In front of a large crowd of family and friends on Monday afternoon the Boiling Springs tennis team honored their senior players with a 6-0 victory over their district rivals Chesnee.
The Bulldogs honored four senior players on Monday, a group that consists of Madison Ball, Sydney Braswell, Emily Krechko, and Lydia Sparks, a group that head coach Jill Cooke said is a special group of seniors. "The contributions these girls have made to the program has meant a ton," said Cooke. "Madison is our captain and has really been a leader this year. Tennis is her life and she brings that energy to her teammates. Sydney has been dedicated to this program as she has been a varsity letterman for six years, which is something that rarely happens anymore. All of the seniors are just special and kind souls who are really good leaders." Cooke said that the extent to which she will miss this group of seniors is one that can't be quantified. "The level that I'm going to miss this group is immeasurable," said Cooke. "I'm going to miss them tremendously, these are my babies. This group is really important to me and I'm going to miss them." In the match all four seniors came away with victories in their matches starting with Madison Ball in number one singles who defeated Ansley Mossburg (6-1, 6-0). In number two singles Sydney Braswell defeated Trista Gaffney (6-3, 6-1) and Emily Krechko defeated Anna Hayes (6-0, 6-2) to win in number three singles. In number two singles the fourth senior Lydia Sparks and her teammate Anna Lynn Faile came away with the victory (6-1, 6-4) over Lanie Arrowood and Carter McClain. The Bulldogs also came away with victories in the number four singles where Kaiden Price defeated Faith Stewart (6-0, 6-1) and Victoria Leonard defeated Olyvia Stowell (6-1, 3-6, (10-5)) in number five singles. Cooke said that having such great senior leadership for the Bulldogs is big as the team heads into region play. "Having that senior leadership heading into region means a lot because they have a lot of experience and know how to talk to the underclassmen," said Cooke. "They can look at the younger players and explain to them how opposing players work because they've played them before. It also helps give the younger players confidence because they know that they have their senior teammates by their side." Boiling Springs will return to the courts on Thursday in a road region match at Gaffney. Comments are closed.
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