West Ottawa 7, Grand Haven 1

Wow, today went very well.  A 7-1 win over Grand Haven is a strong result.  Grand Haven is a good team.  We are now done with the OK-Red duels.  The duels count as 50% of the standings.   The other 50% comes from our performance at the Conference Tournament this Saturday.  Here's the standings leading into Saturday:

OK-Red
1.  Rockford
2.  West Ottawa
3.  Hudsonville
4.  Grand Haven
5.  Grandville
6.  East Kentwood

Senior Parents, thanks for helping put together a very nice moment for all of the Seniors.  Those girls have done a lot for the program and put in a lot of work, it was nice to be able to recognize them.  

Also, I want to quickly give shout outs to a few of our players.  There's a list of things that I recognize on the Meet the Players page of the website.  They are things that I think are special accomplishments and that put us on a track towards reaching our team goals each year.  Anyway, some of our girls accomplished one of those milestones recently.  

The following girls went undefeated through the OK-Red duels with their win today:

• Alex Coy at 4th Singles
• Rachel Rutgers and Jolene Soriano at 2nd Doubles
• Madison Mitchell and Kacey Westenbroek at 4th Doubles

Also, our Varsity Alternates won their flight at the OK-Red JV Conference Tournament on Saturday:

• Madison Wollenzier was the flight champion at 1st Singles
• Morgan Goddard was the flight champion at 2nd Singles

The OK-Red JV team averages 30 players.  With 6 teams in the Red, that makes about 180 players.  With their tournament wins on Saturday, Madison and Morgan can legitimately say that they are the best two players in the OK-Red out of those 180.  This is a positive sign for our future. 

Finally, a special shout out to all the alumni who came out today to support the team.  I love it when former parents and players get out and support.  Ok, that's all I've got for today, thanks for another great day at the courts.

-Coach Schwallier