Ouch! A bad fall and a loss to Schlerf, 1-4

Well, this is what happens when your captain decides that getting a bobblehead is more important than tennis. Yes, we lost to Schlerf, 1-4 (more on this in a moment), but even worse, we've lost a teammate for the rest of the season due to injury. In the fourth point of their match, Wendy, one of the substitute captains, fell onto the back of her hand and had to go to the ER with the other substitute captain, Emily, leaving the team with no captains at all. After 3 hours in the ER, Wendy found out that luckily, her hand is badly bruised--no breaks or tears-- but she will be in a splint for a while and is dealing with a lot of swelling. Wish her a speedy recovery!

So #1 doubles (Wendy & Emily) had to retire vs. Joan Garlow & Beth Nguyen. Here's how everyone else fared-- some really close matches and a great singles win:

#2 doubles: Karen & Kelly were edged out by Sherry Dodson & Dale Gray, 5-7 4-6

#3 doubles: Sue Lin & Jane couldn't make the comeback vs Rebecca Hyman & Sydney James, losing 0-6 3-6

#1 singles: Donna shook off her first-round loss vs. Carolyn Norris and beat her this time in 3 sets, 3-6 7-6 1-0 (not sure of the tiebreaker scores, sorry--perhaps Donna could fill us in with a comment?)

#2 singles: Joy lost a close one to Beth Walters, 5-7 4-6

So really, despite the actual match score, things were very close here. In fact, I actually think we did better this time than we did the last time we played Schlerf; while in that match we lost 2-3, the losses were far more lopsided than last night. Great playing, everyone.

And yes, I got the bobblehead (Adam Jones) and it is immensely cool. Plus the Os won (6-4, vs. the Mets), even if Team Cole did not. So that's something.

Thanks to Wendy & Emily for subbing as captains in what ended up being a very eventful match. Luckily we were able to get the indoor courts without any problem.

On to McMillan this Saturday, 4 pm at St. Tim's. McMillan is just behind us right now in the standings and have been playing very well. So be ready for some tough opponents. Storms are being forecast--unfortunately, this team does not like to go indoors, so be prepared to have to reschedule if it rains. Lineups also may be changing, so stay tuned on all fronts.