(Pictured from left to right......Coe College Tennis Players Sara Ohlman, Elizabeth Hoffman and Natalie Bordignon enjoying the event)
Coe hosted a Women's Campus Showdown today (the Men's Campus Showdown was held in November.....see previous post). Several college players participated including 5 of the Coe women and 6 other players from the Conference. A number of high performance junior players rounded out the competition.
The highlight of the day was the semi-final match between Michelle Schupbach and Tai Lucero (two of Coe's standout players). Despite being only 1 set, with a tiebreaker played at 5-5, the set literally took TWO HOURS! Spectators began to question me as to whether the two of them had stayed on court to practice, or were STILL playing. The latter! Further, the tennis was high quality rally groundstrokes......or Coe Tennis 101.....the ability to grind from the baseline FOREVER.
Natalie Bordignon, Elizabeth Hoffman and Hannah Helms also played well, and had strong showings, for the Kohawks.
Thanks to all of the participants for making today's event a success! Several players stuck around to play doubles and/or hit following the conclusion of play (despite having already played 5-6 matches). Can't complain when the facility it shut down, yet the lights on the tennis courts remain lit.
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