Practice started the beginning of August, but matches started a couple weeks ago. Hubby and I are dividing our time between the 2 girl's matches, since most of the games are often the same time and at different locations. We switch who gets to see who and where. One thing that does help is that Hannah has to ride the bus to the game with the team. Another thing that is new for us is when the team does not have a game, there is practice after school. I am happy there are a couple of girls in our neighborhood that are on the team, so usually I just have to get her to the school for practice.
Both girls have had wins and loses in their matches this season. They are both playing better than last year thanks to their tennis coach they have. The middle school team is smaller this year, so Emily is playing again in the top of the group again. She usually gets to play 2 matches against the opponents playing singles and doubles. Hannah is on the JV team, and they have a large team with 24 girls this year so she usually has to wait to play. It reminds me of when she first started on the middle school team. She mostly has been playing doubles but is missing playing singles.
In the match, yesterday, the other team had 14 players so the our coaches chose a varsity line-up and a JV line-up - 7 and 7. Hannah was wondering why her coach didn't ask her about doubles when she was going around. When they announced the line-up for JV, Hannah was called as 3rd singles. She was so excited! When I got the match, she ran and told me. I hated her dad was not there, but he was in Dublin with the Emily who was playing there. Hannah has been working hard to prove to the coaches she could do it, and she had finally gotten her chance. She was a little nervous, but she was up for the challenge. The match started, and she had gotten behind. Thanks to her conditioning, she was outlasting her opponent. She came from behind and brought it to a tie-breaker. I was grateful for FaceTime so hubby watch the tie-breaker via phone. She was the last one on the court playing, but sadly she lost in the tie, but was happy how she played and knows what she need to fix. She was also happy the coaches gave her the chance to show them she could handle it. Hannah was the first freshman this year to get to play a singles match.
Hopefully, we will get some more good stories from the season. We have a few more crazy weeks of matches all over the place. So, if you need us, we will be either at the courts or in the car.
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