Manchester Netters Move Record To 6-0
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester's tennis team stepped on the court Monday with a noticeable absence: No. 1 singles player Kari Hostetler.
Could this slow the Squires? Would they lose their first match.
Nah.
Manchester still turned the match into a yawner. The 6-0 Squires cruised past young 0-5 Rochester 4-1.
Without Hostetler, the Squires reloaded. Coach Don Snell moved Josalyn Roth from No. 2 singles to No. 1 and Kizzie DeFusco from No. 3 singles to No. 2. Then he plugged in Kerri Metzger, a junior varsity player, in the No. 3 singles spot.
Metzger was more than capable. She took out Greta Notz 6-3, 6-1.
Roth fared well. She beat Amy Wilson 6-1, 6-0.
Kizzie was Kizzie. She improved to 6-0 this season with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Erica Ginther.
"Kizzie doesn't do anything fancy," Snell said. "She gets to the ball and just gets it back. When she's doing that, she can pull other girls out of their game.
"Rochester graduated a lot of kids last year, so their singles are really down. They are rebuilding."
Last Friday the Squires played Carroll (Allen) in their toughest match to date. The match lasted past 8 p.m., and DeFusco's win gave the Squires the 3-2 win.
That drama was missing Monday - the Squire singles players won quickly, meaning Manchester automatically beat Rochester with those three wins.
The team drama may have disappeared, but the drama within matches was still there, thanks to the doubles teams. Both were close matches.
When Snell began watching his No. 1 doubles team of Kristy King and Amy Mangus for the first time yesterday, he asked a woman what the score was. The woman told him that they were in a tiebreaker - again.
Snell shook his head. He figured as much.
"I don't have any records for career tiebreakers, but I think they're close," he cracked.
King and Mangus held on to beat Jenny Duncan and Ashley Warner 7-6 (7-0), 7-5.
Rochester's No. 2 doubles team of Tera Lewis and Alissa Troutman played the spoiler role and ruined Manchester's perfect day. They beat Rachel Almond and Sarah Gilbert 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
"Up to this point, our No. 2 doubles team was probably the most consistent," Snell said. "They had some good stretches. They were just a little flat tonight."
Rochester's doubles teams impressed Snell.
"They had really good doubles tonight," he said. "They're sound at doubles. With their doubles, they could score well in Saturday's Three Rivers Conference tournament and mess people up."
Manchester has a 4:30 p.m. Thursday match at Canterbury.
"Some of it is a reflection of the teams we are playing," Snell said of being 6-0. "Outside of Carroll, we haven't been pushed. That was a good indicator. They had a ranking recently of teams in the northeast corner of the state. Carroll was in the top 10.
"We have good teams ahead of us ... Canterbury, Peru, Huntington North, the TRC match. We have our work cut out for us."
MANCHESTER 4, ROCHESTER 1
No. 1 singles - Josalyn Roth (M) def. Amy Wilson 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 singles - Kizzie DeFusco (M) def. Erica Ginther 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 singles - Kerri Metzger (M) def. Greta Notz 6-3, 6-1
No. 1 doubles - Kristy King/Amy Mangus (M) def. Jenny Duncan/Ashley Warner
No. 2 doubles - Tera Lewis/Alissa Troutman (R) def. Rachel Almond/Sarah Gilbert 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
JV: MANCHESTER 3, ROCHESTER 2
No. 1 singles - Sarah Boomershine (M) def. Heather Bugno 8-2
No. 2 singles - Greta Miller (M) def. Grace Overmeyer 8-3
No. 3 singles - Erin Mulholland (R) def. Ambrosia Brown 8-5
No. 1 doubles - Carmen DeFusco/Katrina Runkel (M) def. Danielle Browning/Jennifer Bright 8-0
No. 2 doubles - Eric Hizo/Catherine Skidmore (R) def. Kelly Mort/Michelle Isley 8-6 [[In-content Ad]]
NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester's tennis team stepped on the court Monday with a noticeable absence: No. 1 singles player Kari Hostetler.
