First off, I gleaned this information from the video. The score listed is NOT what the video indicated. I am certain of the second set score. The first set I am not certain if I captured the beginning. I usually have warmups and the tossing of the bird to indicate serve. I don’t have that. If everything is captured, then I have the score at 19-18 (both scores wrong). Maybe I missed the first few points. I don’t know. The second set was 21-8. There are several things that need to be changed and one of them is to have a scoreboard, not necessarily the main scoreboards (which were successfully used to indicate what match was upcoming), but flip scoreboards. It does not have to be elaborate. This would also apply to singles.
That wasn’t the only anomaly. In the first set Sanna Coma served two straight times. Usually, Coma opens serving for Edina. That is one reason why I think I missed action to start…. because Goldy Moua is the first on the screen. She is usually the first Governor up. Then it was Ivy Petersen. Coma and then Coma again. Usually there each player alternates.
First the set up prior to the title match. Edina blitzed Washburn 1 holding the Millers to eight total points in the second round. They held off Harding 2 in two; then faced their most challenging match of the day when the Highland Park tandem of Bety Shiferaw and Edi Damiyo took the first set 21-15. The score flipped in the second and Edina prevailed 21-18 in the final frame. North St. Paul 1, a newcomer to action this late in the tournament, was next in the semis. Edina won 15 and 12.
Johnson’s path was about the same minus a three setter. First, they took down Henry 1 in two; then North St. Paul 2, Central 1 and Burnsville 1 in the semis. Central pushed the Govs to 22-20 in set two for their closest contest.
On to the main course. For the second straight day the top two seeds met. Wednesday the stakes on the line were a team title. Petersen & Coma got the victory contributing one of the seven wins for the team sweep. But it was a three setter. Thursday the stakes were the state individual doubles championship. And for the second straight day the Hornets got the win. This time they buzzed the Governors in two sets with the final set an exclamation point win 21-8.
With the idea that the first set is what I saw on tape…Johnson got the first run turning a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead. In the first eight points charted, there were one strokers with one ace by Goldy Moua and two service errors by both Johnson players. Coma gave Edina their biggest lead in the first set with a run of three 11-6. A hitting error end it and propelled Johnson’s Dao Snagwang a run of three her own. But missed serves continued to haunt Johnson. Sangwang had her service ended the first three times not by Edina, but by her own missed serve, two deep, one short. After the third Edina led 12-10. Edina’s next run came again from Coma (who had three the first set) to push out to an 18-15 gap. Johnson answered right back with three straight. A Peterson clear made it according to the tape 19-18 and that is where the handshakes started, and the set stopped. Seven and a half minutes had elapsed.
There was another miscounting in the second set, but this time it was point inflation and it only went in Johnson’s direction. I charted eight from the tape, not eleven. The Hornets held Johnson scoreless on their first three services while Petersen exploded at the service line for runs of five (7-1) and then even more extravagantly a run of seven (16-3). The hole was extremely deep. That didn’t mean that Johnson rolled over. In the last ten points there were two mega rallies with each team taking a pair. Johnson won a 14 stroke on a Moua clear. Coma notched an epic 23 stroke block for Edina point 18. There were two straight side outs before Coma wrapped up the 2024 season with two points on her serve including her clear to close match point.
EDINA: Ivy PETERSEN / Sanna COMA 2,
JOHNSON: Dao SANGWANG / Goldy MOUA 0 (21-17, 21-11 or )
| Category | PETERSEN | COMA | SANGWANG | MOUA |
| Side out when receiving | 5/11-.455 | 6/11-.545 | 10/21-.476 | 4/17-.235 |
| 3+ Runs | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Longest point string | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| SERVING | ||||
| First serve | 2 | 1 | ||
| Scoring on service | 12/19-.632 | 11/20-.550 | 8/16-.500 | 3/11-.273 |
| Serving % | 19/19-1.000 | 19/20-.950 | 13/16-.813 | 10/11-.909 |
| Pt generated off serve | .300 | .275 | .308 | .115 |
| STROKES | 89 | 91 | 88 | 94 |
| WINNERS | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clears | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Drives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drops | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soft drives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Smashes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2nd Stroke Winners | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| ERRORS | 15 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Deep | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Net | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| Wide | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Serve | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| No contact | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| No go | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2nd stroke errors | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| W:E Ratio | 0.600 | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.400 |
| TEAM | EDINA | JOHNSON | ||
| POINTS | 40 | 26 | ||
| Points after 11 | 18 | 17 | ||
| First points | 1, 2 | |||
| Longest side out string | 3 | 2 | ||
| STROKES | 214 | 121 | ||
| Strokes per point | 5.35 | 4.654 | ||
| 5+ rallies | 16 | 9 | ||
| 2- rallies | 10 | 8 | ||
| Largest Lead | 5, 13 | 1, 0 | ||
| Margin | 7.000 | |||
| Set Point % | 2/5-.400 | |||
| Time | 16:08 | Real time |
Next up (on another day like Tuesday) there will be an analysis of strokes, where they take place and the implications and insights on what leads to winning or not. Following that there will be the final records for teams, individuals, and career wins for both coaches and players and changes on that ladder scale (probably Wednesday).