COMO PARK 4, CENTRAL 3
#4 Como Park topped #5 Central at home on Monday. This was the second meeting between the two teams and the Minutemen picked up a win to improve from a 5-2 loss on March 28. The fourth win to come in came at fourth singles when KaBao Xiong wrapped up her victory. At that point Como led 4-1. There were a trio of three set matches (first and third singles, plus third doubles) and all fell in the Central win column. Central’s May Garvey was the only one of the three to lose the first set and take the next two. 60% of the sets in singles were decided by three points or less, an indication of evenly paired teams.
Extra point sets went to Como 2-1, but the Cougars lost all three of those contests and all were in the three set matches. .
A flip of five points would have resulted in a Central 4-3 win.
SINGLES
1. May Garvey, C def Tu Lor Paw 17-21, 21-8, 24-22
2. Nag Poe, CP def Annika Tuma 21-18, 21-19
3. Malee Yang, C def Taw Bee 21-19, 20-22, 21-18
4. KaBao Xiong, CP def KiSeng Xiong 21-12 21-10
DOUBLES
1. Yia Yang/Zoua Xiong, CP def Claudia Feilmeyer/Xai Xiong 21-16, 21-10
2. Maria Aye Meh/Shar Too, CP def Jada Brown/Julia Schultz 21-14, 21-9
3. Chia Sangwang/Lisa Xiong, C def Chi Bonafacio/Eh Plot Soe 21-18, 20-22, 21-14
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: tied 2-2 .500
Games: Como Park 6-4 .600
points: Como Park 194-183 .515
decided by 10+: tied 1-1 .500
decided by 3-: tied 3-3 .500
margin: Como Park 1.100
DOUBLES
Matches: Como Park 2-1 .667
Games: Como Park 5-2 .714
points: Como Park 138-111 .554
decided by 10+: Como Park 2-0 1.000
decided by 3-: tied 1-1 .500
margin: Como Park 3.857
FIRST SINGLES
May GARVEY, Tu Lor PAW 0
(17-21, 21-8, 24-22)
#4 May Garvey of Central bounced back from a first set loss to beat #6 Tu Lor Paw. There was a lot of stat categories where both players mirrored each other. The one big differential came in points won on the serve/receive game. 60% of Garvey’s points came in that manner. Tu Lor Paw took more lengthier points with 35% of her totals that way. Paw had ten five stroke wins in the first set, the same amount Garvey had all day.
Both players relied on the power game with a combined 26 smashes.
In the first set Paw got the first run of three (6-2) and kept the momentum. At the widest Paw led 19-13. A late surge by Garvey closed the gap to 19-16. Paw delivered 9 smashes in the set while Garvey used the drop and cross court drop for five points.
That late run carried over into the second set with Garvey up 4-1. Paw exchanged racquets after trailing 10-4. Right after that both players missed on three straight serves. Perhaps the warmer weather had something to do with the bird sailing.
The final set started off with a game of runs—-three to be precise. Paw got the first and third and led 7-4. Two services later and Paw was sitting on an 11-6 lead. With the mandatory switch the momentum shifted away. Garvey didn’t take the lead until a run of three put her at match point (20-18). Paw held her off with a nine and three stroke smash. Four straight side outs had the score even at 22. Paw attempted a short serve that found the net giving Garvey her fifth match point opportunity which she fell her way on an errant eight stroke deep hit by Paw.
| Category | GARVEY | PAW |
| Side out | 15/29-.517 | 15/30-.500 |
| 3+ Runs | 9 | 8 |
| Longest point string | 6 | 4 |
| SERVING | ||
| Service points | 33 | 24 |
| Serving % | 55/61-.902 | 45/52-.865 |
| Point generated off serve | .541 | .462 |
| POINTS | ||
| Overall points | 62 | 51 |
| Points after 11 | 30 | 24 |
| Points after own errors | 11 | 13 |
| STROKES | ||
| Strokes | 184 | 210 |
| Strokes per point | 2.968 | 4.118 |
| 5+ rallies | 10(.161) | 18(.353) |
| 2- rallies | 37(.597) | 22(.431) |
| WINNERS | 30 | 30 |
| Aces | 1(.033) | 1(.033) |
| Blocks | 0 | 1(.033) |
| Clears | 4(.133) | 5(.167) |
| Drives | 3(.100) | 1(.033) |
| Drops | 8(.267) | 2(.067) |
| Soft drives | 2(.067) | 6(.200) |
| Smashes | 12(.400) | 14(.467) |
| ERRORS | 21 | 32 |
| Deep | 4(.190) | 5(.156) |
| Net | 6(.286) | 9(.281) |
| Wide | 5(.238) | 11(.344) |
| Serve | 6(.286) | 7(.219) |
| WINNER LOCATION | ||
| Back line | 11(.367) | 10(.333) |
| Middle | 10(.333) | 10(.333) |
| Front line | 9(.300) | 10(.333) |
| Left | 15(.500) | 14(.467) |
| Right | 15(.500) | 16(.533) |
| W:E Ratio | 1.429 | |
| Margin | 5.50 | |
| Set Point % | 2/6-.333 | ½-.500 |
| Time | 21:52.72 |