Out & About: Burnsville/Roosevelt

#1 posting 4.12.2007
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BURNSVILLE blaze 7
MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT teddies 0

Burnsville swept Roosevelt 7-0, but Roosevelt did push the first doubles to three games before falling. Burnsville "blazed" their way with no real tight contests other than the first doubles. The previous best for a single point score was with Edison over North with a score of .661. Burnsville had a .730 score today.

FIRST SINGLES
Gabby Alvarez took control right off the bat with three straight points. Her drive game was humming in both games with 11 points in the first game including the first two points. Tenzing Norden did close to 7-5 as she had a side out smash and then had two points scored on Alvarez hitting errors. But then Alvarez stepped up her game and closed with a 14-3 run. On Alvarez's fifth serve she had a 7 straight points on her serve, all a result of Alvarez action (no gifts from Norden). Two of the points on that run were drives that handcuffed Norden. I actually had Alvarez at 22 points. In the books it was Alvarez 21-8.

Alvarez ran off five straight points on her second serve again all on drives with one drop. On Alvarez's fourth serve she added six more points. That put the score 17-4. The match ended on a drop and a 21-6 Alvarez win.

SIDEOUTS: Alvarez 10/12---.833; Norden 2/12---.167
SERVE RUNS: Alvarez 5, Norden 0
POINTS:
Alvarez 42: Drives 21; Norden hitting errors 7 (5 net, 2 wide); Drops 6, Clears 4, Smash 3, Ace 2, Norden Serving error 1
Norden: 14: Alvarez hitting errors 10 (6 wide, 4 net); Smash 1, Drop 1, Drive 1, Alvarez Serving errors 1

FIRST DOUBLES
I was able to catch the final game of this match and it started off with 11 straight side outs. Burnsville's duo of Michelle Teigland and Lyndsay Mortenson was finally able to keep serve. They added two points with a smash and then a drive to make it 8-5. The Blaze side out game kept Mallory Brand and Tina Rojas away from points. Burnsville forced 8 straight side outs. Burnsville built up a 16-7 lead before Brand & Rojas scored on their own serve. They did close to 16-10, but a Burnsville side out ended that. Hitting errors provided the last few points for Burnsville 21-12.

SINGLES
1. Gabby Alvarez (B) def. Tenzing Norden 21-8, 21-6
2. Jenny Kieffaber (B) def. Tenzing Khendu 21-2, 21-8
3. Ciara Hogenson (B) def. Tenzin Wangmo 21-9, 21-5
4. Heidi Werness (B) def. Passang Chozum 21-15, 21-9
DOUBLES
1. Michelle Teigland/Lyndsay Mortenson (B) def. Mallory Brand/Tina Rojas 21-8, 13-21, 21-12
2. Natalie Leiker/Amy Lindblad (B) def. Cindy Lee/Pa Houa Lor 21-7, 21-8
3. Kelsey Rehome/Molly Schuh (B) def. Nicasia Gulindo/Elizabeth Garcia 21-12, 21-14

BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: Burnsville 4-0 1.000
Games: Burnsville 8-0 1.000
Points: Burnsville 168-62 .730
decided by 10+: Burnsville 7-0
decided by 3: 0
DOUBLES
matches: Burnsville 3-0 1.000
games: Burnsville 6-1 .833
points: Burnsville 139-82 .629
decided by 10+: Burnsville 3-0
decided by 2: 0

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