 2/4-.500 | |
| Time | 12:03.79 |