Elsah, IL—The women's team was a little off key in a 6-3 home loss to the Lady Blue.
A Look at the Match/Game-
Emma Hanser and
Victoire de Visme pulled out the #3 doubles in an exciting tie-breaker at 8-8 which saw each team overcome four match points. The final score of the match tie-breaker was 14-12. The other two doubles teams did not find their rhythm in time and their matches were over quickly. At the start of singles play, the team was behind 2-1. #1 Singles,
Kelsie Huss, played an excellent match and worked hard as she fought off the steady play of her opponent and won in two decisive sets. Tie-breakers were played for several of the singles matches but Principia did not come out on top of those and lost the singles point at position 2,3,4,5,.
Emma Hanser, playing #6 singles had the most decisive match of the day in a 6-1,6-1 win. She defeated her opponent earning her a first win of the season.
Good to Know-
Emma Hanser, #6 singles and #3 doubles, brought home two wins on the day. Emma made some of her best shots in the doubles tiebreaker. She stepped in front of Victoire on the final point and ripped her back hand cross court. She also held off one of the match points by ripping a strong unreturnable cross court backhand.
Kelsie Huss, the panthers #1 singles played a great match and used her versatile game to lob and drop shot her opponent forcing errors. Kelsie also ran down every ball and kept sending them back into the court.
Coach Quote "It was great to see the team enjoy themselves while playing in a tough competitive match."
Up Next- The women's next match is at home on Saturday March 27
th against Franklin College. It will be the last warm up match before conference season begins in April.
