Tough losses vs Levy

The story of last night's match was: failure to convert. We came close to winning two of the matches, but lost them in the 3rd set tiebreaker. That said, we were unable to complete the match due to the fact that Mary took nearly 2 hours to complete her FIRST SET-- but we have lost all 4 of the other matches so it's going to be a team loss regardless of what happens. Here are the scores:

1D: Jean & Katharine went to deuce in nearly every game of what ended up being an oddly scored but very close match vs. Beth Bolton & Laura June, 6-2, 0-6, 0-1 (3-10). 

2D: Karen and Laura played first-time USTA players (read: ringers) Anne Blue and Sharon Tennyson, putting up a spirited fight but losing 3-6, 4-6

3D: In the other heartbreaker, Donna and Joy lost in the 3rd set tiebreaker to Linda Dauses and Connie Bird, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 0-1 (0-10).

1S: Mary's match vs. Anna Qualls was tiring to watch--some rallies went on for minutes--she prevailed in the first set 7-6 (7-4) and will finish the match (hopefully with a W!) on June 5.

2S: Meghan lost to the relentless Mary Jane Facciolo, 6-0, 6-2.

Although we lost all four of the matches we completed last night, I felt really good about this one. Levy is currently the first-place team, and in the past two years we have not done well against them. The fact that we were/are competitive in 4 of the 5 matches is a very good sign that we can BEAT them next time out :-). It really could have gone either way-- as I said, we just failed to convert some key games & key points.

After the match, Sue Lin, Donna, and Joy expressed interest in having practice this weekend. Weather looks good, so let's do it. E-mail me if you plan to come, and I'll plan to see you at 9 am. We have no match this weekend so this will be a good chance for us to play some scrimmages and work on strategy.