Tennis
Men’s First: York 4
Men’s Second: York 2
Mixed doubles: York 4
Women’s First:Lancaster 4
Total: York 10 - Lancaster 4
York defeated Lancaster in both the Mixed and Men’s tennis matches but lost heavily in the Women’s to complete a day of mixed fortunes.
York dominated the mixed doubles matches winning 4-2 overall. There were fantastic performances from Willis and Cockbill, as well as Downey and Taylor. Both teams won in straight sets: 6-1, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-1 respectively.
York’s Men’s 1sts were narrowly victorious, winning 8-7 in their doubles and singles matches, gaining four points. The 6 Men’s Singles matches brought a variety of scores, with 3 wins and 3 losses.
There were notable performances from Schofield who won in straight sets 7-6, 6-3, and from Hynes who won his singles match 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a nail-biting finish after 6 match points. Downey, the captain, praised his team mate’s performance, saying that it was well deserved.
The Women’s 1sts team did not perform as well. With all three Doubles pairs losing their matches, it made the overall Doubles and Singles score to 11-4 to Lancaster.
However, the most exciting match was between both teams’ 1st pairs, consisting of York’s Lauren Cockbill and Lisa Blair against Lancaster’s Isabelle Reuecher and Louise Taylor, with Lancaster winning 8-5.
Both teams had very strong players, in particular Cockbill and Reuecher, whose ground strokes and serves were powerful point winners. York began well, swiftly winning the first set. Reuecher’s unbelievable power did not seem to concern Cockbill whose athleticism, and topspin, worked to her advantage and resulted in the Lancaster team over-hitting at times, losing crucial points.
Lancaster slowly began to win games back, with Reuecher’s intimidating backhands and slices combined with Taylor’s agility bringing the score to 6-3 to Lancaster.
York’s Cockbill convincingly kept hold of her serve, with Lancaster’s Taylor unable to hit back, allowing York to secure one game, making the score 6-4. Lancaster’s Taylor had her serve broken despite the efforts to maintain control through cross-court rallies, thus losing the game, however still sustaining a lead of 6-5, which then quickly became 7-5.
The last game saw Lancaster at their best with Reuecher winning her service game, ultimately bringing the score to 8-5.
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