Nou Chee Yang of Johnson won the 2018 singles title with a two set

win over Jumy Miko of Harding. The #1 seed Yang did not lose a set the entire tournament. There was only one set where a player scored more than 16 points against her today—-that came in the second set in the quarterfinals against Jansaree Na of Washington.
The sweet 16 and quarterfinals featured a few upsets:  #5 seed BeBe Say of Washington fell to Burnsville’s Makayla Haddorf; #2 seed May Garvey of Central fell to #7 seed Tu Lor Paw of Como Park.

With the winn Yang made history as the first player to go back to back in state titles with a doubles and singles.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Nou Chee YANG 2,  Jumy MIKO 0
(21-15, 21-13)

Yang was highly effective in siding out—-a 76% clip to Miko’s 39%. Yang prevailed in the other big categories like winners (27-13) and service points (21-7). This was Yang modus operandi  for the entire tournament. While others were pushed to longer sets, Miko had two three setters today, Yang relatively breezed by in two. That meant she had fresher legs and her energy stores weren’t depleted.

In perhaps the most interesting feature of this match came in the second set. All 14 of Yang’s winners came on Miko’s racket side of the court.  There were no winners on the left side. That doesn’t indicate what was happening. Yang was pushing Miko, left, left, left. This created space on the right and Miko had a hard time closing that gap as the bird dropped.

In set one Yang broke free with a run of four and a run of three (7-1) on her third and fourth service. That put Miko in the hole 9-3. Four straight hitting errors by Yang got Miko right back in it at 12-11. There were no runs by Yang the rest of that set, but Miko didn’t close the door on any of the four remaining Yang serves.

Yang got the early advantage with a three point run (4-1) and didn’t look back. This was the set of the 14 right side winners. most on the drop or more correctly the cross court drop. The back breaking sequence came with a run of three and then another three (6-1) on Yang’s sixth and seventh serve (14-7). Yang had handcuffed Miko for six straight services during this stretch. With a three stroke clear Yang had her second consecutive state title, but first singles title.

full singles results follow beneath this stat report

Category	YANG	MIKO
Side out	16/21-.762	9/23-.391
Longest side out string	6	3
3+ Runs	6	1
Longest point string	4	4
SERVING
Service points	21	7
Serving %	38/42-.905	27/28-.964
Point generated off serve	.500	.250
Short/ pts w	5/4-.800	5/0-.000
Deep/ pts w	37/17-.459	23/7-.304
POINTS
Overall points	42	28
Points after 11	20	17
Points after own errors	10	8
STROKES
Strokes	164	94
Strokes per point	3.905	3.357
5+ rallies	10(.238)	5(.179)
2- rallies	14(.333)	13(.464)
WINNERS	27(.643)	13(.464)
Aces	3(.111)	0
Blocks	1(.037)	0
Clears	7(.259)	5(.385)
Drives	2(.074)	1(.077)
Drops	7(.259)	1(.077)
Soft drives	5(.185)	5(.385)
Smashes	1(.037)	1(.077)
ERRORS	15(.536)	15(.357)
Deep	3(.200)	2(.133)
Net	1(.067)	6(.400)
Wide	7(.467)	5(.333)
Serve	4(.267)	2(.133)
WINNER LOCATION
Back line	7(.259)	5(.385)
Middle	6(.222)	2(.154)
Front line	14(.519)	6(.462)
Left	6(.222)	9(.692)
Right	21(.778)	4(.308)
W:E Ratio	1.800	0.867
Margin	7.00
Biggest lead	8	1
Set Point %	2/2-1.000
Time	14:48.80

A BRACKET

SWEET 16
289—Johnson 1 def Hmong Academy 21-10, 21-7
290—Washington 2 def Eden Prairie 1 22-20, 11-21, 21-11
291—Johnson 2 def Kennedy 2 21-12, 21-14
292—-Burnsville 2 def Washington 1 13-21, 21-16, 24-22
293—Harding 1 def Johnson 3 21-16, 21-16
294—Burnsville 1 def Kennedy 1 21-11, 21-12
295—Central 1 def Harding 2 21-13, 21-18
296—-Como Park 1 def Edina 1 21-17, 21-4
QUARTERS
325—-Johnson 1 def Washington 2 21-9, 23-21
326—Johnson 2 def Burnsville 2 21-19, 21-13
327—-Harding 1 def Burnsville 1 18-21, 21-15, 21-14
328—Como Park 1 def Central 1 21-15, 14-21,  21-15
SEMIS
343—-Johnson 1 def Johnson 2 21-13, 21-13
344—Harding 1 def Como Park 1 21-11, 13-21, 21-14
3RD
353—-Como Park 1 def Johnson 2 21-11, 21-17
CHAMPIONSHIP
354—Johnson 1 def Harding 1 21-15, 21-13

