High School Girls State Tournament

Congratulations to all of the Girls who qualified for the State Tournament including Division I Singles qualifiers Olivia Kompa (Upper Arlington) and Alex Cash (New Albany) and Division I Doubles qualifiers Brianna Brdicka  / Kathleen Jones (Olentangy).
Olivia is a 1st time state qualifier and reached the District Finals.  Brdicka and Jones are the 1st State qualifiers from Olentangy in over 50 years.  Alex is returning to states after qualifying last year in the State Doubles Tournament.

The State Tournament is this Friday and Saturday, October 17th and 18th.  Play begins at 9:00 A.M. Friday.
Friday - Ohio State Varsity Tennis Courts
Saturday - Hilliard Davidson High School
Rain Site - Elysium Tennis Center

Draws:
Division I Singles
Division I Doubles
Division II Singles
Division II Doubles

USTA Regional Tournament 3rd Place

Congratulations to Trevor Ball for getting 3rd Place last weekend at the USTA Boys 12s Regional Tournament in Cincinnati.  Trevor beat 3 seeds including the 3rd seed in the 1st round.

National Selection Tournament Finalists

Congratulations to Robert Cash and Jack Dabek for reaching the Finals of the Boys 14s National Selection Tournament in Dayton.  They saved match point in the tiebreaker of the semifinals to win 9-8 (8-6).  They lost to the 1 seeds in the final.

Girls High School Districts

Congratulations to all the Girls who qualified for the Central Ohio High School Districts which are scheduled for this Friday and Saturday.
District I is scheduled for Hilliard Davidson on Friday and CSG on Saturday.
District II is scheduled for CSG Friday and Saturday.

Congratulations to the following Singles and Doubles qualifiers.

Division I Singles
Alex Cash (New Albany) sectional champion
Olivia Kompa (Upper Arlington) sectional champion
Ashley Tan (Dublin Coffman)
Erica Chen (Worthington Kilbourne)
Jessica Phelps (Olentangy Orange)
Taylor Selby (New Albany)

Division I Doubles
Bri Brdicka / Kathleen Jones (Olentangy) Sectional Champions
Anna Grumman / Ashley Weeks (Upper Arlington)
Victoria Fan / Nari Johnson (Dublin Coffman)
Sophia Wible (Watterson)

Draws
District I Singles
District I Doubles

Tournament Results

Congratulations to Caroline Sproule who won her 1st Tournament at Wickertree last weekend in the Girls 12s.

Maddie Atway was a Finalist in the Girls 14s at Elysium.  Madison Spiess won 2 rounds.

Trevor Ball won the Boys 14s Consolation at Elysium. Griffin Biernat and Osuke Fujita won 3 matches and Logan Spiess won 2.

Ashley Thai Named Country Financial Scholar-Athlete Of The Week

Ashley Thai Named Country Financial Scholar-Athlete Of The Week

Post Match / Post Training Stretching

Right after a match or training session is a very important time to stretch.  Players bodies are still warm and they increase there range of motion and flexibility, while also helping there muscles recover better.  It is normal for tennis players to get tight glutes, hip flexors and hamstrings after training.  A lot of lower back injuries are caused from tightness in these areas.  In addition, increasing the range of motion in the shoulders is very important in performance and injury prevention.

Some important post training stretches are shown below.  They should be held for around 30 seconds. It's good to have a MM stretch strap or MB Stretchband, but tubing can also be used and wrapped around the foot for assisted leg stretches.




Glute stretch
The pigeon stretch is also very good.

Hip Flexor Stetch

Sholder Stretch (sleeper stretch)