Roundup: Tennis team falls to Carmel, 4-3
Following last Thursday’s three-game sweep of visiting Carmel,
San Benito head coach Erica Richardson was anything but
pleased.
It was a sweep, mind you, but the first-year head coach felt her
team played down to the competition and allowed the Padres to inch
closer and closer with each game.
Roundup: Tennis team falls to Carmel, 4-3
Following last Thursday’s three-game sweep of visiting Carmel, San Benito head coach Erica Richardson was anything but pleased.
It was a sweep, mind you, but the first-year head coach felt her team played down to the competition and allowed the Padres to inch closer and closer with each game.
“Tonight, I’m much happier,” Richardson said on Tuesday, moments after her Haybalers posted a three-game sweep (25-21, 25-23, 25-22) over visiting Seaside at Hollister’s Mattson Gym.
The difference?
“They played much better as a team,” she said. “You always have a job to do. That’s something you have to be prepared for and they did a much better job of executing that today.”
Before, Richardson added, the team was just watching the play develop without ever anticipating the next move. And while San Benito still undergoes bouts with inconsistency, perhaps a direct result of floor communication – a sign of youth and inexperience, Richardson felt – the signs of progress were in full effect on Tuesday night as the Balers held their current third-place position in the Tri-County Athletic League.
San Benito is now 7-2 in the TCAL and 10-6 overall, and sits just a half-game behind second-place Monterey, which lost a five-set thriller to undefeated Gilroy on Tuesday night.
“And [Seaside] took a game off Monterey,” said Richardson, whose Balers lost in three games to the Toreadors. “This was very motivating for the boys. It’s definitely gonna be a big aspect for their confidence.”
SBHS Boys Tennis
The San Benito boys tennis team was narrowly defeated for the second straight time by a 4-3 margin on Monday against visiting Carmel at the Ridgemark Golf and Country Club in Hollister.
Although the Haybalers managed to sweep the doubles portion on Monday, Carmel earned wins in all of the singles matches, leading to the one-point victory.
SBHS Boys Golf
Will Cross shot a 2-over 74 to take second place overall and the San Benito Haybalers finished seventh as a team when they compiled a 341 in the 2010 Atwater Invitational at Stevinson Ranch Golf Club on Monday.
It was the first 18-hole event San Benito has competed in this season, and its 341 positioned it in a tie for seventh place with Downey.
Cross’ 74, meanwhile, was just a stroke short of medalist honors. Granada’s Kenny Maroney carded a 1-over 73 to earn the individual title.