B BRACKET
SWEET 16
273—Burnsville 3 def Washburn 1 17-21, 21-15, 21-18
274—Harding 3 def Prairie Seeds 1 21-12, 21-11
275—Southwest 1 def Harding 4 17-21, 21-17, 21-18
276—Eden Prairie 2 def Como Park 3 21-19, 21-10
277—Como Park 2 def Central 2 21-15, 21-18
278—Edina 2 def Washington 4 21-14, 21-11
279—-Washington 3 def Highland Park 21-9, 21-18
280—Johnson 4 def Washburn 2 21-8, 21-11
QUARTERFINALS
317—Harding 3 def Burnsville 3 21-16, 22-20
318—Eden Prairie 2 def Southwest 1 21-23, 21-13, 21-16
319—Como Park 2 def  Edina 2 23-21, 21-13
320—Washington 3 def Johnson 4 21-19, 21-17
SEMIFINALS
339—Harding 3 def Eden Prairie 2 14-21, 21-14, 22-20
340—-Como Park 2 def Washington 3 21-14, 21-14
CHAMPIONSHIP
350—Harding 3 def Como Park 2 21-14, 21-12

C BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
193—Highland Park 2 def Southwest 4 21-7, 21-5
194—Edina 3 def Como Park 4 21-19, 21-13
195—South 2 def Humboldt 3 21-7, 21-19
196—Central 4 def Kennedy 3 22-20, 17-21, 21-16
197—Central 3 def Humboldt 4 21-14, 21-13
198—Highland Park 3 def Roosevelt 21-11, 21-8
199—Math & Science 1 def Hmong Academy 21-15, 21-16
200—Washburn 3 def Edina 4 21-6, 21-5
201—Eden Prairie 3 def Henry 2 21-6, 21-11
202—Washburn 4 def Southwest 2 21-15, 12-21, 21-15
203–Humboldt 1 def Trinity 1 21-11, 21-11
204—South 1 def Math & Science 2 21-18, 21-8
205—Community of Peacd 1 def South 3 21-9, 21-4
206—Humboldt 2 def Roosevelt 1 21-11, 21-12
207—Southwest 3 def Eden Prairie 4 22-20, 11-21, 21-8
208—Burnsville 4 def Edison 2 21-6, 21-8
SWEET 16
257—-Highland Park 2 def Edina 3 21-18, 21-18
258—-Central 4 def South 2 21-19, 21-17
259—Central 3 def Highland Park 3 21-15, 21-14
260—Washburn 3 def Math & Science 1 21-15, 21-17
261—Eden Prairie 3 def Southwest 2 21-15, 15-21, 21-15
262—Humboldt 1 def South 1 21-10, 21-5
263—Community of Peace 1 def Humboldt 2 21-19, 12-21, 22-20
264—-Burnsville 4 def Southwest 3 21-13, 21-11
QUARTERFINALS
309—Central 4 def Highland 2 21-19, 21-8
310—Washburn 3 def Central 3 21-11, 10-21, 21-17
311—Humboldt 1 def Eden Prairie 3 24-22, 21-16
312—Burnsville 4 def Community of Peace 21-14, 21-11
SEMIFINALS
335—Central 4 def Washburn 3 23-21, 21-16
336—Burnsville 4 def Humboldt 1 21-15, 21-19
CHAMPIONSHIP
348—Burnsville 4 def Central 4 21-19, 21-19

D BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
217—Roosevelt 2 def North 4 21-9, 21-12
218—Trinity 3 def Henry 4 21-11, 25-23
219—Math & Science 4 def Edison 3 21-11, 21-14
220—Community of Peace 2 def Hiawatha 1 21-9, 21-12
221—-Prairie Seeds 2 def Hiawatha 2 21-8, 21-5
222—Henry 1 def Edison 4 21-12, 21-13
223—South 4 def Community of Peace 3 21-5, 21-17
224—North 1 def Trinity 4 14-21, 21-15, 22-20
225—North 2 def Hiawatha 3 21-4, 21-7
226—Edison 1 def Hmong 3 22-20, 21-11
227—Prairie Seeds 3 def Roosevelt 4 21-9, 21-8
228—Highland Park 4 def Community of Peace 4 21-1, 21-7
229—Trinity 2 def Hiawatha 4 21-5, 21-5
230—Math & Science 3 def Hmong 4 21-13, 21-17
231—Prairie Seeds 4 def Henry 3 21-17, 13-21, 21-13
232—-Kennedy 4 def North 3 21-9, 21-9
SWEET 16
241—Roosevelt 2 def Trinity 3 21-9, 17-21, 21-9
242—Community of Peace 2 def Math & Science 4 21-16, 22-24, 22-20
243—Prairie Seeds 2 def Henry 1 21-12, 19-21, 22-20
244—South 4 def North 1 21-6, 21-14
245—Edison 1 def North 2 21-15, 21-11
246—Highland Park 4 def Prairie Seeds 3 21-16, 21-8
247—Trinity 2 def Math & Science 3 21-19, 8-21, 21-19
248—Kennedy 4 def Prairie Seeds 4 21-7, 21-7
QUARTERFINALS
301—Community of Peace 2 def Roosevelt 2 21-12, 21-17
302—South 4 def Prairie Seeds 2 21-17, 21-10
303—-Highland Park 4 def Edison 1 21-11, 21-7
304—Trinity 2 def Kennedy 4 16-21, 21-10, 21-12
SEMIFINALS
331—Community of Peace 2 def South 4 22-20, 21-10
332—Highland Park 4 def Trinity 2 23-21, 21-16
CHAMPIONSHIP
346—Highland Park 4 def Community of Peace 2 23-21, 21-11