Could this slow the Squires? Would they lose their first match.
Nah.
Manchester still turned the match into a yawner. The 6-0 Squires cruised past young 0-5 Rochester 4-1.
Without Hostetler, the Squires reloaded. Coach Don Snell moved Josalyn Roth from No. 2 singles to No. 1 and Kizzie DeFusco from No. 3 singles to No. 2. Then he plugged in Kerri Metzger, a junior varsity player, in the No. 3 singles spot.
Metzger was more than capable. She took out Greta Notz 6-3, 6-1.
Roth fared well. She beat Amy Wilson 6-1, 6-0.
Kizzie was Kizzie. She improved to 6-0 this season with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Erica Ginther.
"Kizzie doesn't do anything fancy," Snell said. "She gets to the ball and just gets it back. When she's doing that, she can pull other girls out of their game.
"Rochester graduated a lot of kids last year, so their singles are really down. They are rebuilding."
Last Friday the Squires played Carroll (Allen) in their toughest match to date. The match lasted past 8 p.m., and DeFusco's win gave the Squires the 3-2 win.
That drama was missing Monday - the Squire singles players won quickly, meaning Manchester automatically beat Rochester with those three wins.
The team drama may have disappeared, but the drama within matches was still there, thanks to the doubles teams. Both were close matches.
When Snell began watching his No. 1 doubles team of Kristy King and Amy Mangus for the first time yesterday, he asked a woman what the score was. The woman told him that they were in a tiebreaker - again.
Snell shook his head. He figured as much.
"I don't have any records for career tiebreakers, but I think they're close," he cracked.
King and Mangus held on to beat Jenny Duncan and Ashley Warner 7-6 (7-0), 7-5.
Rochester's No. 2 doubles team of Tera Lewis and Alissa Troutman played the spoiler role and ruined Manchester's perfect day. They beat Rachel Almond and Sarah Gilbert 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
"Up to this point, our No. 2 doubles team was probably the most consistent," Snell said. "They had some good stretches. They were just a little flat tonight."
Rochester's doubles teams impressed Snell.
"They had really good doubles tonight," he said. "They're sound at doubles. With their doubles, they could score well in Saturday's Three Rivers Conference tournament and mess people up."
Manchester has a 4:30 p.m. Thursday match at Canterbury.
"Some of it is a reflection of the teams we are playing," Snell said of being 6-0. "Outside of Carroll, we haven't been pushed. That was a good indicator. They had a ranking recently of teams in the northeast corner of the state. Carroll was in the top 10.
"We have good teams ahead of us ... Canterbury, Peru, Huntington North, the TRC match. We have our work cut out for us."
MANCHESTER 4, ROCHESTER 1
No. 1 singles - Josalyn Roth (M) def. Amy Wilson 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 singles - Kizzie DeFusco (M) def. Erica Ginther 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 singles - Kerri Metzger (M) def. Greta Notz 6-3, 6-1
No. 1 doubles - Kristy King/Amy Mangus (M) def. Jenny Duncan/Ashley Warner
No. 2 doubles - Tera Lewis/Alissa Troutman (R) def. Rachel Almond/Sarah Gilbert 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
JV: MANCHESTER 3, ROCHESTER 2
No. 1 singles - Sarah Boomershine (M) def. Heather Bugno 8-2
No. 2 singles - Greta Miller (M) def. Grace Overmeyer 8-3
No. 3 singles - Erin Mulholland (R) def. Ambrosia Brown 8-5
No. 1 doubles - Carmen DeFusco/Katrina Runkel (M) def. Danielle Browning/Jennifer Bright 8-0
No. 2 doubles - Eric Hizo/Catherine Skidmore (R) def. Kelly Mort/Michelle Isley 8-6 [[In-content Ad]]