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Womens Varsity Tennis
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5.0 years ago by Gregg Duffy
On Tuesday the FA Tennis team took on the last 3 year's state champions, Raleigh Charter. 4 of our top players were out for the match due to injuries, sickness,etc. It was going to be a challenge to say the least. To our regular line-up of Anisah, Helen, and Isabelle we added Gugma, Erin, Katherine, and Lanah. In our most feel-good win ever, we triumphed anyway, winning 5-4. After singles it was 3-3, with Anisah, Helen, and Erin all winning. Helen and Erin had tie-breakers. We won the #1 doubles of Anisah/Helen 8-3, but narrowly lost the #3 with Gugma/Lanah 7-9. The match was tied 4-4 with the #2 doubles going to decide it. Isabelle/Erin went ahead 3-0 but then fell behind 4-6. They tied it up at 8-8 and proceeded to win a pressure packed tie-breaker 7-4. The match took an unprecedented 4.5 hours, but it was our most satisfying ever. Congrats to all the girls. You made us proud.