The Pomona-Pitzer match was definitely a 2 day mental grind, but it's those types of experiences you can draw upon at the end of season. I was very interested to see how we would compete in the finals given the short turn around and playing Claremont on their home courts.
Zach Surmacz came down with his family to help support the team. His support and the guys that were not involved in doubles were really big for our doubles teams. They were very loud and gave our boys some momentum. Doubles started out great. Scotty and Spaulding at 1 doubles were locked in and got off to early break along with Rafe and Jonathan at 2 doubles. All three doubles teams looked fresh and up to the challenge. Unfortunately, we got down 1-4 at 3 doubles, but, they found their rhythm and started to make a comeback.
Scotty and Spaulding played their best doubles of the match winning 8-3 at 1. Rafe and Jonathan, closed out their match at 2 dubs, 8-4. Omsky and Harrington fought back from 1-4 at 3 doubles to capture of our 3rd point with an 8-6 win. We were able to go up 3-0 after doubles which was very important against Claremont, but we knew they were a talented team.
Rafe and Jonathan got off to very fast starts. Jonathan, found his game at 2 singles and looked like an entirely new player. Aman, at 3 singles, picked up where he left off and took the 1st set. Adrien, at 4 singles, saved his best tennis for the finals. Adrien closed out the first set against a solid Claremont player. Joshua dropped the first set at 5 singles, while Harrington took the first set at 6 singles.
We closed the match out with wins at 1, 2, 3, 4 singles. Joshua made a great comeback but fell short in a 3rd set breaker. Andrew, also lost in the 3rd set breaker at 6.
It was a great week in LA. Everyone at some point during the week stepped up and had important wins for the team.
Back to ATL!
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