Out & About: Burnsville Triangular

#2 posting 4.18.2007
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BURNSVILLE TRIANGULAR

St. Paul Harding left no doubt who controls the number one spot in the state with two sweeps over #2 Burnsville and #3 Eden Prairie. In the final match of the day it was Burnsville topping Eden Prairie 4-3.

GAME 1: ST. PAUL HARDING knights 7, BURNSVILLE blaze 0

Harding swept all matches and all 2-0. The closest contest came at first doubles when Harding's duo of Dia Xiong and PaNhia Yang beat Burnsville's pair of Michelle Teigland and Lynsay Mortenson 42-32.

FIRST SINGLES
Burnsville's Gabby Alvarez held a 4-2 early in game one. In her next six services she was able to squeeze out one point as defending state champ Pang Thao sided out 5/6. On Thao's fifth serve she notched five points overcoming a 7-6 deficit to take a 12-7 lead. Thao finished the first game with a 14-4 run. I only had 20 for Thao but it goes in the books at 21-11.

Thao had a strong start jumping out to a 14-3 lead. Thao had 8 points on her third serve with the drop the shot of choice. It was even after that point.

I will add the numbers later

SINGLES
1. Pang Thao (H) def Gabby Alvarez 21-11, 21-10
2. Mee Xiong (H) def Jenny Kieffaber 21-9, 21-19
3. Stephanie King (H) def Ciara Hogenson 21-12, 21-17
4. Kazoua Yang (H) def Chesley Ferguson 21-12, 21-11
DOUBLES
1. Dia Xiong/PaNhia Yang (H) def Michelle Teigland/Lynsay Mortenson 21-17, 21-15
2. Pa Yang/Shee Xiong (H) def Natalie Leiker/Amy Lindblad 21-14, 21-15
3. Mor Xiong/Mai Ngia Xiong (H) def Kelsey Rehomera/Molly Schuh 21-11, 21-16
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Harding 4-0 1.000
Games: Harding 8-0 1.000
Points: Harding 168-101 .625
decided by 10+: Harding 4-0
decided by 3: Harding 1-0
DOUBLES
matches: Harding 3-0 1.000
games: Harding 6-0 1.000
points: Harding 126-88 .589
decided by 10+: Harding 1-0
decided by 2: 0

GAME 2: ST. PAUL HARDING knights 7, EDEN PRAIRIE eagles 0

#2 singles Maddie Lenhard for EP was out of town, so their single rotation was moved up one notch. Bo Kim took over at fourth. Harding swept the matches once again. The tightest matches took at place at first singles and first doubles.

FIRST SINGLES
Pang Thao broke free from a 7 all tie with five straight points on her fifth serve, and added four more on her 6th serve to make it 18-9. Katie Vohnoutka didn't go quietly with 7-3 run, but the hole was too deep to dig out.

In game two Thao led early at 8-4, but Vohnoutka tied it at 10. Thao broke the game open on her 8th serve with seven service points. She was on the verge at 20-12. Vohnoutka held off the inevitable for two more points.

SINGLES
1. Pang Thao (H) def Katie Vohnoutka 21-16, 21-14
2. Mee Xiong (H) def Leslye Suarez 21-7, 21-14
3. Stephanie King (H) def Jenna Hartkopf 21-11, 21-16
4. Kazoua Yang (H) def Bo Kim 21-9, 21-10
DOUBLES
1. Dia Xiong/PaNhia Yang (H) def Rebecca Wade/Larysa Eutenuer 21-19, 21-16
2. Pa Yang/Shee Xiong (H) def Krista Anderson/Kaitlyn Shore 21-11, 21-14
3. Mor Xiong/Mai Ngia Xiong (H) def Alycia Willey/Whitney Walz 21-10, 21-12
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Harding 4-0 1.000
Games: Harding 8-0 1.000
Points: Harding 168-97 .634
decided by 10+: Harding 3-0
decided by 3: 0
DOUBLES
matches: Harding 3-0 1.000
games: Harding 6-0 1.000
points: Harding 126-82 .606
decided by 10+: Harding 2-0
decided by 2: Harding 1-0

GAME 3: BURNSVILLE blaze 4, EDEN PRAIRIE eagles 3

Katie Vohnoutka left after the Harding game and Krista Anderson of the EP 2nd doubles team both left. So EP had major juggling in their line up. That meant that Leslye Suarez, normally a number three singles was now #1. Nicky Wade moved into fourth singles and picked up the win in the only match that went the distance. Burnsville took the top two singles and odd games in the doubles to claim vicory.

The Alvarez vs Suarez match was tight in both cases, but Alvarez finished on top in both cases. Alvarez held leads early at 7-2 and had a lead as late as 18-14. Suarez ran off four straight to tie the game at 18. An Alvarez soft drive got her point 19 on a side out. Alvarez kept serve for the next two points and the first game win.

Game two was just as tight. Alvarez led early 7-4. Suarez led in game two with four straight points to take the lead 14-12. Alvarez took back the lead with a run of five points at 19-16. After that both players played the side out game for the Burnsville win.

SINGLES
1. Gabby Alvarez (B) def Leslye Suarez 21-18, 21-18
2. Jenny Kieffaber (B) def Jenna Hartkopf 21-18, 21-19
3. Bo Kim (EP) def Ciara Hogenson 21-17, 21-15
4. Nicky Wade (EP) def Chesley Ferguson 21-16, 13-21, 21-18
DOUBLES
1. Michelle Teigland/Lynsay Mortenson (B) def Larysa Eutenuer/Kaitlyn Shore 21-4, 21-9
2. Alycia Willey/Whitney Walz (EP) def Natalie Leiker/Amy Lindblad 21-19, 21-11
3. Kelsey Rehomera/Molly Schuh (B) def Morgan Woodrow/Laura Stone 21-18, 21-16
BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: 2-2
Games: 4-4
Points: Burnsville 171-170 .501
decided by 10+: 0
decided by 3: Burnsville 4-1
DOUBLES
matches: Burnsville 2-1 .667
games: Burnsville 4-2 .667
points: Burnsville 114-89 .562
decided by 10+: Burnsville 2-1
decided by 2: 1-1

Next up: tomorrow morning