BURNSVILLE 7, TRINITY 0
Even indoor sports get hit by weather. With school cancelled in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the badminton schedule took a hit. School went on, albeit delayed, at Burnsville and they hosted newcomer #19 Trinity. Washburn was to have joined the pair, but the Millers were sidelined by no school in Minneapolis. So, a Triangular became a dual and the #6 Blaze were on fire as they swept Trinity. The Blaze held Trinity to single digits in 11 of the 15 sets. There was one match that went the distance—-first doubles. Doubles is where Trinity had the most success. Four times Trinity reached double digits with Bekah Bittner and Maria Kisch winning the second set at first doubles, the lone set win for the Falcons.
SINGLES
1. Rachel Waterman, B def Maria Lotti 21-7, 21-1
2. Makayla Haddorf, B def Catherine Putzier 21-5, 21-4
3. Nawal Abdiwahed, B def Catherine Kieffer 21-8, 21-3
4. Mai Ngo, B def Maggie Kocon 21-1, 21-4
DOUBLES
1. Carly Dahl/Hana Handzija, B def Bekah Bittner/Maria Kisch 21-9, 16-21, 21-14
2. Sacha Genis/Abbie Bekele, B def Anna Mayer/Emma Miller 21-10, 21-12
3. Rachel Ostendorf/Thanh Minh Dinh, B def Grace Flynn/Kaity Kisch 21-7, 21-9
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Burnsville 4-0 1.000
Games: Burnsville 8-0 1.000
points: Burnsville 168-33 .836
decided by 10+: Burnsville 8-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Burnsville 16.88
DOUBLES
Matches: Burnsville 3-0 1.000
Games: Burnsville 6-1 .857
points: Burnsville 142-82 .634
decided by 10+: Burnsville 4-0 1.000
decided by 3-: none
margin: Burnsville 8.57
FIRST SINGLES
Rachel WATERMAN 2, Maria LOTTI 0
(21-7, 21-1)
#6 Rachel Waterman used three mega runs to beat Maria Lotti. With a tight 5-4 game in the first set Waterman erupted for dozen points. That dozen point run was the first of two on the day. In the second set Waterman opened with the first twelve points. The most contentious point came on the first point in the second set which went on 11 strokes before Waterman finished with a smash.
The Blaze senior prevented Lotti from scoring on any serve going a perfect eight for eight in the side out game. Waterman dominated the winner category with a 31-3 advantage. Waterman also delivered ten winners via the smash.
| Category | WATERMAN | LOTTI |
| Side out | 8/8-1.000 | 3/8-.375 |
| 3+ Runs | 3 | 0 |
| Longest point string | 12 | 1 |
| Service points | 34 | 0 |
| Serving % | 41/41-1.000 | 7/8-.875 |
| Point generated off serve | .829 | .000 |
| Short-pt% | 17/22-.773 | 0/3-.000 |
| Long/pt% | 17/19-.895 | 0/4-.000 |
| Overall points | 42 | 7 |
| Points after 11 | 20 | 3 |
| Points after own errors | 3 | 1 |
| Strokes | 145 | 24 |
| Strokes per point | 3.452 | 3.429 |
| 5+ rallies | 10(.238) | 1(.143) |
| 2- rallies | 14(.333) | 2(.286) |
| WINNERS | 31(.738) | 3(.429) |
| Aces | 3(.097) | 0 |
| Blocks | 1(.032) | 0 |
| Clears | 7(.226) | 3(.429) |
| Drives | 6(.143) | 0 |
| Drops | 1(.032) | 0 |
| Soft drives | 3(.097) | 0 |
| Smashes | 10(.323) | 0 |
| ERRORS | 4(.571) | 11(.262) |
| Deep | 0 | 3(.273) |
| Net | 1(.250) | 1(.167) |
| Wide | 3(.750) | 6(.545) |
| Serve | 0 | 1(.167) |
| WINNER LOCATION | ||
| Back line | 11(.355) | 3(1.000) |
| Middle | 17(.548) | 0 |
| Front line | 2(.065) | 0 |
| Left | 22(.710) | 2(.667) |
| Right | 8(.258) | 1(.333) |
| W:E Ratio | 7.750 | 0.273 |
| Margin | 17.50 | |
| Set Point % | 2/3-.667 | |
| Time | 9:27.57 |