finishing, beginning

The finishing part: Mary completed our first-round match vs. Levy (from several weeks ago) by winning the second set vs. Anna Qualls, 6-1. So we lost the match 4-1, with several 3rd-set-tiebreaker losses. Congrats to Mary for hanging in there and getting the W despite the team L! Let's try to turn that around in the second round.

And now for beginning: we started the second round today by defeating Dorkan-Messersmith, the 2nd-to-last-team after round 1, 3-2. This is the same score we beat them by during the first round, but the margin seemed a little more comfortable this time. Here are the individual match scores:

1D) Jean & Wendy lost to Jeanne Mirchin & Anna Culiner, 5-7 5-7

2D) Emily & Karen defeated Susan Valerino & Lauren Bott, 6-2 6-3

3D) Joy & Jane lost to Tina Turk & Gina Messersmith (who should not be playing at #3, but whatever), 1-6 2-6

1S) Gayle blanked Diane Carson 0&0 

2S) Cecile defeated Trish Pollak 6-1 6-3

All in all, a good win. Great playing, everyone!

Tomorrow we play Zylberberg, who is currently in 2nd place. It will be a very different day in the ball park ... but if we are all "on" and playing well together, we can pull this one out. One slight change in the lineup--Kelly is ill and so Donna is taking her place (make note, Karen) at #3 doubles. Mary, Joy, Trish, Emily, Laura, Karen, Donna-- let's plan to meet at Bryn Mawr at 3:30 pm tomorrow for warmup.

We will also be playing a tough match this Wednesday at 8:30 pm vs. Smith at Greenspring. As you can see on the blog, I've put together lineups for the rest of the season so please contact me if you have any conflicts.

Go team!

Jean