Recap
Irvine, CA — CIF Championship match D3 ! What a ride it's been !
JSerra doubles teams basically said "Here singles players "hold my root beer!"
Proving once again that tennis is really a team sport. "I don't have my score sheets at home, but, I don't remember Zach and Brock ever getting shut out, (Foothill doesn't count) Danny capturing his traditional 3 sets and doubles saving the day with 6 total sets!!!" Nick Dubrow with Aiden German saving the day with a huge round 3 upset of the Vikings line #1 duo, 7-5 after being down 4-5. Marina threw everything at us but the proverbial kitchen sink; Australian, "I" formation weird formations and more, This made return of serves difficult, but, our doubles guys figured it out! Nick and Aiden finally figured out that staying back on tough servers pays off...this is how they broke the Vikings serves to close out the set. Luke and Anthony jumped out to a big lead vs line #2team in last round and though they couldn't quite hang on... a 6-7 loss helped put some games on the board. Brock was down 1-4 in round 3 before coming back to a 4-6 loss, which helped too. And Zach getting up on the line#1 guy in round 3 too... Zach had a tough tiebreaker loss in round 1, reminiscent of Brocks effort Monday.. Zach fought back to gain a tiebreaker, proceeded to get down 0-6, fighting back to 5-6 before dropping the breaker. Epic points! EVERY single game counts for every player/team down the line.
"We need to step it up one notch Friday to pull off this championship. We've beaten them before, we can do it again!" says Orahood.
Go Lions!